So, the #8&#9 seeds play to see who plays #1 seed....

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#1

…which #1 seed do we want?

#2

Gonzaga! Or Baylor!

#3

Sorry Baylor isn’t a one seed.

#4

Here’s why I dreaded the 8 or 9 seed. You’ve got to go all the way to 13 to be worse than an 8/9.

Since the 64 team era began:

Sweet 16 by seed (from The Sporting News)

No. 1: 86.8 (111 out of 128)
No. 8: 9.4 (12 out of 128)
No. 9: 3.9 (5 out of 128)
No. 16: 0 (0 out of 128)

No. 2: 63.2 (81 out of 128)
No. 7: 18.0 (23 out of 128)
No. 10: 18.0 (23 out of 128)
No. 15: 0.8 (1 out of 128)

No. 3: 50.8 (65 out of 128)
No. 6: 32.8 (42 out of 128)
No. 11: 14.8 (19 out of 128)
No. 14: 1.6 (2 out of 128)

No. 4: 46.1 (59 out of 128)
No. 5: 33.6 (43 out of 128)
No. 12: 15.6 (20 out of 128)
No. 13: 4.7 (6 out of 128)

It’s a fact: Seeds 1-8 make up 85.2 percent of the Sweet 16. Seeds 9-16 make up 14.8 percent of the Sweet 16.

#5