Some on this board were saying that there is no difference between a #2 seed and a #3 seed. Some also said that after #1 the parings were based on geography and not how good the teams are. I was showing that the average RPI of a #1 seed is 9, the average RPI of a #2 seed is 28.7, the average RPI of a #3 seed is 50.7 and the average RPI of a #4 seed is 147.

It is better to be a #2 seed than a #3 seed because you will draw an easier opponent on average. The same is true of the top 8 national seeds. The higher your seeding the easier opponent you will draw on average. I am not going to go back to the past ten years and take average RPI just because people on this board can't follow what "on average" means.

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Posted by OneMoreTime

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Posted on 5/27/13 at 11:22 pm to eelsuee

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Some on this board were saying that there is no difference between a #2 seed and a #3 seed.

link?

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The same is true of the top 8 national seeds. The higher your seeding the easier opponent you will draw on average.

naw

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Posted by Meauxjeaux

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Posted on 5/28/13 at 12:01 am to eelsuee

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eelsuee

How do you pronounce that?

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Posted by PKTiger

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Posted on 5/28/13 at 4:00 am to eelsuee

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Some on this board were saying that there is no difference between a #2 seed and a #3 seed.

What they we're saying was that there's no advantage gained over the #3 seed for the #2 seed, and they're right. You're going to play each other, and then the winner is going to play the winner of the other game, the #1 seed most likely.

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