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My understanding is that no matter what we do in the tournament as to losing,  we remain a 2 seed. if we win the whole thing ????

Even if all 4 of the current #1 seeds lose a game, I'm not sure they drop below us, even if we win the P12 tournament (beating RPI 18, 13, 2), at least, that's what Charlie Creme's seems to think.  I surely don't think we'd hop over Oregon. Even if one did drop that much, we know UConn is unlikely to lose a game (best possible opponent, RPI 41, best season wins RPI 20, 22)   (IF we somehow won the tournament AND UConn loses a game, then Stanford might hop over UConn, not that it matters too much.)

However, I am surprised they haven't found a way to set up a UConn-Stanford game short of the final four.  I still stand by my prediction that they'll use whatever shifting they can do in secret to set that up.    I already have heard/read Creme complain that the requirement to keep top 4 seeds from the same conference in different regions is making it difficult.  

With five Pac-12 and four Big Ten teams in the top 16 of this week's projection -- and bracketing rules that restrict the placement of teams that are among the top-four seeds from the same conference in the same region -- the flexibility for placing teams in the bracket is limited. Add to that the NCAA's historic desire for teams that can drive to a regional site (fewer than 350 miles from campus)...

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My understanding is that no matter what we do in the tournament as to losing,  we remain a 2 seed. if we win the whole thing ????

Even if all 4 of the current #1 seeds lose a game, I'm not sure they drop below us, even if we win the P12 tournament (beating RPI 18, 13, 2), at least, that's what Charlie Creme's seems to think.  I surely don't think we'd hop over Oregon. Even if one did drop that much, we know UConn is unlikely to lose a game (best possible opponent, RPI 41, best season wins RPI 20, 22)   (IF we somehow won the tournament AND UConn loses a game, then Stanford might hop over UConn, not that it matters too much.)

However, I am surprised they haven't found a way to set up a UConn-Stanford game short of the final four.  I still stand by my prediction that they'll use whatever shifting they can do in secret to set that up.    I already have heard/read Creme complain that the requirement to keep top 4 seeds from the same conference in different regions is making it difficult.  

With five Pac-12 and four Big Ten teams in the top 16 of this week's projection -- and bracketing rules that restrict the placement of teams that are among the top-four seeds from the same conference in the same region -- the flexibility for placing teams in the bracket is limited. Add to that the NCAA's historic desire for teams that can drive to a regional site (fewer than 350 miles from campus)...