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(03-16-2019 08:56 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(03-16-2019 08:50 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote:  

(03-16-2019 08:41 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(03-16-2019 08:35 PM)bearcatlawjd2 Wrote:  buffalo pulling away, they are really good. still can’t give them better than an 8 seed. Played only 5 top 100 teams all year. Went 1-1 against tournament teams. You can’t give a mid-major a better seed than an 8 if you play 25 games against quad 3, quad 4, and non division one opponents. best win is syracuse and then toledo twice.

If Wofford, Nevada, or Buffalo are seeded higher than Cincinnati then who you play doesn’t matter. Tomorrow will be UC’s 23 game agiant top 100 competition. That is the difference between playing a mid major and a high major schedule.

Buffalo is 31-3. They'd be a 3-4 point favorite against UC on a neutral court. They are better than UC. I'd have no issue if the committee rewarded them.

I would. Then let a computer seed teams. 5 too 100 games all year. UC list one sub 200 clunker, Buffalo list two sub 100 clunkers. UC margin of victory in against sub 100 teams was over 20 points. It was about 15 points a game in teams 101 to 160. Playing bad equals blowouts win which increases efficiency.

Rewarding teams for beating bad teams goes agiant everything the committee has always done.

There are good strength of record statistics that account for that. Buffalo is 18 in BPI Strength of Record for example. Small conference teams don't play the same schedules as teams from better conferences, but that doesn't mean what they accomplsih against their particular schedule can't be compared to what other teams aaccomplish against theirs. Strength of Record metrics do a a good job of this. Buffalo is a strong team. Underseeding them would penalize whatever team draws them. It would be absurd for a 1 seed to have to deal with Buffalo in the second round.

I would give them a 7 seed. Only five top 100 games. That’s a junk schedule. 31 wins and only 4 came against top 100 teams. I have never seen the committee seed a team with such a low number of quality games anything better than an 8 seed. If they want to go with NET or Kenpom, great. Then apply it consistently and seed teams based on computers.