So here's the comparison of my Top 12 seeds to the committee's. Obviously I got it a little jumbled, but overall I think I did pretty well. Got the composition of the 1 and 2 lines right, correctly picking between UConn and Memphis for the last number 1. Correctly moved Kansas down to the 3 line. Shankar pointed out that OU and KU couldn't be 8-9 overall as I had them because they would then be in the same half-bracket (which would violate the rule against having 2 teams from the same conference in the same half-bracket), so maybe my 2-line was more accurate in terms ranking than the final seeding shows. Only thing I whiffed completely on was Syracuse rocketing into a 3 seed, and not even the last 3 seed at that. Wake Forest got a little jobbed, but really it's a very minor quibble. I thought Duke had locked itself right behind Memphis with an ACC tourney title, and I also thought Oklahoma had displayed some troubling signs even after Blake Griffin came back.
The biggest surprise obviously is how much credit Louisville got for its Big East title run. I thought the losses that had pushed them down in the polls early in the season would linger more for the committee. That said, I have been saying that Louisville is playing the best ball in the country right now. Anyway, judge me below.
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Overall Seed |
Actual Seed |
My Pick |
1 Seeds |
1 |
Louisville |
North Carolina |
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2 |
Pitt |
Louisville |
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3 |
North Carolina |
Pitt |
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4 |
UConn |
UConn |
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2 Seeds |
5 |
Memphis |
Memphis |
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6 |
Oklahoma |
Duke |
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7 |
Duke |
Michigan State |
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8 |
Michigan State |
Oklahoma |
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3 Seeds |
9 |
Kansas |
Kansas |
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10 |
Villanova |
Missouri |
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11 |
Syracuse |
Villanova |
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12 |
Missouri |
Wake Forest
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4 Seeds |
13 |
Washington |
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14 |
Gonzaga |
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15 |
Xavier |
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16 |
Wake Forest |
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