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SeattleUte · 03-13-2007, 08:22 PM

If seeds are just a popularity contest and not merit based it shouldn't matter if a team gets a relatively lower seed and has to play a relatively higher seed. The higher seed is overseeded anyway, only seeded so high because it is from a "power conference" pretender.

The great thing about basketball is the championship is decided on the court. None of this really matters.

Indy Coug · 03-13-2007, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

The great thing about basketball is the championship is decided on the court. None of this really matters.

Let's take that logic to a hypothetical extreme: do you think Florida would stand a better chance playing a bracket loaded with double digit seed caliber teams or with a bracket loaded with single digit seed caliber teams?

If you don't seed accurately and equitably, from the get-go there is a substantial difference in the chance of one team winning instead of another team of similar quality.

The logic and probabilistic mathematics of this should be self-evident.

03-13-2007, 08:22 PM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Faulty logic of seeding obsession If seeds are just a popularity contest and not merit based it shouldn't matter if a team gets a relatively lower seed and has to play a relatively higher seed. The higher seed is overseeded anyway, only seeded so high because it is from a "power conference" pretender. The great thing about basketball is the championship is decided on the court. None of this really matters. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster