Issue # 2.1.1 “Overtime & Perfection”

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TOP SEEDS STRUGGLE, OVERTIME GALORE
Hawkeye & FC Nordsjaelland are perfect; Record 138 entries received 

EL SEGUNDO, CA (smt)- Where to begin?  The NCAA Selection Committee should just admit they are seeding to get good matchups instead of actually ranking the teams as most of the double-digit seeded teams held their own making for exciting basketball but one has to question the seeding system.  Just because a #12 has won almost every year doesn’t mean it HAS to.  There were 3 upsets early (#11S-Dayton, #9S-Pitt, and #12E-Harvard) with the latter two not surprising most people.  Top seeds struggled with #1S-Florida, #4MW-Louisville, #4W-SDSU, and #5MW-St Louis all holding on to victories.  Only #2W-Wisconsin, #3S-Syracuse, #4E-Michigan St, #2MW-Michigan, #7W-Oregon, and #2E-Villanova pulled away to easy wins.  The last 8 games saw four overtimes Continue reading »