The Thursday of championship week tends to be when things start to get crazy, and yesterday was no exception. We saw one of the projected one seeds lose in their conference tournament opener. We saw IU come back from 17 points down to keep its tournament hopes alive. We saw another bubble team fall in the ACC as well as a couple overtime thrillers.
As I mentioned yesterday, it’s important to keep in mind that while these tournament games are exciting and make for compelling TV, they are just one game in the grand scheme of the season, which suggests they shouldn’t move teams dramatically up or down the seed list. But make no mistake, they matter a great deal to some of the teams right near the cutline.
There are still a few potential bid thieves out there, but we’ll have a better view of those on Saturday morning. In the meantime, I intend to use today to go back over some of these profiles, which will likely lead to some minor adjustments on the seed list.
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