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How the hell did Texas get a #8 seed? They cratered through the last half of the season, and whimpered their way out of the conference tournament. Should have been lower.

And can someone explain this to me? Duke got the #3 overall seed (another gift to a marquee program, in my opinion, but that's another conversation). Why does Duke — and not Kansas, the #1 overall seed — get the winner of the play-in game?

Texas is ALWAYS overrated and I'm not sure why. - preseason ratings and tournament.
Duke got Coach K love, not surprising.

Seeds are screwed, yes. Baylor got a 3..wow. -- Big 12 all beat up on each other.

giacfsp wrote:How the hell did Texas get a #8 seed? They cratered through the last half of the season, and whimpered their way out of the conference tournament. Should have been lower.

And can someone explain this to me? Duke got the #3 overall seed (another gift to a marquee program, in my opinion, but that's another conversation). Why does Duke — and not Kansas, the #1 overall seed — get the winner of the play-in game?

Is that a rhetorical question?

Texas got the benefit of the patch, meaning that Big XII patch gives them a boost...right or wrong. With that said I look for an early exit, that team looks LOST.

Yep, the only bigger implosion of a Texas bball season was when Mike Wacker got hurt back in 82 or something.

FWIW, only 1 team in history who was at one point ranked #1 during the season received a lower bid in the tournament than this year's Texas (Alabama in 1993 I believe ESPN said...they were seeded 10th. Or maybe it was 2003. One of the two).

giacfsp wrote:How the hell did Texas get a #8 seed? They cratered through the last half of the season, and whimpered their way out of the conference tournament. Should have been lower.

And can someone explain this to me? Duke got the #3 overall seed (another gift to a marquee program, in my opinion, but that's another conversation). Why does Duke — and not Kansas, the #1 overall seed — get the winner of the play-in game?

so ur complaining about duke because their RPI is #2 in the country? because they will have less time to watch film on their first round opponent? really? you're complaining because duke gets the play in team? if kansas losses to a 16 seed this will be a relevant conversation... no actually it won't be. if kansas cares what 16 seed they are playing, they have bigger issues

ALEX LIFESON wrote:Is that a rhetorical question?

No.

expony18 wrote:so ur complaining about duke because their RPI is #2 in the country? because they will have less time to watch film on their first round opponent? really? you're complaining because duke gets the play in team? if kansas losses to a 16 seed this will be a relevant conversation... no actually it won't be. if kansas cares what 16 seed they are playing, they have bigger issues

Not complaining — just asking what I thought was a legitimate question. Kansas is the No. 1 overall seed, and theoretically, the teams in the play-in game are No. 64 and No. 65, right?, Yes, any of the No. 1 seeds should smoke the winner of that game. I'm just saying that if the committee determined that Duke is No. 3, why shouldn't they get to play the No. 62 seed? I'm not suggesting for a minute that this will affect the outcome of the tournament. But it seems odd that the best team isn't starting against the worst.

Yes, any of the No. 1 seeds should smoke the winner of that game. I'm just saying that if the committee determined that Duke is No. 3, why shouldn't they get to play the No. 62 seed?

Because ideally you'd like to keep the teams relatively close to home. Jacksonville is closer than OKC.

BaylorGuy314 wrote:

Yes, any of the No. 1 seeds should smoke the winner of that game. I'm just saying that if the committee determined that Duke is No. 3, why shouldn't they get to play the No. 62 seed?

Because ideally you'd like to keep the teams relatively close to home. Jacksonville is closer than OKC.

Didn't seem to matter to the women's tournament committee that shipped us to West Lafayette, Indiana for the first round in 2008.