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CatsTopPac
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I thought I would get this debate set up early this year. No reason to wait for midseason when we already know what is going to happen.
So here it goes:
Gonzaga and Wichita State are once again going to find themselves in early January with only about 0-2 losses each, heading into conference play. Then they will play absolutely horrible teams in conference, and basically keep themselves in the top 5-10 while everyone else beats the shit out of each other in conference play. Then everyone will say how well Gonzaga and Wichita State are playing because they keep winning (and because of a game or two in Nov/Dec in which they played well, against a good team).
Come March, they will only have a loss or two and be complaining that they should be a #1 seed. Then, regardless, and because they haven't played but one top 50 team since Dec, they will lose in March before the Sweet 16 (once again proving that they had no business being a top seed).
I don't mean to just shit on these teams, and I'm not even just picking on them. I think that right now, both of those teams are good, and deserve their current rankings. But I also think there is something to be said for what is lost when you go 2 months at the end of a season without playing but one or two teams that are even in the top 100, let alone the top 50. St. Mary's should be good this year, but Gonzaga has basically weeks and weeks to prep for them, and then that's it. BYU might be worth mentioning this year as well. And that's it for the Zags. And for Wichita State, it's worse. I'm not sure they play a top 100 team after Dec.
I get that Wichita State played UK well in the tourney, but every UK game was close. Should Michigan have been a #1 seed because they only lost to UK by 3? I don't think seeding is justified like that. If you are a #1 seed, you are expected to go to the Final Four, or at least play a hell of an Elite Eight game. When you are a #1 seed and you lose in the first weekend, I don't think you should have been a #1 seed, period. I have been saying this about GU and WSU for the last couple years, and I am just wondering when we stop blowing #1 seeds on teams that run the table on some shitty conference.
So here it goes:
Gonzaga and Wichita State are once again going to find themselves in early January with only about 0-2 losses each, heading into conference play. Then they will play absolutely horrible teams in conference, and basically keep themselves in the top 5-10 while everyone else beats the shit out of each other in conference play. Then everyone will say how well Gonzaga and Wichita State are playing because they keep winning (and because of a game or two in Nov/Dec in which they played well, against a good team).
Come March, they will only have a loss or two and be complaining that they should be a #1 seed. Then, regardless, and because they haven't played but one top 50 team since Dec, they will lose in March before the Sweet 16 (once again proving that they had no business being a top seed).
I don't mean to just shit on these teams, and I'm not even just picking on them. I think that right now, both of those teams are good, and deserve their current rankings. But I also think there is something to be said for what is lost when you go 2 months at the end of a season without playing but one or two teams that are even in the top 100, let alone the top 50. St. Mary's should be good this year, but Gonzaga has basically weeks and weeks to prep for them, and then that's it. BYU might be worth mentioning this year as well. And that's it for the Zags. And for Wichita State, it's worse. I'm not sure they play a top 100 team after Dec.
I get that Wichita State played UK well in the tourney, but every UK game was close. Should Michigan have been a #1 seed because they only lost to UK by 3? I don't think seeding is justified like that. If you are a #1 seed, you are expected to go to the Final Four, or at least play a hell of an Elite Eight game. When you are a #1 seed and you lose in the first weekend, I don't think you should have been a #1 seed, period. I have been saying this about GU and WSU for the last couple years, and I am just wondering when we stop blowing #1 seeds on teams that run the table on some shitty conference.