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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals" data-source="post: 129816038" data-attributes="member: 1759980"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">How often each seed level reaches the Final Four:</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#1 seed 52 times</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#2 seed 28 times</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#3 seed 14 times</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#4 seed 13 times</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#5 seed 6 times</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#6 seed 3 times</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#7 seed 2 times</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#8 seed 5 times</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#9 seed 1 time</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#10 seed 1 time</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#11 seed 3 times</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#12 through #16 seeds have NEVER made the Final Four. </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000"></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000">Where you are seeded has a major role in whether you can reach the Final Four. #1 through #4 have a tremendous advantage, in both talent and level of competition in the early rounds. Yes, there are first or second round upsets, but the odds are stacked heavily with the top 4 seeds (16 teams).</span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">I don’t care as long as WVU is #4 seed or higher in March Madness. That’s critical to a successful run because you don’t play any of the top 16 teams till the regional semifinals. The Final Four numbers by seed prove that.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">That’s why the top 4 seeds have reached the Final Four far more than the 5 through 16 seeds. The number of Final Four appearances is in line with the seeding rank through #5. After that, lower seeds make it more times than higher seeds in some cases. It’s almost irrelevant.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">As for next Monday's polls:</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#17 Duke lost to North Carolina State</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#1/#2 Villanova lost to Marquette </span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#1/#2 Kansas lost badly to #18 West Virginia</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#4 Kentucky lost to Tennessee</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#6 Florida State lost badly to Georgia Tech </span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#14 Notre Dame lost to #12 Virginia</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#16 Creighton lost by 20 to Georgetown</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">That’s 7 ranked teams that lost in 3 days! With 4 days left before the next polls.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">Also:</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">#5 Baylor only beat Texas Tech by 4</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">This may be the craziest March Madness ever!</span></span></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ff0000">And the pollsters, IF the Mountaineers beat Texas A&M, probably will be scratching their heads trying to figure out where WVU belongs.</span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>

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