A 10-game winning streak and the Pac-12 regular season title aren't enough to guarantee UCLA a No. 1 seeding in the NCAA tournament? Nope. Here's why.
It may not be enough to keep the Bruins there., one of the nation’s foremost bracket experts, told the Los Angeles Times on Monday that UCLA needed to win the Pac-12 tournament to secure a No. 1 seed on Selection Sunday.
Lunardi said he elevated UCLA to a No. 1 seed in the West Region in his latest bracket based on its cumulative body of work and strong finish to the regular season combined with Purdue’s having lost four of its last eight games.Monday, trailing only Houston. It’s the highest ranking for the Bruins this late in a season since they were No. 2 in the coaches’ poll on March 17, 2008.
“If Texas or Baylor win the Big 12 tournament,” Lunardi said, “they would have an equal or greater resume to pass them.”Lunardi said it would be impossible for any team to win the Big 12 tournament without logging three Quad 1 wins, which are against top teams and highly valued by the selection committee.
Lunardi said he hoped that common sense among the selection committee would prevail in that scenario over the letter of bracketing principles.
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