There is no overall No.1 seed. As you know, there are simply four number 1 seeds.
To say Ky is the weakest No.1 seed ever, and then say St.Joes is a weaker No.1 seed. Wouldn't that make St.Joes the weakest No.1 seed ever.
61 of the 65 teams will not make the final four, so its not a big stretch to pick one that won't make it. This season, the wealth or lack thereof is spread across the country. No team can be considered a cinch to make the final four.
To say Ky is the weakest No.1 seed ever, and then say St.Joes is a weaker No.1 seed. Wouldn't that make St.Joes the weakest No.1 seed ever.
61 of the 65 teams will not make the final four, so its not a big stretch to pick one that won't make it. This season, the wealth or lack thereof is spread across the country. No team can be considered a cinch to make the final four.
dante I have to agree with you ...KY is on a roll and that will help them roll into at least the sweet sixteen. Also look out for the terps...MD is another team that is extremely hot ....St joes will make an early exit and martelli can then go and apologize to billy packer. AND BILLY CAN TELL HIM TO KISS HIS ASS...St Joes.....23 1/2 point favorites...
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There is no overall No.1 seed. As you know, there are simply four number 1 seeds.
To say Ky is the weakest No.1 seed ever, and then say St.Joes is a weaker No.1 seed. Wouldn't that make St.Joes the weakest No.1 seed ever.
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There is officially an overall number 1 seed now. The matchups in the final 4 will revolve around those seedings.
There is no overall No.1 seed. As you know, there are simply four number 1 seeds.
To say Ky is the weakest No.1 seed ever, and then say St.Joes is a weaker No.1 seed. Wouldn't that make St.Joes the weakest No.1 seed ever.
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There is officially an overall number 1 seed now. The matchups in the final 4 will revolve around those seedings.
CBS Sportsline.com.
The first announcement of the NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday show revealed the selection committee's most egregious mistake.
Breaking from NCAA Tournament tradition -- and this was not the mistake -- the committee ranked the four No. 1 seeds from top to bottom. That seeding tactic encourages a BCS-like meeting of the country's best two teams in the championship game. Which is good.
Another reason for seeding the No. 1 seeds was to make sure the selection committee rewarded the best team in the country even more than it rewarded the second-best team, which would be rewarded more than the third-best team, and so on. Also good.
But here's where the selection committee made its mistake:
Thanks to its steamroller job in the SEC Tournament, Kentucky was awarded the No. 1 overall seed but was sent to the St. Louis region and not Atlanta -- dubbed Cat-lanta this weekend as the Blue Mist turned the Georgia Dome into Rupp South. The Wildcats were given nearby Dayton for the first two rounds, but they'd prefer the Atlanta Region to St. Louis.
Duke, considered the second-best No. 1 seed, was treated to more favorable geography. The Blue Devils' first-round games will be 20 miles down Interstate 40 in Raleigh, which Duke hopes to use as a springboard to Atlanta.
On the other hand, Duke was given the toughest of the four brackets, featuring a dangerous potential second-round match-up with ninth-seeded Arizona -- and Mississippi State and Texas lurking as the second and third seeds.
In descending order, the final two No. 1 seeds are Stanford in the Phoenix region and Saint Joseph's in East Rutherford. Despite being the third-rated No. 1 seed, Stanford looks to have the best combination of geography and competition of any of the No. 1s.
Saint Joseph's, meanwhile, eked into the final No. 1 seed despite posting the first perfect regular-season since UNLV more than a decade ago.
"I don't agree with Saint Joe's being a No. 1 seed," Packer said. "I think without question Oklahoma State deserved to be in the No. 1 seed position. There comes as a time you have to forget about statistics and say who would win this game, and believe me I don't think Saint Joe's could beat a club like Oklahoma State."
Maybe we'll find out. Oklahoma State is the No. 2 seed in East Rutherford opposite Saint Joseph's.
The first announcement of the NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday show revealed the selection committee's most egregious mistake.
Breaking from NCAA Tournament tradition -- and this was not the mistake -- the committee ranked the four No. 1 seeds from top to bottom. That seeding tactic encourages a BCS-like meeting of the country's best two teams in the championship game. Which is good.
Another reason for seeding the No. 1 seeds was to make sure the selection committee rewarded the best team in the country even more than it rewarded the second-best team, which would be rewarded more than the third-best team, and so on. Also good.
But here's where the selection committee made its mistake:
Thanks to its steamroller job in the SEC Tournament, Kentucky was awarded the No. 1 overall seed but was sent to the St. Louis region and not Atlanta -- dubbed Cat-lanta this weekend as the Blue Mist turned the Georgia Dome into Rupp South. The Wildcats were given nearby Dayton for the first two rounds, but they'd prefer the Atlanta Region to St. Louis.
Duke, considered the second-best No. 1 seed, was treated to more favorable geography. The Blue Devils' first-round games will be 20 miles down Interstate 40 in Raleigh, which Duke hopes to use as a springboard to Atlanta.
On the other hand, Duke was given the toughest of the four brackets, featuring a dangerous potential second-round match-up with ninth-seeded Arizona -- and Mississippi State and Texas lurking as the second and third seeds.
In descending order, the final two No. 1 seeds are Stanford in the Phoenix region and Saint Joseph's in East Rutherford. Despite being the third-rated No. 1 seed, Stanford looks to have the best combination of geography and competition of any of the No. 1s.
Saint Joseph's, meanwhile, eked into the final No. 1 seed despite posting the first perfect regular-season since UNLV more than a decade ago.
"I don't agree with Saint Joe's being a No. 1 seed," Packer said. "I think without question Oklahoma State deserved to be in the No. 1 seed position. There comes as a time you have to forget about statistics and say who would win this game, and believe me I don't think Saint Joe's could beat a club like Oklahoma State."
Maybe we'll find out. Oklahoma State is the No. 2 seed in East Rutherford opposite Saint Joseph's.
Journeyman,
Great call on Duke,lol, had a 500$ bet with my buddy that Duke will last longer than Kentucky! He was at my house with the money 10 minutes after the game ended! What a lot of people DON'T know is that UAB is a GREAT defensive team and thats what got them this far! They do foul but play hard defense that intimidates alot of teams! Thanks UAB!
Great call on Duke,lol, had a 500$ bet with my buddy that Duke will last longer than Kentucky! He was at my house with the money 10 minutes after the game ended! What a lot of people DON'T know is that UAB is a GREAT defensive team and thats what got them this far! They do foul but play hard defense that intimidates alot of teams! Thanks UAB!
