So, everybody has their favorite expert for Bracketology. I cannot compete with the experts. But, with only 1 game left to go in college basketball before the tournament is announced, I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring. Here is how I see the Committee seeding (in no particular order, and I make no attempt to "place" teams in regions or first weekend locations):
1 seeds: Ohio State, Kansas, Pitt, Duke
2 seeds: Notre Dame, SDSU, Connecticut, Texas
3 seeds: BYU, Kentucky, Florida, North Carolina
4 seeds: Syracuse, Louisville, Purdue, Wisconsin
5 seeds: Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, Arizona, Cincinnati
6 seeds: St. John's, West Virginia, Xavier, Kansas State
7 seeds: UNLV, Temple, Washington, Cincinnati
8 seeds: Georgetown, UCLA, Missouri, Old Dominion
9 seeds: Utah State, Marquette, George Mason, Richmond
10 seeds: Tennessee, Gonzaga, Villanova, Florida State
11 seeds: Butler, Memphis, Penn State, Illinois
12 seeds: Colorado, Michigan State, Virginia Tech (Play-In), Michigan (Play-In), St. Mary's (Play-In), Clemson (Play-In)
13 seeds: Princeton, Bucknell, Belmont, Oakland
14 seeds: Long Island, Wofford, Indiana State, Morehead State
15 seeds: Northern Colorado, St. Peter's, Boston U, UNC-Asheville
16 seeds: UC-Santa Barbara, Akron, Alabama State (Play-In), Hampton (Play-In), Arkansas-Little Rock (Play-In), UT-San Antonio (Play-In)
You never really know how the Committee is going to go with some teams, but this would be my guess. The Big East and Big Ten always get overseeded in my mind, which could be the downfall of a lot of a lot of non-Big 6 teams, including BYU. Especially BYU!
If I am correct (highly unlikely), BYU would get Long Island, Wofford, Indiana State, or Morehead State in the first round. I would hope to avoid Morehead State or Indiana State, personally. Second round game could be any of the 6 or 11 seeds. Penn State, Illinois out of the 11's looks like a decent shot, though if they grind the game to a halt, BYU might be in trouble (Jimmer against Talor Battle would be a nice matchup, since they were AAU teammates for years before Jimmer headed to BYU and Battle to Penn State). I wouldn't want to touch Memphis with a 10-foot pole and Butler's Matt Howard would eat Hartsock alive. St. John's and Xavier would be my top 2 picks from the 6 seeds. I'm not sure I would want to line up across Huggy Bear or Jacob Pullen in Round 2. We'll know a lot more in 90 minutes!
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