Breaking down the Madness Part V

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Breaking down the Madness Part V

Submitted by Charlie on March 18, 2008 – Comments

Part V of a multi-part series breaking down this year’s Madness.
Part I | Part II (East) | Part III (Midwest) | Part IV (West) | Part V (South)

SOUTH REGIONAL

Team	Record	Conference	Team	Record	Conference
#1 Memphis	33-1	Conference USA	#16 UT Arlington	21-11	Southland
#8 Mississippi State	22-10	SEC	#9 Oregon	18-13	Pac 10
#5 Michigan State	25-8	Big Ten	#12 Temple	21-12	Atlantic 10
#4 Pittsburgh	26-9	Big East	#13 Oral Roberts	24-8	Summit League
#6 Marquette	24-9	Big East	#11 Kentucky	18-12	SEC
#3 Stanford	26-7	Pac 10	#14 Cornell	22-5	Ivy League
#7 Miami	22-10	ACC	#10 St. Mary’s	25-6	West Coast
#2 Texas	28-6	Big 12	#15 Austin Peay	24-10	Ohio Valley

College Basketball Stats by StatSheet.com

In the Southern bracket we have the Spartans of Michigan State carrying the Big Ten banner into the tournament. Their opponent? The Temple Owls from the Atlantic 10. Unfortunately for the Spartans, it will be the Temple basketball team and not their hapless football team they will be facing. These two teams have faced each other three times since 1980 with Temple winning twice in 1998 and 1997. The only time they’ve met in the post season was in 2001 at the Georgia Dome with Michigan State prevailing 69-62. Spartan fans shouldn’t get all too excited with this matchup however. The Spartans are only 4-5 against teams in the top 50 and the Owls are sitting at #47 in the RPI. This in addition to the the upset prone nature of this year’s Spartan squad when they tend to play to their opponents level. How else can you explain losing to Penn State and scoring a dismal 36 in a loss to Iowa. They haven’t exactly stepped up to the plate against tough competition either when they fell to both Purdue, Indiana and Wisconsin to end the season when the Big Ten title was still up for grabs. But regardless, the Spartans will prevail over the Owls of Temple setting up a potential grind it out, physical matchup with the Pittsburgh Panthers.


Record	overall	25-8	21-12
	conference	13-7	14-5
	against tournament teams	4-5	3-4
Resume	RPI	15	47
	SOS	43	51
	Quality Wins	6	8
Team Stats per game	Points	71.3	72.6
	Turnovers	13.7	12.8
	Rebounds	41.1	35.5
	Free throw %	0.731	0.741
	3pt %	0.373	0.372
	Blocks	4.4	4.4