Seeding the NCAA Field By Academic Success

[reason]

Kentucky is a 16 seed. Who'da thunk.

Syracuse Regional Austin Regional Chicago Regional Albuquerque Regional
1 North Carolina (1) Alabama (5) Villanova (5) Pacific (8)
2 George Washington (12) Old Dominion (12) Pennsylvania (13) Northern Iowa (11)
3 Eastern Kentucky (15) Creighton (10) Illinois (1) Wake Forest (2)
4 Vermont (13) Syracuse (4) Georgia Tech (5) Wisconsin (6)
5 Niagara (14) Duke (1) Southern Illinois (7) Gonzaga (3)
6 Central Florida (15) Arizona (3) St. Mary's (10) SE Louisiana (15)
7 Boston College (4) Chattanooga (15) Wisconsin-Milwaukee (12) Alabama A&M (16*)
8 Fairleigh Dickinson (16) Oakland, Mich. (16*) Oklahoma (3) Ohio U. (13)
9 Michigan State (5) UCLA (11) Stanford (8) Bucknell (14)
10 UAB (11) Kansas (3) Miss. State (9) Utah (6)
11 Texas Tech (6) Winthrop (14) Cincinnati (7) Oklahoma State (2)
12 Charlotte (7) Nevada (9) Iowa (10) West Virginia (7)
13 Delaware State (16) Minnesota (8) Utah State (14) Montana (16)
14 Florida (4) Pittsburgh (9) New Mexico (12) Washington (1)
15 UTEP (11) N.C. State (10) Iowa State (9) Connecticut (2)
16 Texas (8) Louisville (4) Kentucky (2) UL-Lafayette (13)*
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[cincygreg]

Interesting. Never seen it broken down like that before.

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[reason]

As much criticism Cincinnati gets for their academic inadequacies, I'm humored by the fact that there are 20 teams ranked lower, with Kentucky ranked at the bottom.

[Lew]

Actually, if the 2-Angry Dorks are the be believed, Bucknell would be #1. And yeah, I have always viewed Alabama as the academic torch-bearer in the SEC. Good one.

[reason]

Originally posted by Lew:
Actually, if the 2-Angry Dorks are the be believed, Bucknell would be #1. And yeah, I have always viewed Alabama as the academic torch-bearer in the SEC. Good one.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Like it or not, this is the standard to determine which NCAA teams lose scholarships. At this point in time, Kentucky brings up the rear.

2nd to last in the tournament.

UK: Winning at all costs. A basketball program with a mediocre state flagship school attached.