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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3226502, member: 2117"] There were 3-4 teams in the mix but no one really stood out. Louisville based on traditional formulas looked the strongest but was coming off a game where they were absolutely slaughtered by Notre Dame. Eye test definitely said they weren't a #1 seed. Oregon was also floundering entering the post season (finishing the year 5-3) and came off a rough loss to Stanford. Stanford finished strong but had 4 pretty significant losses earlier in the year. Mississippi State had a close road loss to Oregon early in the year and 1 bad home loss to Missouri but dominated the rest of their schedule. It was a weak schedule, but they had the least wrong with their resume and eye test said they absolutely looked like a top 4 team entering the tournament. Regional sites were also very significant in deciding seeds, probably more so than actual resumes of the teams above. -The top 3 seeds were locks for #1 spots with UCONN going to Albany regardless, Notre Dame to Chicago and Baylor going to North Carolina. -Oregon was a lock (deserved or not) to play in Portland, but they didn't have the resume for a #1 seed. -Stanford wasn't going to Portland due to Oregon being there and also playing in the PAC The leaves Louisville and Mississippi State for the last 1 seed. Call it a toss up or even favor Louisville, but watching Louisville lose by 20 vs. Mississippi State win by 29 the same day likely pushed Mississippi State into Oregon. Honestly it was a lose-lose for each of Stanford, Louisville and Mississippi State since they were going on the road for an Elite 8 battle. People like to cling to Mississippi State being undeserving of a 1 or saying it was given due to favoritism, but there wasn't an obvious option ahead of them. [/QUOTE]

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