At the National Association of Basketball Coaches Meeting a few years ago, they explained how pods and seeding worked. One thing was clear. If a team is a three seed, it could easily be a two or a four. A lot of it has to do with travel, match-ups and how long it's been since a team has been in the tournament.
Quotes about seeding (16 Quotes)
The seeding was probably the most disappointing. We felt we should have got a three or two. But we have no one to blame but ourselves.
We don't really care about the seeding. We're just trying to play hard, ... We just try to look at ourselves and don't worry about the seed we've got. We're focused on ourselves and what we can do, who we are.
I don't care about seeding, they can seed us anywhere. We just wanted to get to the NCAA Tournament and play the best that we can play. People who complain about seeds probably are doomed to lose very quickly. It's like complaining about the officials. You can't do anything about them, so you do the best you can.
I don't think the committee considers the individual tournaments when it comes to seeding.
We are still playing for seeding and the division and then you are fighting for home-court advantage. It is still not out of the realm of possibility that you can continue to climb up. There is a lot to continue to play at a high level for.
It should help eliminate the perception of an East Coast bias. And the seeding will help teams and fans better understand who they are playing next and will help schools publicize the games, sell tickets and draw a better TV audience.
Our guys know they are about to play the toughest game on our schedule. We know what is ahead of us with seeding and the playoffs. But all that is in the hands of our leaders and veterans. If they want to go out and win these games, then they can.
Human knowledge has been changing from the word go and people in certain respects behave more rationally than they did when they didn't have it. They spend less time doing rain dances and more time seeding clouds.
In March and in April from morning till night In sowing and seeding good housewives delight.
Seeding is everything when it comes to that tournament. Where you go and how they place you can really (impact) how far you go.
I don't really pay attention to the seeding. I don't think it matters. All eight teams are going to be great.
They're being a bit more open perhaps to combat the biggest threat to the company, which is open source. They really have to do it because IBM is going wholly the other way and seeding (open-source products) far and wide.
The NCAA bought the NIT. So it is a little different. The NCAA will be seeding the tournament. But we are prepared to host a home game if we get the opportunity. We've already turned in all the paper work and we are ready. Hopefully, we will get the opportunity.
Propaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all writing therefore is propaganda for something. It's a seeding of the self in the consciousness of others.
Regardless of our seeding, as long as we're playing well and rolling into the playoffs, that's what we care about. We're just looking at whoever we play, we have to be prepared.