This college basketball season has proved to be the outlier of all outlying years. Some have described the parity amongst the NCAA division 1 as freakish, scary, and, even unbelievable. Entering the tournament with no clear cut number 1 that is certain to make the final four this should be a tournament for the ages. The one question that I am most curious about is...."Is this the year that the lowest seeded team (of all time) will win the tournament?"
The lowest seeded team to win the NCAA tourney to this point is Villanova in 1985. They were an 8 seed. With so much instability amongst the top ranked teams; there is plenty of room for a deep run from teams like Creighton, Gonzaga, and, Belmont. It is quite possible that we may have too many Cinderellas at the dance. With that in mind it might be possible for a very low seed to win "it".
Among all of the excellent to good middle bracket teams. The really excellent teams like IU have not been able to seperate from the pack. IU lost 3 of its last 6. Kansas and Louisville have both lost 3 in the row in the not too distant past. Since the brackets came out today we will have to wait a couple of days to let the games begin. But, come Wednesday....."Let's get it on."
Paul E. Spors
3-17-2013
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