NCAA #1 Seed Previews

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Hadn't seen this mentioned here, but it looks to me like the NCAA Basketball tournament is getting jealous of the football weekly rankings.

What a joke.

NCAA to reveal NCAA tournament No. 1 seeds early to grow fan buzz http://es.pn/2ko9Yh8

[freshmanjs]

Hadn't seen this mentioned here, but it looks to me like the NCAA Basketball tournament is getting jealous of the football weekly rankings.

What a joke.

NCAA to reveal NCAA tournament No. 1 seeds early to grow fan buzz http://es.pn/2ko9Yh8

Not just #1s. #1s - #4s. Top 16 seeds. Agree, awful.

[CrazyNotCrazie]

Hadn't seen this mentioned here, but it looks to me like the NCAA Basketball tournament is getting jealous of the football weekly rankings.

What a joke.

NCAA to reveal NCAA tournament No. 1 seeds early to grow fan buzz http://es.pn/2ko9Yh8

I agree is a disaster. Unless the committee is actually convening, how can they give a realistic assessment about all of the alleged nuance that goes into the seedings? Choosing four football teams is a lot easier than seeding and bracketing 16 basketball teams.

I am trying to figure out if this will empower or weaken the Joe Lunardi's of the world. Because anything that gets the "bracketologists" off the screen is a good thing.

[Wander]

Why does college basketball feel the need to borrow from the sport with by far the worst postseason system? What a stupid idea.

[brevity]

Here's a clickable ESPN link (http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18543881/ncaa-offer-sneak-peek-top-seeds-tournament) if the one above doesn't work. (It didn't for me.) If you would prefer not to support ESPN, here is the NCAA announcement (http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2017-01-23/march-madness-extends-february-first-ever-season-look-ncaa) and some commentary from The Sporting News (http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/news/ncaa-tournament-2017-cbs-turner-selection-committee-in-season-show-duke-kentucky/n9hp08qjjvuh1iewjggyzrl66).

This would appear to make the Selection Committee look a little less lazy, which could be good. 16 teams is the way to go; it provides a decent picture of the contenders and avoids the automatic bid issue that comes up in a full bracket. Maybe it gets casual fans to pay attention a month early. But this continued move toward transparency is unusual so long as they keep their half-RPI-half-secret-handshake formula for tournament inclusion.

This year should make a good test run. I want to see what they have to say about Gonzaga on the afternoon of February 11, several hours before they play their toughest conference game, at St. Mary's. (They will have played at BYU by then.) They almost have to give them a top seed, because if they don't, the message is "Keep winning and hope that teams ahead of you that have already lost will lose again."

[TexHawk]

It's SUPER weird, for sure. I will accept this if they also get rid of the two hour-long drip drip drip selection show with Charles Barkley. I'd say that's a net win (but just barely).

[subzero02]

It'll generate buzz... it will also draw in fans who have been focusing primarily on football. The super bowl is on sunday the 5th so fans will be looking for something else to watch the weekend of Saturday the 11th. I am interested in seeing how the seedings change between the 11th of February and 12th of march.