Elite Dudes Crash Out of NCAA Sweet 16 Amidst Bad Calls!
The men's selection committee didn't do Duke any favors despite giving the Blue Devils the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament. What else did they muck up?
A basketball fan has roughly a 1 in 120. 2 billion chance of filling out a perfect NCAA tournament bracket . Those are about the same odds the NCAA men’s basketball selection committee has to unveil a new bracket without any nitpicking.
This year’s committee did an unusually good job overall, nailing which teams belonged on the No. 1 seed line and including the 68 most deserving teams in the field . The loudest complaints mostly target questionable seeding decisions or imbalanced regions.
[ Enter Yahoo Bracket Mayhem for shot at 50K | Printable bracket ] Here’s a closer look at what the committee got right and wrong: What the committee got right: Valuing the Sunday conference tournament games For years, the selection committee has faced criticism for ignoring the seeding ramifications of Sunday conference tournament games. Tournament champions from the SEC and Big Ten in particular have long complained that the committee doesn’t account for those games and their victories haven’t resulted in the expected seeding bump. That certainly seemed to be a complaint that this year’s committee was determined to address.
Committee chairman Keith Gill said that he and his colleagues elevated Purdue from the No. 11 overall team on its seed list to No. 8 after the Boilermakers upset Michigan in Sunday’s Big Ten title game.
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