Longfrog
Active Member
There are 16 hosts. So at #18, a&m was the 2nd best non-host team. They shouldn't be placed in the #2 team's pod. Caveat that ncaa doesn't go by ita rankings, so they may not consider a&m to be that strong.Shouldn't the 18th-ranked team have had to beat a better team to get through to R16?
But I get it. In hoops, the R32 game should have you up against an 8/9 seed, which means you don't get anyone better than 30th overall. It's like getting a 1/5 matchup in round 2.
Here are the top 8 seeds with the highest ranked teams in their pod:
#1 UT // #32 Pepperdine
#2 TCU // #18 A&M
#3 OSU // #31 TX Tech
#4 Kentucky // #28 Northwestern
#5 UVA // #26 Ole Miss
#6 UGA // #25 NC State
#7 Michigan // #29 Cal
#8 Tennessee // #22 Wake