Bracketology - Week 17

[Plebe]

Ohio State losing to Maryland and Baylor to TCU aren't bad losses though, where Tennessee losing to Georgia is a quad 4 loss. For measure, Tennessee is the only team in the NET top 25 and one of only 4 teams in the NET top 50 that have a quad 4 loss.

All true, but we're talking about teams that were either already near the cut line (Ohio State and Kansas State) or on the outside looking in (Baylor) whereas Tennessee was at #12 as of just 5 days ago. And while it's true none of them have a Q4 loss, nor do any of them have a win over a top 6 team as TN does. It's hardly a given that TN's only hope is to beat SC in the SEC quarterfinal. A win over Vandy in round 2 might just be enough since I don't see many other teams in contention for the final hosting spots doing much to impress. We'll see.

 

[rugbymate]

I’d be surprised if we don’t get a 1 seed. We are ranked #3 in this weeks poll and there will be at least 2 more losses by teams in the top 5. Potentially if UCLA beats USC they could both get #1 seeds. Even if that happened, SC would have to dominate the SEC tourney for both TExas and SC to get #1 seeds. Doubt if ND will get a #1 seed. Having said that, on any given day, the point spread for any game between any two teams in the top 6or7 teams will be fairly small. Not like the old days.