Our experts were tasked with identifying the top four seeds in the men's NCAA Tournament today. This seemed oh-so-easy a week ago, GBrianBennett writes. A look at the contenders who could join Alabama and Purdue on the top line ⤵️
In the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event, Mabuchi began a hand with pocket aces. He caught another bullet on the flop. And then another one on the river. With quad aces, one of the most unbeatable hands in poker, Mabuchi understandably bet his entire stack.There was just one problem: Justin Phillips had a royal flush.
So we can’t really complain about our much milder bad beat this week, which is the task of identifying the top four seeds in the NCAA Tournament today, 45 days before Selection Sunday. Like Mabuchi, we already have pocket rockets in Purdue and Alabama. But in a season where there areThis seemed oh-so-easy a week ago, when Kansas and Houston were safely on the top line. But then the Jayhawks got blasted at home by TCU and fell again Monday night at Baylor for their third straight loss.
The Wildcats are 9-3 in the first two quads and boast home wins over UCLA and Tennessee. They’d make a lot of geographic sense as the No. 1 seed in the West Region.Arizona has lost to three non-tournament teams, including at home to Washington State, and its range of metrics don’t look like a No. 1 seed.The Big 12 has an astounding six teams on the top four seed lines this week, and it sure feels like the champion of this league deserves a No. 1 seed.
OK, time to ante up. There are no unreasonable choices here, but we placed our bets on Houston and Tennessee this week, figuring in a group this close that the metrics would win the day for the committee . But we are far from all-in on those picks.• USC’s win over UCLA gets the Trojans in the field, while Memphis — which is top 40 in every major metric — re-enters the bracket.
• If you’ve got questions or complaints, bring ’em to the comments and you just might be lucky enough to get a response. Deal?
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