Elite 8 Ranking's and Seeding's

[SpringBokVol]

I thought I would take a look at the Elite 8 field's ranking and seedings...

It it quite interesting.

Here are the latest AP rankings:

Kentucky - Ranked No. 2 - Seeded No. - LOST

Duke - Ranked No. 3 - Seeded No. 1

West Virginia - Ranked No. 6 - Seeded No. 2 - Advanced to Final Four

Kansas State - Ranked No. 7 - Seeded No. 2 - LOST

Butler - Ranked No. 11 - Seeded No. 5 - Advanced to Final Four

Michigan State - Ranked No. 13 - Seeded No. 5

Tennessee - Ranked No. 15 - Seeded No. 6

Baylor - Ranked No. 19 - Seeded No. 3


What I find most interesting is Baylor's rank and seed. I thought Tennessee would be the lowest rank to advance this far.

And by the rankings it appears that Tennessee and MSU are pretty evenly matched. That also seems to be the case with Butler.

Discuss amongst yourselves....

 

[ALock4UT]

I just love the fact that we are the lowest seeded team left. That shows the NCAA selection committee screwed up. Nobody ever gives us credit and we keep winning.

Playing Izzo's boys is gonna be tough though.

 

[SpringBokVol]

And look at the conference break downs... SEC is right up there with two.

 

[DeepSpringsVol]

It just proves my point when the brackets came out and everyone was upset we had a tough region. My theory is everyone has to win 6 games to be crowned NC (well unless you are play in game winner then 7) We played who was in front of us and 3 times so far have answered the bell.

 

[Incipient]

Kentucky is gone now. It's our turn to carry the SEC torch. Let's go be the lowest ranked/seeded team in the Final Four!

 

[Catbone]

They say Butler is the Cinderella but were the lowest seed left.

 

[RollinVol]

something interesting in the first two games. the lower ranked team won