re: National Seed Projections (Before SEC Tourney)

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18 top 50 RPI wins vs 8. That's tough to overcome.

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Not when the selectors want more than one Super Regional on the west coast, which is what we will likely see.

Bottom line...we wouldn't even be having this conversation if Kentucky had not lost 2 of its last 3 series this regular season. Losing the series to Georgia is what did them in. Had they won that and just lost the series to Florida, yea, they have a shot at a national seed. Outside of winning the SEC Tourney and Stanford losing a series next weekend, I just don't see it happening.

Also, if any league is going to get 3 national seeds, it is likely going to be the ACC, not the SEC this year.

Dont think you should penalize kentucky for losing a series at florida. Im just arguing who is more deserving, wouldnt surprise me if they gave it to stanford to spread the wealth. But on paper, kentucky deserves it. The amount of other teams from the conference with national seeds, shouldnt even be discussed by the committee

Has a nice symmetry to it. Teams with .667 winning percentages in conference & Division/overall winners:

SEC
Florida
LSU

ACC
Louisville
North Carolina

Big-12 (-2)
Texas Tech
TCU

Pac-12
Oregon State
Stanford

East, Southeast, Mid-(South)west and West Regionals.