Representation by Conference

[R1Letterman]

Ncaa softball: Bama fifth in conf regular season and fourth in. Conf tournament... gets national fifth seed.
Ncaa baseball: LSwhoA$M@rs was fourth in conf regular season and fifth in conf tourny.... gets fifth national seed

At least they are consistent I suppose.

[RaginDave]

Ncaa softball: Bama fifth in conf regular season and fourth in. Conf tournament... gets national fifth seed.
Ncaa baseball: LSwhoA$M@rs was fourth in conf regular season and fifth in conf tourny.... gets fifth national seed

At least they are consistent I suppose.

I struggle a little with the Alabama seeding, but LSU probably deserved the National #5 seed. If you take their entire body of work, they were one of the best teams in the country from day 1 until about a week or two from the end of the season. They were #1 in the country for about 3/4's of the year and still have an RPI of #5 and a national ranking of #3. They struggled a little down the stretch, but overall this is a team that is clearly a Top 8 national seed, so I don't have a major issue with them being #5. In fact, I could see a reason for them to be upset that they were not a little higher. Granted I think losing 3 of their last 4 and 5 of their last 10, probably was the reason they were not higher.

[R1Letterman]

Look at mlb, each year the national league and American league know how many teams are making postseason. Now if ncaa wants a little flexibility to adjust current year in real time they could announce the guaranteed slots and then create something similar to a wild card to adjust. World cup has this also, each federation has their slots but some federations have additional teams play a playoff against another confederation for additional slots

[R1Letterman]

How many other times had both Cajuns and Nichols (while on The bubble) beaten a number five national seed?