Originally Posted by longtimefan
Let's look at our last five NCAA seeds and results:
2009 won as an 11 seed
2014 went to Elite 8 as an 11 seed
2015 won as an 11 seed
2016 lost as a 7 seed
2017 lost as a 7 seed
We also won as a 12 seed in 1990 and lost as a 4 seed in 2003. Seeding can help, but not as much as some people think. Once you get in the tournament it's all about match ups. I would rather have a scheduling philosophy geared to getting us into the tournament than a higher risk philosophy that might get us a better seed but could also cost us a bid altogether. Once you're in, anything can happen.
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I totally agree, just get me in. Give me a chance. And whatever gives me the highest probability of making it in any given year, follow that model.