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Message: [QUOTE="TheFarmFan, post: 3084845, member: 9403"] TBH, I don't understand why Huskies fans are so upset. The key thing was getting to stay in Albany, which you are. Whether you're the 1 seed or the 2 seed matters not one lick apart from the slight benefit of getting to play a 4 seed instead of a 3 seed, and in the case of the Albany regional, I'd actually rather face 3 seed Maryland than 4 seed OSU - the latter is more dangerous, [I]much[/I] better coached, and has a history of pulling off March surprises (though I would not be *at all* surprised if you end up playing UCLA instead Maryland). Moreover, you guys get what I think is the weakest of the 1 seeds - Louisville, and will get them for what will feel like a home game. I think you'd match up far more poorly against Miss St., so if you had been the last 1 seed, and they were the 2 seed for Albany, I'd say your final four chances would be weaker. For a team that finished 3-2 vs. the Top 25, that's not bad position to be in. (By comparison, we went 7-2 against the Top 25, including getting the only win over the overall #1 seed, and ended up getting placed against Notre Dame in what will feel like an away game two time zones away in Chicago, if we are fortunate enough to get that far.) So while you may be nominally a 2 seed, your route to the final four couldn't have been better than if you were a 1 seed, and I'm fairly confident Notre Dame is less excited to see Stanford again, and Miss. St. less excited to play Oregon in Portland. The only team with a better route is Baylor, and they're the overall #1, so that's as it should be. [/QUOTE]

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