Why does the seeding match up the highest seed against the lowest seed. Isn't it unfair?
2007-03-18 12:31:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball
It gives teams incentive to be seeded higher, and prevents bad teams from advancing farther in the tournament than good teams.
It's a little bit unfair, but I think it would be even more unfair to have the second-best team in the country eliminated in the first round. Besides, since the rules don't favor the good teams, it isn't de juro unfair- it doesn't stop the lower teams from winning the tournament (because upsets are possible,) but it doesn't carry them farther than they deserve, either.
2007-03-18 12:34:44 · answer #1 · answered by Bobby S 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Because the top seed earned that position. If the two top seeded teams played each other one team would of course loose and is that fair then that the winner of the two lowest seeded teams remained in the tournament but not the highest or second highest? The low seeded teams must earn the right to stay in the tournament by beating higher seeded teams. And remember even the lowest seeded teams earned their spot among the top 64 teams in the country that made it.
2007-03-18 12:42:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am guessing, but it would be a test for the lower seed to win,,,, and an incentive for teams to try and achieve the top seed. That is the only explanation I can think of.
2007-03-18 12:35:20 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is entirely fair. It rewards teams that did very well. It makes the weaker teams earn their way forward. It makes the in-between games (an 8-9, for example) very competitive.
Public high schools in Maryland went to an unseeded tournament and the coaches hated it. It made them ask what the value of the regular season was. It has since been modified.
2007-03-18 15:11:38 · answer #4 · answered by Bob T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been wondering the same thing, however it is interesting when the teams that are seeded lower manage to upset--plus it screwed up my bracket.
2007-03-18 12:35:25 · answer #5 · answered by marriedw/children 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's very fair. The top seeds have worked very hard all year to win games, and this is the reward. If there was no reward, there wouldn't be a reason to win all the time.
2007-03-18 12:35:38 · answer #6 · answered by Ilya S 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think they do that so in the end, all the best teams are standing. But yes i do think its unfair.
2007-03-18 12:34:34 · answer #7 · answered by Woooo! 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋