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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 2607161, member: 2117"] Ranking the top 8, my guess is the committee will have it as: 1. UCONN 2. Mississippi State 3. Louisville 4. Notre Dame 5. Baylor 6. Oregon (if they win) 7. South Carolina 8. Texas (assuming they lose) Since the committee factors in conference opponents and regional location, my guess is we'll see the following pairings: Albany-Connecticut vs. Texas (top #1, #4 two seed who gets the last open region) KC-Mississippi State vs. Baylor (top #2, OKC is closest) Lexington-Louisville vs. South Carolina (#3 two seed, Lexington is closer than Albany) Spokane-Notre Dame vs. Oregon (#2 two seed, Spokane is closest) A few things to consider: 1. With all of the hype A'ja Wilson has, I don't see SC going to Connecticut. It shouldn't be a factor, but ratings theoretically will be much higher with Wilson in the Final Four than if she's almost guaranteed to lose in the Elite 8 against the Huskies in Albany. 2. I also think the committee will recognize that SC's losses to Tennessee were without Wilson. At full strength, they likely win at least 1, if not both games. Take out those losses, and they've only lost to Notre Dame, Connecticut, Missouri and Mississippi State. They have wins against Missouri, Georgia (2x), Mississippi State, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Maryland and Duke. That is a MUCH better resume IMO, and I think they'd be a threat for a 1 seed. 3. Curious to see how the committee treats the Wallace injury. Baylor is absolutely a #1 seed IMO when you look at the product on the court. They're very good. If the freshmen have big showings against Texas tomorrow, I think the Wallace injury shouldn't hurt Baylor. [/QUOTE]

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