What's not true? I said they've been popular. I didn't say they were the norm. Truth is over the years, seeds from 11 to 16 have been involved in the play in game scenario so its a moving target. The seed of four of the 8 play in teams is based on the overall seeds of the last four automatic bids accepted into the tournament.
Without oversimplifying (well, maybe I am)
A Middle Tennessee can get an eleven as an auto qualifier. But, traditionally the good auto qualifiers start at 12.
It's rare that you see a mid-major (besides Gonzaga, St. Marys et al) get something better than a 12 and REALLY rare that they get a ten.
Even if we win out, I don't see us being higher than a 12 seed.
There are a few auto qualifiers (NMSU, Loyola, Vermont) that are right there with us RPI wise. We are ahead of the rest.
In a perfect world, one or more of the above gets upset in their conference tournament and are replaced by teams with worse RPI's.
FYI.. mark murphy on different notes 10a today
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Mike’s twin brother filling in for him today
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