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I am actually fine with a seed of 8/9. If Purdue earns a 1 seed, then we would most likely be in Houston or Kansas region (committee would likely try to avoid UCLA rematch and based upon rules, we would not be in Purdue's region...believe you can't face a conference foe until 2nd weekend).
Houston is a match up I would not like to see, but I think it is probably the storyline match up the committee would draw up. Kansas is not a world beater and I feel we can match up well. We have also already beat UCLA, so I am fine with that matchup.
In any event, you have to beat the best at some point, and there is no run away team this year. So the 8/9 line is not too much worse than the 7/10 line of normal years, IMO.
Houston is a match up I would not like to see, but I think it is probably the storyline match up the committee would draw up. Kansas is not a world beater and I feel we can match up well. We have also already beat UCLA, so I am fine with that matchup.
In any event, you have to beat the best at some point, and there is no run away team this year. So the 8/9 line is not too much worse than the 7/10 line of normal years, IMO.