I'm not going to act like I have a lot of knowledge about college basketball, I watch the games but I don't really study the teams other than Mizzou. I do, however, understand basketball records and how does a team, no matter their strength of schedule, how does a team like Belmont win 30 out of 34 games and get a 13 seed, or Utah State wins 30 out of 33 games and only earns a 12 seed? The 4 and 5 seeds they are playing, Wisconsin and Kansas State lost 8 and 10 games respectively. Those two teams, though, I understand having a high seed as they beat tough teams throughout the year. My main complaint comes from Vanderbilt, BYU and San Diego State getting such high seeds and the complaint broadens on two perspectives.
Vanderbilt receives a 5 seed and I hardly believe they even deserve to be in the tournament. They went 23-10 in a mediocre power conference and only had two big wins against Kentucky and UNC and losses against South Carolina and Arkansas, two non NCAA teams. Vanderbilt as well as BYU and San Diego State deserve to be in the tournament, but not why so high a seed. If we are looking at strength of schedule, then why did San Diego State get a 2 seeding and only beat one ranked opponent all season? They played BYU twice who was ranked in the top 10, lost to them both times though. And who's saying BYU deserved the high ranking. Besides San Diego State, the only top 25 team they beat all season was UNLV. So how do they rank the teams, draw from a hat?
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