Who gets the 1 seed out West?

[Lucid]

Gonzaga or Arizona? And does it really matter, since no team from the West has made the FF since 2008? I say they flame again.

 

[HOFCeluck]

Gonzaga

 

[orangenirvana]

I think chances are better Arizona gets a 3 seed than a 1 seed

 

[HOFCeluck]

I think the one seeds are locked. UNC, Nova, KU, and Gonzaga

 

[Alsacs]

My prediction for the west bracket
1. Gonzaga
2. Oregon
3. Baylor
4. Florida State

 

[andyw715]

UNC will be a 2. Duke a 1.

Dukes win against ND was big yesterday. Plus they lead UNC 2-1 this season. They will be the first #1 with 8 losses.

 

[jncuse]

It will be #1 Gonzaga, #2 Arizona.

With Boucher being out, I can't see the committee giving the weaker Pac-12 team to Gonzaga.

 

[jncuse]

Under the "Body of work" premise that determines seeding Gonzaga clearly deserves a #1. 6-0 vs top 25, only 1 of which was at home. Even if we want to say St Mary's is really just an 8/9 type team, they went 3-0 on neutral courts against 3 teams that will be seeded between 2 and 4 today (Florida, Iowa St, Arizona). They did everything that was asked of them. The power rankings validate them. This was not a team getting a #1 seed based on beating up 34 sisters of the poor - just 21. They played 13 top 100 games, 6 top 25 games. and that is enough to make a resume assessment.

So they have a strong enough resume for a #1. But the question of always is whether their weak back end fails to make them as strong as other teams and really a top 4 team. by the time the tourney starts But the criteria is entire body of work, so on that front they do deserve the #1.

 

[Chris02M]

Injury for Oregon moves them below Arizona for me as 2 or 3 in midwest