[Posted on the WEZ]
I don't see how Zona all of the sudden became world beaters.
1. There is no guarantee they win their opening round game,
2. They finished 3rd in the Pac-12 at 12-6, those 6 losses came to Oregon, Utah, Cal, Colorado, UCLA and USC. They lost to Oregon a second time in the PAC-12 Tourney. So to review, they never beat the top two teams (Utah and Oregon) this year.
3. They went 5-7 against teams in the tourney:
Wins:
@ Gonzaga (11 Seed)
CAL (4 Seed)
OSU (7 Seed)
USC (8 Seed)
Colorado (8 Seed) [Neutral Site]
Losses:
@ CAL (4 Seed)
@ USC (8 Seed)
@ Colorado (8 Seed)
Providence (9 Seed)
@ Utah (3 Seed)
Oregon x 2 (1 Seed) [1 Neutral Site Game/1 Home Game]
4. Zona is 8-7 away from home, 1-4 against top 25 RPI and 5-7 against top 50 RPI. They played 8 games against teams with RPI of 150 or above.
5. RPI is 15 and SOS is 101
I don't see how this is the scary team porsters are making them out to be. It would not shock me if they lost their opening game.