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Message: [QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 5102768, member: 127"] Agree. Look at how many of the top teams are poaching lower D1 program players from the portal. The same people who seeded NCSt as an 11 seed, kept programs like SHU and Indiana St out of the NCAA tournament also made Kentucky a 3 seed, who lost to Oakland, an amazing #14 seed winner in the first round this year. Six #11 seeds have made the Final 4, three of them since 2018 - a reflection of greater parity? Heck SU made the final 4 in 2016 as a #10 seed. Three #15 seeds have made the Sweet 16 - Princeton (2023), St Peter’s(2022) and Oral Roberts (2021) in the last 4 years with #15 St Peters even making the Elite 8 in 2022. Florida Coast a #15 seed was the first to make the Sweet 16 but in 2013 - never had occurred before that. Upsets by lower seeded teams have become more frequent for a reason. [/QUOTE]