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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3925537, member: 2117"] Bingo! Hindsight is 20/20 but no one at the time was even considering Baylor for a #1 seed. This season has been hard to critique since we've had very few marquee OOC matchups pre-NCAAs. On paper Texas A&M, Maryland and NC State all had much stronger resumes and the SEC looked a lot better than they performed in the tournament. UCONN played 3 games vs. SEC foes and all 3 were hotly contested and down to the final minute. Arkansas beat Baylor, and both Kentucky/Tennessee beat Indiana. At the time, winning the SEC appeared to be a big deal, and Texas A&M had many strong wins and just 2 losses. Given the limited criteria we were given this season, they deserved their high seeding. Same with NC State who had just 1 loss with Cunane in the lineup, and 3 wins vs. Louisville and South Carolina. Baylor's only wins over top 25 teams all year were 3 over West Virginia. The Texas wins weren't recognized as strong since they didn't do a whole lot in the regular season. Given the limited season we had, I think all 6 teams ahead of Baylor deserved to be ahead of the Bears and the UCONN/Baylor regional made sense. Obviously we learned otherwise in the tournament as A&M, NC State, and Maryland all went out early but the committee got it right, and it wasn't some grand conspiracy despite it being a fun idea. [/QUOTE]