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Originally Posted by stonedstooge

Love that picture of Kansas after getting their number 1 yanked from them. Players and fans really thought they would be rewarded for losing but I guess the selection committee saw it differently

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

http://www.toddstake.com/2012/03/14/...ded-the-field/

I’ve said for years if bookmakers and gamblers were involved in ranking teams we’d have much more accurate polls despite the NCAA’s vehement disagreement. If Vegas seeded the field, things might look quite a bit different than how the selection committee slotted 68 teams this past Sunday. Keep in mind the seeds assume Syracuse still had the services of Fab Melo when the field was announced. The matchup’s below would carry point spreads consistent with traditional 3 vs 14 match-ups unlike the Georgetown vs Belmont game where the teams actually rate 15 and 16 respectively in our current power poll. However, this field doesn’t account for the logistics of travel, pods, or religious limitations but gives us the match-ups the way they should be in the opening round. The only major adjustment? I believe the 16 seeds should be playing in the “first” round rather than pitting the 12,13,14 seeds against one another.


Midwest Regional: Home of the #4 Overall Seed
(1) Kansas vs (16) Colorado St vs (16) Detroit
(2) UNC vs (15) Colorado
(3) Indiana vs (14) South Florida
(4) Memphis vs (13) Ohio
(5) Florida St vs (12) South Dakota St
(6) Louisville vs (11) North Carolina St
(7) UNLV vs (10) St Mary’s
(8) Virginia vs (9) Iona

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