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NCAA Field of 68 + NIT Auto Bids
- Thread starter Buffnik
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I won't watch a minute of it. A 15 loss team from a crap basketball conference gets in over several very deserving teams. Just garbage
Can anyone explain to me why, of the 4 play in games, two of them pit 11 seeds against each other? I have never been able to come up with a reason for why it isn't all 16 seeds.
Pretty simple. Last 4 at large bids. All the 16s are auto bids.
I should have added that I knew that - I just don't get it.
"We are seeding you higher, because you are better than all the 12-16 seeded teams in the field, but we are going to make you play your way in - because........?" Yep, don't get it.
Medford M.
Well-Known Member
Im praying you dont think they should be higher...
Medford M.
Well-Known Member
The 16 seeds actually deserve to be there. The last 4 at larges SHOULD have to earn their way into the real tournament.
The 16 seed deserves to be there but the 11 seed needs to earn it? Makes no sense whatsoever. If the 16 seed is the better team, they wouldn't be seeded 16, IMO.
I agree. Most fair would be that we'd have four 17 seeds that would play the 16 seeds for the opportunity to get rolled by a 1 seed.
This is about ratings and ticket sales, though. No one would watch those games. People will watch games between 11 seeds.
Medford M.
Well-Known Member
Conf. Champ vs At large. Not hard to figure out.
I hadn't thought about the TV angle. Just read no #1 seed has ever lost to a 16 seed. Also, no seed 9 or higher has ever won the tourney.
Medford M.
Well-Known Member
For the record, I would advocate for the last 8 At Large teams to have to play the play ins.
Again, if the conference champ is the better team, then seed them higher. If they are the conference champ of the little sisters of the poor conference, why do they get better treatment than a team the committee deems 5 seeds higher in quality?
No dumbass I don't.
L Buff
Commissar of the Albuffs Collective Left
Princeton in '89 came closer than any other 16 seed to pulling that off ... it took a non-call on an obvious foul by Georgetown to clinch the win for the Hoyas.
Nova was an 8th seed in '85 when they won it all.
Should Wisconsin, **** yeah? Why shouldn't they be a 5 or 6, something close? I'm curious as to why.
Medford M.
Well-Known Member
mean higher as in 1-7. They're right where they belong at an 8 or 9. Very average basketball team.
Medford M.
Well-Known Member
Very poor OCS. Very poor finish to the season.
It's weird how the seed makes teams look farther apart than they are.
For instance, a 6-seed playing a 3-seed in the 2nd round. We usually think that's a great matchup for the 3. But in real terms, that may be the #21 team in the nation against the #12 team in the nation. Barely a difference between the two.
For instance, a 6-seed playing a 3-seed in the 2nd round. We usually think that's a great matchup for the 3. But in real terms, that may be the #21 team in the nation against the #12 team in the nation. Barely a difference between the two.
You just now read this? Or was this a quote from a post you made back in like 1992?
If you had asked me if a 16 seed had ever beaten a 1 seed in tournament history, I would have answered "Of course they have!" Law of averages and all that.
Gonzaga at some point will lose to a 16 seed
Why?