(03-12-2018 12:25 PM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:  I do find it interesting that how the Big East teams wound up doing with seeding. Beyond Villanova and Xavier, the rest were relegated to "the stew."

Proportionally, the SEC was relegated there, too. 4/6 in the stew for the Big East, 5/8 for SEC...Big XII was spared (3/7), as was the ACC (3/9). Rhodie rounds out the 16th team in that four-line bloc (so, no Big Ten or PAC teams).

Really, you don't want the 7-10 lines in this thing, facing a top line the first weekend. In some respects, you may be better off this year as a play-in team, like the PAC has going for it twice...a 3-seed isn't as scary this year.

Yes, the seeding sets the Big East and SEC up for a lot of second, even first round losses.

Expect a lot of "wow, the SEC and Big East were overrated, got way too many bids" talk this weekend. But really, it's the result of seedings.

In contrast, the B1G got a lot fewer teams in, but they are all seeded very nicely so all will likely go deep in the draw. Probably 3 sweet 16 teams.