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Message: [QUOTE="southie, post: 2627396, member: 2527"] Notre Dame with 3 losses (and even if they had 4 losses) is not an issue for me as a #1 seed. Their SOS and RPI speak for themselves. When the men's bracket was announced, I was stunned that a 25-10 North Carolina squad was a #2 national seed; and, not the last #2 as they were assigned to the Charlotte sub-regional while Duke, another #2 national seed, was sent to Pittsburgh. UNC was the #6 seed in the ACC tournament, and advanced to the championship game where they lost to #1 Virginia. So, how can a 10 loss team be justified as a #2 national seed? Well, the men's committee is looking at something called "Quadrant 1" wins. I believe UNC had a bunch of Quadrant 1 wins, the 10 losses weren't really used against them. Not sure the women's committee is doing this; but, if they are, I have no doubt Notre Dame is more than justified in getting the last #1 seed. [URL="http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2018/03/ncaa_tournament_2018_what_is_a.html"]NCAA tournament 2018: What is a Quadrant 1 win?[/URL] [B][I]The NCAA men's basketball tournament has new selection criteria this year.[/I] [I]In addition to RPI, the selection committee has long leaned on a given team's number of "good" wins to determine at-large bids. For the first time in 2018, those wins are divided into "quadrants."[/I] [I]A team's wins are divided into four categories, based on [/I][/B][URL='https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-men/d1/ncaa-mens-basketball-rpi'][U][B][I]RPI standings[/I][/B][/U][/URL][B][I] and the site of the game. Generally speaking, the more of a team's wins that are in "Quadrant 1" (and the fewer that are in "Quadrant 4"), the better.[/I] [I]Here's the breakdown (numbers listed are the RPI ranking of the opponent):[/I] [I]Quadrant 1: Home 1-30; neutral 1-50; away 1-75[/I] [I]Quadrant 2: Home 31-75; neutral 51-100; away 76-135[/I] [I]Quadrant 3: Home 76-160; neutral 101-200; away 136-240[/I] [I]Quadrant 4: Home 161-plus; neutral 201-plus; away 241-plus[/I][/B] [/QUOTE]

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