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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 2286133, member: 837"]
I absolutely get what you're saying and agree with it, but we are seeing a pretty competitive tournament up through the 12 and sometimes 13 seeds pretty routinely now.

'17 -- South Carolina absolutely punked Duke as a 7 and went to the final four last year. Wisconsin made a run as an 8.  
'16 -- cuse. 
'15 -- MSU was a 7 in the final four
'14 -- UConn wins the title as a 7 over UK as an 8 and Dayton made the elite 8 as an 11. 
'13 -- Wichita State was a 9 in the final four. 
'12 -- top seeds roll for the most part
'11 -- VCU and Butler as whatever seeds they were 11 and 9 I think?

Whatever, your point is valid and we all want a top 4 seed but I do think playing well down the stretch is the far more important factor. If we're going to have a bad loss in the preseason and struggle at times during the regular season but win a game in the ACC tournament after playing well in February -- I'm not that concerned with going in as an 8.  It's far from ideal but it's not like the second weekend is a complete pipedream.
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