Can you name the best and worst performers in the NCAA tournament from 2001-2010? by Djibouti

Can you name the best and worst performers in the NCAA tournament from 2001-2010?

created by Djibouti

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Scoring system: Beating a team gets you points relative to their seed (#1: 16 pts, #2: 15 pts, etc); Lose and you lose as many points as their seed (#8: -8 pts, etc); play-in game counts (+1/-16 pts)
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Best
172
171
171
163
134
119
115
101
97
89

Worst
-37
-34
-29
-24
-22
-21
-20
-19
-18
-18
-18

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Best/Worst NCAA Tourn. Teams (2001-2010) Quiz

by Djibouti

Created Mar 7, 2011 in Sports
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	Djibouti:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 01:26 GMT	2 points
	By putting this quiz together I ended up with a spreadsheet with points for all 203 teams that made the tourney in the last decade. I'd hate to see that go to waste so if you have a team you want to know the score for, post it in the comments and I'll respond

	Djibouti:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 01:37 GMT	2 points
	The two most interesting teams to me were Florida and BYU. Despite winning it all twice (for 122 pts), Florida didn't crack the top ten because their other appearance scores were (-8, -12, -5, -12, -1, -7). BYU lost 6 of their 7 first round games racking up -42 pts before finally getting a win last season...against Florida

	Djibouti:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 01:48 GMT	2 points
	Point totals for teams that made all 10 tournaments: Michigan St: 172 Duke: 171 Kansas: 163 Texas: 85 Gonzaga: 11 Wisconsin: 8

	UTR:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 08:53 GMT	5 points
	Why does losing the play-in game result in a 16 point penalty? The two teams are pretty much even.

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	ABarrett1124:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 16:03 GMT	3 points
	How is George Mason not on the best list? Seems like a flawed system..kinda like the BCS.

	Djibouti:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 16:56 GMT	2 points
	@UTR I did it that way mostly for consistency, and because in my mind if you lose the play-in-game you preformed pretty poorly in the tournament. As a counter example, there were times in later rounds when a 10 would play an 11. Now those two teams are pretty much even, but the loser would still lose 10+ points. The system is by no means perfect, but I put it together as a slightly better measure than just "how far did you get?" If someone else wants to make a system that determines points based on what both you and your opponent's seeds are, I say go for it

	Djibouti:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 16:58 GMT	3 points
	@ABarrett Mason falls short because they only made 3 tournaments. So even though they did really, really well in one of them (48 pts), they didn't win a game in either other appearance. This is a list of best and worst programs over a 10 year span, not a list of best and worst teams at any one tournament over those 10 years

	jross1925:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 18:06 GMT	3 points
	This is WAAAAY too mundane to calculate tournament performance. If you want it based on seed you need to base it on some seed differential formula.

	rxdrewthejew:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 18:30 GMT	3 points
	good quiz...worst is much harder than best, although i guess you would expect that. FYI UNC Charlotte is now just known as Charlotte

	Lindsay:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 18:56 GMT	1 point
	Surprised Boston College isn't on here...seems like they flame out early every year.

	athmango815:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 20:03 GMT	0 points
	the system is flawed when a team that wins two titles like florida isnt on here

	Dueskays3:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 20:50 GMT	0 points
	any quiz that can remind me that michigan state is great is okay with me.