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Message: [QUOTE="southofnorth, post: 3089912, member: 9132"] The issue isn’t and should never be about what seed a team gets. So UConn as a #2 seed should NOT phase anyone that actually believes in the UConn WBB program. The seeding really only effects who you play (which shouldn’t matter since this is a TOURNAMENT to decide the BEST team) and where you play them. If you can’t play and beat the best anywhere, then you probably won’t beat them when you have a higher seed or more people rooting for you in the stands. What is concerning is that teams are being left out because they can’t get into a P5 conference and some of the P5 teams choose to play the weakest teams rather than face some quality mid-major opponents. I don’t know how scheduling goes in WCBB, but I can’t imagine teams like Ohio and Central Michigan are avoiding teams like Notre Dame, Baylor, or UConn. I get that mid-majors are harder to predict as far as how good they will be, but when you play a team that hasn’t had a winning season in a decade [exaggeration obviously] year in and year out, it speaks more to the fear some of these P5 schools have in facing some of the regularly tough mid-major programs. [/QUOTE]