ie, wins/rpi/ road wins, SOS etal?
This is a 7:
W-L: 19-10
Conference Record: 10-6
RPI: 31
SOS: 22
Non-Conference RPI: 60
Non-Conference SOS: 101
Vs. Top 50: 3-6 (Pittsburgh, Georgetown, Connecticut)
Vs. Top 100: 9-10 (N-South Carolina, @ Seton Hall, @ DePaul, @ ND, DePaul, ND)
Road/Neutral: 6-8
Last 10: 5-5
And this is an 8:
W-L: 23-9
Conference Record: 10-6
RPI: 22
SOS: 17
Non-Conference RPI: 42
Non-Conference SOS: 98
Vs. Top 50: 5-6 (Pittsburgh, @ Pittsburgh, N-Duke, Villanova, @ Louisville)
Vs. Top 100: 8-8 (N-Texas Tech, Providence, West Virginia)
Last 10: 5-5
Road/Neutral: 8-5
I won't even get into some of the teams that were seeded 4-8 this year. Unbelievable.
Starters/second leading scorers/defensive players of the year lost prior to final game:
2006 - 0
2007 - 1
I'm really not sure why so many are struggling with this so much. Now, if McNeal comes back by Thursday, that's an entirley different matter - and frankly in that case, perhaps shame on MU for not making sure the committee had all the correct information.
Now, if that is not the reason, then I am as confused as the next guy, but I'm pretty sure it is.
Even without McNeal, if you are looking at how we were seeded relative to several of the 4-8 seeds (Butler, USC, Virginia, Vanderbilt, BYU, Boston College, Indiana, Duke-I'm looking in all y'alls directions), that still should not account for recieving an 8 seed.
To me, it looks like the NCAA decided to piss all seeding principles thoughout the bracket from spots 4-12 on down the drain just for the potential cutesiness of some 1st and 2nd round matchups, like the MU-MSU "Izzo Bowl", a MU-UNC 30th Anniversary rematch in round 2, OSU-Xavier in Round 2, Illinois-SIU "Weber Bowl" in Round 2, the Jay Wright Villanova-Kentucky job audition in Round 1, that may draw some additional ticket sales and more TV viewers is pretty sad indication of where the actual principles of the NCAA lie.
i think you're absolutely right. horseshit.