It's still summer so things could change, but as it stands right now, there are 5 consensus top-11 teams projected, with UCLA also hanging around the top-25. Maui has never seen anything like that.
https://painttouches.com/2023/07/25/the-2023-maui-invite-field-is-the-best-in-40-year-history-marquette-kansas-ucla-purdue-gonzaga/ (https://painttouches.com/2023/07/25/the-2023-maui-invite-field-is-the-best-in-40-year-history-marquette-kansas-ucla-purdue-gonzaga/)
(https://painttouches.files.wordpress.com/2023/07/maui-fields.png)
Nice work! Should be fun!
How did they seed the teams?
Norlander was shouting out Paint Touches on the Eye on College Basketball podcast this morning. They discussed the Maui field towards the end of the episode and sited some stats that Paint Touches posted/Tweeted (is it "X'd" now?).
When the first round pairings came out, and my college buddies and I were discussing it via text. I immediately thought, "Wow, this was a stacked field." Thanks for actually quantifying it for us. It's going to be a dog fight every game, and fun to watch!