Nation's Hottest & Coldest Teams

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Among projected tournament teams:

Louisville Cardinals among nation's hottest teams - College Basketball - ESPN

Top 10 hottest teams

1. Louisville Cardinals
2. New Mexico Lobos

3. Tennessee Volunteers
Cuonzo Martin's team owes part of its late-season statistical excellence to a rather uncharitable 76-38 thrashing of in-state rival Vanderbilt in Knoxville on March 1. Still, a team that can throw Jordan McRae, Jarnell Stokes and Jeronne Maymon at you is certainly formidable. Assuming UT earns a bid, this team can make some noise in the brackets.

4. Virginia Cavaliers
5. Kansas Jayhawks
6. Villanova Wildcats
7. Arizona Wildcats
8. Duke Blue Devils
9. Virginia Commonwealth Rams
10. San Diego State Aztecs

Top 10 coldest teams (projected 10 seed or higher)

1. Texas Longhorns
2. Kansas State Wildcats
3. Arizona State Sun Devils
4. Iowa Hawkeyes
5. Pittsburgh Panthers
6. Massachusetts Minutemen
7. Syracuse Orange
8. Iowa State Cyclones
9. Memphis Tigers
10. Saint Louis Billikens
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Oregon not being on that hottest list is baffling. I guess lazy writing. They've won 7 in a row and beat likely #1 seed Arizona 2 games ago. Kansas has lost two of their last three games and checks in at #5 on the hot list? Kinda makes the writer look pretty uninformed.
 
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Not sure how Memphis got on the "cold" list. We went 7-3 in our last 10 while beating 4 ranked teams. 2 of the 3 losses were on the road to ranked teams (1 of those where we got outshot 36-9 from the foul line and still lost in OT). Not to mention, we beat the #1 team on their "hot" list. If losing 1 game to Houston makes you cold, so be it I guess. Then again, I quit paying attn to the media hacks a long time ago. Its much easier to look at the facts yourself.
 
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LittleCat said:
Pretty surprised UK isn't in the top 10 coldest.

Great to see UT peaking at the right time.
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YOu are correct, it is good for us to peak at the right time. However; if we continue to do this season after season, we will always be a mid seed and never a 4 or 5 seeded team.
 
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Rudy123 said:
YOu are correct, it is good for us to peak at the right time. However; if we continue to do this season after season, we will always be a mid seed and never a 4 or 5 seeded team.
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I suspect a mid-seed would be beautiful for the foreseeable future after this year.
 
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VolArmy74 said:
Oregon not being on that hottest list is baffling. I guess lazy writing. They've won 7 in a row and beat likely #1 seed Arizona 2 games ago. Kansas has lost two of their last three games and checks in at #5 on the hot list? Kinda makes the writer look pretty uninformed.
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They were close wins for Oregon. And close losses for Kansas
 
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Mphsbball said:
Not sure how Memphis got on the "cold" list. We went 7-3 in our last 10 while beating 4 ranked teams. 2 of the 3 losses were on the road to ranked teams (1 of those where we got outshot 36-9 from the foul line and still lost in OT). Not to mention, we beat the #1 team on their "hot" list. If losing 1 game to Houston makes you cold, so be it I guess. Then again, I quit paying attn to the media hacks a long time ago. Its much easier to look at the facts yourself.
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It's relative to the rest of the teams in the tournament. Overall, they aren't cold, per se, but compared to the rest of the field they are. Here's the excerpt:

I don't usually find fault with an offense that connects on 56 percent of its 2s the way Memphis has over the past 10 games. But there's a first time for everything, and the problem for Josh Pastner & Co. late in the season has been turnovers. The Tigers have given the ball away on 21 percent of their possessions over that stretch.
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Besides, an overtime win to Temple, and a loss to Houston don't help. Even though they did squeak by Louisville afterwards
 
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Interesting that New Mexico is slotted above San Diego State on the "hot" list. Did he feel like the Lobos are playing better despite the recent loss in San Diego? Granted, it was only by three points. Can't ding them too much for that.
 
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golfballs said:
In the article he prefaced it by saying he was excluding those two team specifically because they were too obvious.
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I didn't see that. But to me, a 4 game win streak putting us at #3 doesn't even compare to winning 31 straight or 23 straight. Those guys are at least half way into early 70's UCLA territory. We've barely chipped into the iceberg. But yeah, we've been hot for 2 weeks. Typical media with their here and now memory like a fish.
 
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HBCButch said:
I didn't see that. But to me, a 4 game win streak putting us at #3 doesn't even compare to winning 31 straight or 23 straight. Those guys are at least half way into early 70's UCLA territory. We've barely chipped into the iceberg. But yeah, we've been hot for 2 weeks. Typical media with their here and now memory like a fish.
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First of all, he's only considering the last 10 games. So 5 weeks?

Second, this is a list of teams who have the largest - and smallest - scoring margins over that time frame.

Third, he said in the article Wichita State and Florida are clearly the hottest 2 teams, and that he was excluding them to uncover the less obvious teams.

This isn't a media member's opinion. It's a statistical listing. Over the last 10 games, Tennessee has the 3rd largest scoring margin among all tournament teams.
 
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golfballs said:
First of all, he's only considering the last 10 games. So 5 weeks?

Second, this is a list of teams who have the largest - and smallest - scoring margins over that time frame.

Third, he said in the article Wichita State and Florida are clearly the hottest 2 teams, and that he was excluding them to uncover the less obvious teams.

This isn't a media member's opinion. It's a statistical listing. Over the last 10 games, Tennessee has the 3rd largest scoring margin among all tournament teams.
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Stop using facts. It's confusing.
 
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