ESPN Bracketology

**gcdevil22** · March 6th, 2007, 01:47 PM

new bracketology has VT, UVa and UT as 5 seeds...but look at those 12 seeds, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Illinois and VCU...that's some TOUGH 12 seeds

Maryland is a 4 seed playing Davidson...i believe whoever gets Davidson is primed for a major upset and will be going home early...be it Maryland, VT, Duke, UT, etc.

**gcdevil22** · March 6th, 2007, 01:48 PM

forgot the link

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bracketology

**imported_mega** · March 6th, 2007, 04:28 PM

Lunardi is pretty accurate with who has for his 65 but hes usually sorta bad when it comes to the right seeds.

How does VT handle the zone?

Looks like UK could finally get some sweet revenge against UofA. When McClellan's knee went bad, UofA's season went with it. Id go with KyJelly in that one.

**1inStripes** · March 6th, 2007, 06:08 PM

I havent looked at it yet, but I think they should make a new rule concerning tourney seeding. You cannot be seeded higher for the national tourney, than you were your conference tourney. If your the 5 seed in your conference, I don't think you have much right of being a 3 seed in the national tourney. Just my 2 pennies.

**imported_mega** · March 6th, 2007, 06:22 PM

That makes sense. Id like to also see the polls have less of an effect on things. How Duke was ranked 14th with UVA, Maryland, VT, and BC all below them and Carolina 8th didnt make much sense at all. Thats just one example, there are alot more out there.

**1inStripes** · March 6th, 2007, 06:31 PM

I totally agree. Duke is a prime example this year. Packer and others saying they should be a 4 seed or so, heck they arent in the top 5 in the ACC tourney, why would they deserve to be in the top 4 seeds, or 16 teams overall in the tourney.

**plantsman** · March 6th, 2007, 06:34 PM

What if a conference had a #1 and #3 nationally ranked teams (#1 and #2 in conference) and the #3 seed won the conference tourney?

**1inStripes** · March 6th, 2007, 06:56 PM

I would seed them however they deserved. Just because a 3 seed wins their conference tourney doesnt mean they deserve a 1 or a 2 seed in the national tourney. There was a reason they were the 3 seed and not the 1 or 2 seed to begin with. Its not like it is a huge difference between being a 1,2, or 3 seed. Sometimes a 4 seed has it a little tough. I think it the toughest seeds truly are the 5-12 range as far as having a difficult road throughout the whole tourney.

**imported_mega** · March 6th, 2007, 07:38 PM

I dont like the idea of a team losing their seed based upon a player getting hurt either, i.e. Kenyon Martin with Cincy. Thats so unfair, its a team game, treat it like it is.

**1inStripes** · March 6th, 2007, 07:45 PM

Well, you will never be able to cure that unless they let computers rank the teams, and then use those computer rankings to seed the teams in the tourney. Unfortunately, that is the human element.