(10-11-2019 09:32 AM)NJDuke97 Wrote: Some perspective
12-13* predicted #6 finish #3 seed
13-14 predicted #7 finished #7 seed
14-15 predicted #5 finished #4 seed
15-16 predicted #2 finished #4 seed
16-17 predicted #5 finished #7 seed
17-18 predicted #10 finished #9 seed
18-19 predicted #6 finished #8 seed
19-20 predicted #4 finished ???
* JMU technically finished as 4 seed however Towson was ineligible due to Apr as was #10 UNCW. Georgia State #6 and ODU #11 were also ineligible due to their planned
of course, the seeding is used for CAA tourney bracketing and the only advantage now is to be in the top 2 and play a quarterfinal game against the winner out of the Keener round less than 24 hours after their pillow fight win.
The only disadvantage would be to fall into the 7,8,9, or 10 seed and have to play an extra game in the Keener round trying to win 4 games in 4 days. Good Luck doing that.
Seeds 3,4,5,6 are essentially on equal footing in the tournament bracket and play each other in the quarterfinals. For CAA tournament purposes, there really is no differentiation in those seeds.
What would be interesting to see is each season's regular season standings in the above chart. i.e. last year JMU was seed #8, but was actually tied for 8th with Towson at 6-12.
I remember in 14-15, JMU was seed #4, but tied for 1st in the CAA at 12-6. It was a backdoor regular season title, but nobody in the CAA had a better record and it is a true double round robin schedule.