catmandoo
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posted 04-28-2020 01:41 PM
Our latest bracket is significant for two reasons, one short-term and one historical.
Short-term, we have reached the deadline for college underclassmen to declare for the NBA draft. That fact, along with a commitment by the last unsigned Top 100 recruit -- No. 9 Greg Brown to Texas -- means we'll not have much movement in the bracket between now and the June 3 draft withdrawal deadline.
And this isn't one of those fluky stats. Over three decades, the Blue Devils, Wildcats, Jayhawks, Spartans and Tar Heels have collected 64 of a possible 120 preseason top seed designations (or their poll-based equivalent). That's 53% of the available spots going to a mere 1.4% of men's Division I basketball membership.
On the seed list behind today's bracket, Duke (No. 6) didn't miss the top four by much. And a whole lot could happen -- we hope! -- between now and November's preseason poll. But it's hard to ignore 30 years of history.
Especially when it doesn't repeat.
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