Let’s not allow one big upset to hinder our vision.
Last March, No. 13 Yale took down No. 4 Auburn during the first round of the NCAA Tournament, and the Bulldogs are a trendy pick to do it for a second straight year when they take on Texas A&M on Thursday.
Yale skated through the Ivy League this year, going 13-1 en route to the conference title.
Out of conference was a much different story.
The Bulldogs went 6-6 against non-Ivy teams, including bad losses to Minnesota and Delaware.
In their only game against a ranked opponent, a November match up against Purdue, they lost by eight.
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Texas A&M, meanwhile, racked up a half-dozen signature wins this season, including victories over Auburn, Creighton and Ole Miss.
The Aggies look like a worse team on paper than the Tigers were when they were upset last year, but this year’s Texas A&M team is coming out of a much tougher SEC conference.
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A late-slide was the only thing keeping them from a top-three seed, to boot.
Lightning won’t strike twice for the Ivy League champs.
The play: Texas A&M -7.5 (-110, Caesars Sportsbook)
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