[treetop11]

Well, slipping to a 2 seed is not indicated by the stats.  Massey has us at 3, NET at 4.  Furthermore, nothing has happened since our UCLA loss to change Creme's earlier predictions of a 1 seed for us other than his "nagging feeling" that this year's committee puts more weight on recent performance than last year's committee.  So this is worse than reading tea leaves.

That said, a 2 seed is not necessarily bad for us--if it turns out just the way Creme has drawn it up.  But it never does.  The way Creme puts together brackets is notoriously inaccurate--its predictive value has been nil for years.  I sometimes think he puts a lot more thought into his brackets than the committee does into the official one.  This latest revision on his part is probably just to cover his bases and keep interest in his predictions stirred up, so that all the top 7 teams have been 1 seeds for him at one point or another recently.

I also don't know how well we would match up with Virginia Tech.  But we only have to wait a few hours to know for sure where things stand.

I would happily take the #2 seed in the bracket that Creme put together. I would be easier that the other 3 regions IMO. However, as you mention Creme can be inaccurate and we could get stuck with some match ups.

[treetop11]

Well, slipping to a 2 seed is not indicated by the stats.  Massey has us at 3, NET at 4.  Furthermore, nothing has happened since our UCLA loss to change Creme's earlier predictions of a 1 seed for us other than his "nagging feeling" that this year's committee puts more weight on recent performance than last year's committee.  So this is worse than reading tea leaves.

That said, a 2 seed is not necessarily bad for us--if it turns out just the way Creme has drawn it up.  But it never does.  The way Creme puts together brackets is notoriously inaccurate--its predictive value has been nil for years.  I sometimes think he puts a lot more thought into his brackets than the committee does into the official one.  This latest revision on his part is probably just to cover his bases and keep interest in his predictions stirred up, so that all the top 7 teams have been 1 seeds for him at one point or another recently.

I also don't know how well we would match up with Virginia Tech.  But we only have to wait a few hours to know for sure where things stand.

I would happily take the #2 seed in the bracket that Creme put together. I would be easier that the other 3 regions IMO. However, as you mention Creme can be inaccurate and we could get stuck with some match ups.