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Message: [QUOTE="Tenspro2002, post: 4920346, member: 889"] You can even see this in how the seeding and bracketing played out. They made Illinois a 3 seed and Wisconsin a 5 so that they could justify it no matter who won that game. Illinois should have had a much easier path, but the Committee can say "they were still a 3 seed!" Likewise, Wisconsin is probably overseeded as a 5, but nobody looks that closely when they lose. But if they had won and been seeded lower, there would have been uproar. So the Committee splits the difference. The Big Ten has gamed this to their advantage for years, having their conference Tournament end minutes before the Selection Show, but the way the Committee let themselves get played has only gotten worse and expanded to even Saturday's action. [/QUOTE]