03-13-2007, 08:22 PM | #1 |
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Faulty logic of seeding obsession
If seeds are just a popularity contest and not merit based it shouldn't matter if a team gets a relatively lower seed and has to play a relatively higher seed. The higher seed is overseeded anyway, only seeded so high because it is from a "power conference" pretender.
The great thing about basketball is the championship is decided on the court. None of this really matters.
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If you don't seed accurately and equitably, from the get-go there is a substantial difference in the chance of one team winning instead of another team of similar quality. The logic and probabilistic mathematics of this should be self-evident. |
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