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After the Top 4 Teams Does Seeding REALLY Matter?

Random UK Fan

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I know this question will illicit the knee-jerk reactions of “Of course!”, . . theres debates over who should be a 2 vs a 3 seed, etc. But if you belong in the championship, you’ll win your way there if you are champion-potential, IMO.
 
I know this question will illicit the knee-jerk reactions of “Of course!”, . . theres debates over who should be a 2 vs a 3 seed, etc. But if you belong in the championship, you’ll win your way there if you are champion-potential, IMO.
To be fair is there a big difference between being a 1 or 2 seed either? Why does the top 4 matter honestly?
 
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It does, you'd rather be 7 or 10 seed instead of 8 and 9, since no one wants to play a top seed in the round of 32. Also 11th seeded teams seem to be making to the final four a lot more often than 8, 9 and 10 seeds, so it can be a lucky charm for a potential deep Cinderella run.
 
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It's all about matchups, the field has so much parity this year. There are 8/9 seeds that 1 seeds wont be thrilled about playing.
 
If you are not that good it matters quite a bit...

If you are good but not great than matchups do matter...

If you are a great team then play like it and you will beat most teams most of the time. Of course the best team out there with the easiest road can still lose.
 
For Gonzaga, it'll be interesting. they could be at an athletic disadvantage in a lot of their games, which isn't great.
 
Stole this from the Arizona board as we were talking about it over there:



40.7% chance to make the final four as a #1 seed
20.7% chance to make the final four as a #2 seed
12.1% chance to make the final four as a #3 seed
9.3% chance to make the final four as a #4 seed
5% chance to make the final four as a #5 seed
2.1% chance to make the final four as a #6 seed
2.1% chance to make the final four as a #7 seed
3.6% chance to make the final four as a #8 seed
0.7% chance to make the final four as a #9 seed
0.7% chance to make the final four as a #10 seed
2.9% chance to make the final four as a #11 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #12 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #13 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #14 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #15 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #16 seed

1 Seeds to make the final four was eye opening. This is based on the modern format when they started seeding teams in 1979.

North Carolina (17 #1 Seed / 10 Final Fours)
Duke (14 #1 Seed / 7 Final Fours)
Kansas (14 #1 Seed / 5 Final Fours)
Kentucky (12 #1 Seed / 6 Final Fours)
Virginia (7 #1 Seed / 2 Final Fours)
Arizona (6 #1 Seed / 1 Final Four)
 
Stole this from the Arizona board as we were talking about it over there:



40.7% chance to make the final four as a #1 seed
20.7% chance to make the final four as a #2 seed
12.1% chance to make the final four as a #3 seed
9.3% chance to make the final four as a #4 seed
5% chance to make the final four as a #5 seed
2.1% chance to make the final four as a #6 seed
2.1% chance to make the final four as a #7 seed
3.6% chance to make the final four as a #8 seed
0.7% chance to make the final four as a #9 seed
0.7% chance to make the final four as a #10 seed
2.9% chance to make the final four as a #11 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #12 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #13 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #14 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #15 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #16 seed

1 Seeds to make the final four was eye opening. This is based on the modern format when they started seeding teams in 1979.

North Carolina (17 #1 Seed / 10 Final Fours)
Duke (14 #1 Seed / 7 Final Fours)
Kansas (14 #1 Seed / 5 Final Fours)
Kentucky (12 #1 Seed / 6 Final Fours)
Virginia (7 #1 Seed / 2 Final Fours)
Arizona (6 #1 Seed / 1 Final Four)
Nice!
 
Crazy that UVA has 7 1 seeds in program history. I mean lesbihonest. We are not on par with those other programs who have earned that many 1 seeds. I kinda figured we’d have the worst final four percentage but Arizona doing the lords work for us
 
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Stole this from the Arizona board as we were talking about it over there:



40.7% chance to make the final four as a #1 seed
20.7% chance to make the final four as a #2 seed
12.1% chance to make the final four as a #3 seed
9.3% chance to make the final four as a #4 seed
5% chance to make the final four as a #5 seed
2.1% chance to make the final four as a #6 seed
2.1% chance to make the final four as a #7 seed
3.6% chance to make the final four as a #8 seed
0.7% chance to make the final four as a #9 seed
0.7% chance to make the final four as a #10 seed
2.9% chance to make the final four as a #11 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #12 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #13 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #14 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #15 seed
0.0% chance to make the final four as a #16 seed

1 Seeds to make the final four was eye opening. This is based on the modern format when they started seeding teams in 1979.

North Carolina (17 #1 Seed / 10 Final Fours)
Duke (14 #1 Seed / 7 Final Fours)
Kansas (14 #1 Seed / 5 Final Fours)
Kentucky (12 #1 Seed / 6 Final Fours)
Virginia (7 #1 Seed / 2 Final Fours)
Arizona (6 #1 Seed / 1 Final Four)
 
Thanks for the old history lesson but basketball has evolved from the blue bloods to a much wider base of teams that can not only beat them, but win a championship.
It's refreshing to see so many new and talented Head Coaching staffs.
Maybe none of these old blue blood guys win the 2022 tourney.
 
Crazy that UVA has 7 1 seeds in program history. I mean lesbihonest. We are not on par with those other programs who have earned that many 1 seeds. I kinda figured we’d have the worst final four percentage but Arizona doing the lords work for us
That discovery re-hashed a lot of pain for Arizona. We knew we were cursed but damn, that's a terrible percentage.
 
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