I wouldn't like being in DC over Chicago though. Give me the 2 seed in Chicago over any 1 seed IMO.
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Chicago hasn't been kind to us...time to switch it up. And we'd stay away from Michigan/Houston/Florida until the natty title game.
No way. You don't want to have to go through Michigan, Duke, Arizona or Houston to make a Final 4 as a #2 seed.
Grab a 1 seed and a path to the Final 4 could look something like this: (16) Howard/(8) Saint Marys/(5) Vanderbilt/(3) Gonzaga
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Except we got St Louis as the 7 and would play them IN St. Louis if they won.
I’d like to avoid them.
I don't get the fear of them even in St. Louis. But I'm probably wrong about them.
You misunderstand, which is fair because it's not written very clearly. The bolded rule is explaining that KU and UA records against the seeded teams top down are looking at ISU and Houston separately because ISU and Houston are a two team tie and ISU won head to head.
Since nearly every relevant game is complete, it is prediction time.
Michigan MW
Duke E
Arizona W
Houston S
Iowa State MW
UConn. E
Illinois. W
Florida. S
Purdue. S
Gonzaga W
Kansas. E
Virginia. MW
Vanderbilt. E
Michigan St W
Nebraska. S
Louisville MW
Regions barely work balance wise.
1-Michigan MW
2-Duke E
3-Houston S
4-Arizona W
5-Iowa State E
6-Illinois S
7-UCONN MW
8-Purdue W
9-Florida W
10-Kansas S
11-Gonzaga MW
12-Nebraska E
13-Michigan State MW
14-Virginia E
15-Alabama S
16-Texas Tech W
Sadly, I think I gotta cheer for Duke over Michigan. Duke as the overall #1 seed would nearly guarantee a 2 seeded Iowa State being placed in the Midwest. They only reason the media didn't is because they won't put #1 and #5 in the same region.
I'd rather play Duke then Michigan to get to the Final 4.
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Amazing how strong the top seeds look in comparison to the seeds starting at 6 & 7. Not a lot of impressive teams after that point.
The only way Iowa State can grab a 1 seed is if they win the rest of their regular season games and avoid a quarter final loss on Thursday of the Big 12's. The field will be pretty much locked in by Friday. If Iowa State wins the rest of their regular season games they will have secured a 1 seed. The Big 12 tournament semi's and finals are literally meaningless as far as seeding goes.
Nobody is saying we are going to win out, we are saying we HAVE to win out to earn a 1 seed. That's a completely different conversation.
A First Four game for Miami(OH) just seems wrong. An (possibly) undefeated season should mean at least a little more than that.
Their region placement with the 2 seeds makes no sense. There's no scenario where Uconn would be the 2 seed in the MW since the committee places teams by proximity. Purdue, Illinois, and Iowa State would all get slotted in Chicago over Uconn. If Uconn was the 5th overall seed they would be in the East.
