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This has been going on in a few scattered threads, but merits its own. Who should the #1 seeds be, how should they be paired with the #2 seeds?
Coming into this weekend it was generally accepted that there are 3 tiers of these teams:
1) Houston/UConn/Purdue
2) UNC/Tennessee/Arizona
3) ISU/Marquette
After yesterday, that is jumbled a bit. ISU is right there in that second tier and has an argument for a #1 seed. Within the first tier, we should be #1 overall, though the Big XII gaming the NET has somehow resulted in Houston having 16 Quad 1 wins (they gained 2 more without doing anything). Marquette is clearly last in the hierarchy, though I think should still be ahead of Baylor, Creighton, Duke, and even Illinois if they win today.
I would have the S Curve as:
1. UConn
2. Houston
3. Purdue
4. UNC
5. ISU
6. Tennessee
7. Arizona
8. Marquette
Conference affiliation precludes a few matchups - UConn/Marquette and Houston/ISU are no good. Conventional wisdom is that the Committee will scrap the S Curve to put Arizona in the West no matter what, with the weakest #1 seed.
The leaves pairings of:
East: UConn/Tennessee
South: Houston/Marquette
Midwest: Purdue/ISU
West: UNC/Arizona
If they really want to stick to geography, they'd put Marquette with Purdue, Tennessee with Houston, and ISU with us. If ISU is #1 in the West, they may even put #5 overall UNC with us in the East. That would make an absolute mockery of the S Curve, but I wouldn't put it past this Committee.
Stepping back, it's amazing that we are in a position to debate this in the first place, and especially as the defending champs.
Coming into this weekend it was generally accepted that there are 3 tiers of these teams:
1) Houston/UConn/Purdue
2) UNC/Tennessee/Arizona
3) ISU/Marquette
After yesterday, that is jumbled a bit. ISU is right there in that second tier and has an argument for a #1 seed. Within the first tier, we should be #1 overall, though the Big XII gaming the NET has somehow resulted in Houston having 16 Quad 1 wins (they gained 2 more without doing anything). Marquette is clearly last in the hierarchy, though I think should still be ahead of Baylor, Creighton, Duke, and even Illinois if they win today.
I would have the S Curve as:
1. UConn
2. Houston
3. Purdue
4. UNC
5. ISU
6. Tennessee
7. Arizona
8. Marquette
Conference affiliation precludes a few matchups - UConn/Marquette and Houston/ISU are no good. Conventional wisdom is that the Committee will scrap the S Curve to put Arizona in the West no matter what, with the weakest #1 seed.
The leaves pairings of:
East: UConn/Tennessee
South: Houston/Marquette
Midwest: Purdue/ISU
West: UNC/Arizona
If they really want to stick to geography, they'd put Marquette with Purdue, Tennessee with Houston, and ISU with us. If ISU is #1 in the West, they may even put #5 overall UNC with us in the East. That would make an absolute mockery of the S Curve, but I wouldn't put it past this Committee.
Stepping back, it's amazing that we are in a position to debate this in the first place, and especially as the defending champs.