Tournament brackets

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by BktBallRef

Just because a team wins a tournament does not mean they're lucky. That's ludicrous. A team can hit a streak and be playing the best basketball of their season at tournament time. Was Villanova the best team in 85? NC State the best team in 83? Kansas in 88? No, but they found a way to win. luck has very little to do with it.

I saw every game of the ACC tourney and I can assure you that Maryland did not win because they were lucky.

I was looking at this similarly to Hawks Coach - not that you win because you're lucky, but you have to have some luck to win.

Granted, the game is almost all coaching, skill, knowledge, and fatigue - BUT - do you get a shot that rebounds out right to your best shooter? Does the close block/charge with 1.5 seconds left go your way? Does your opponent's leading scorer twist his ankle when he slips coming up court? That's the luck - maybe I should call it intangibles - that you need to win 6 in a row.