Skill-based Tournaments Featuring a High Degree of Luck and Variance
"There was a stretch [from 2001 to '05] where we were getting knocked out of tournaments early [despite a high seed], and then we win two national championships," Donovan said. "I haven't figured that much out. I'm working hard. I love the game..."
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Gavin Griffin won a bracelet in 2004, then went the next 33 months without a live tournament score of more than $42k.
posted by GnightMoon @ 3:07 AM
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Wow. Good thing he didn't retire in month 32...
GREAT POINT!!!
The most satisfying part of any tournament is knowing at the end that you were the only person who won the last game or the last match or the last race. The ironic thing is that you didn't beat or are necessarily better than all the other people who didn't win, but rather that in each matchup you were the better team. What Florida did so effectively throughout the tournament was to pit their strengths (three-point shooting) aginst their opponents weakness. So Donovan gave Oden a huge game and focused on the perimeter, this is brilliance.
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