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No #1 team has ever lost; there have been a couple of #2 teams that have.
Indiana may have been one of them if my memory serves correctly although
it's possible that IU was a #3 at the time.

I think if we lose only one non-conference game, being one of either Baylor
or Creighton, and go 9-9 in the conference, we should be in.  There is
enough strength at the top of the league to pull up the RPI of those teams
in the middle, plus the addition of four extra teams has to help, even
though every preseason bracket I've seen has us in the tournament, without
having to go through a play-in game.
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com> wrote:

> > 20 wins didn't get us in last year, but there is an expanded play-in
> > round this year, so maybe this year it will be enough.
>
> IMHO the last thing we want is to qualify for the expanded play-in,
> because the 'winner' gets roughed up by the top seed.
>
> BTW, as far as I can tell, since the NCAA went to a 64 team format,
> no #1 team in a bracket has ever lost in the first round to the #16 team
> in that bracket, and possibly no #2 team to a #15 team, either.  I
> think a couple of #3 teams have lost to #14 teams and a few more #4
> teams to #13 teams.
> --
> Mike Nolan
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