# NCAA Basketball Seeding attempting to mimic CFP **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 24, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-seeding-attempting-to-mimic-cfp/778087 "2017-01-24T23:02:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-seeding-attempting-to-mimic-cfp/778087/1 "2017-01-24T23:02:55Z")
This will go well…:rolleyes: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/01/24/college-basketball-tries-to-be-college-football-will-unveil-early-look-at-top-16-seeds-in-february/?utm\_term=.b13e817af939](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2017/01/24/college-basketball-tries-to-be-college-football-will-unveil-early-look-at-top-16-seeds-in-february/?utm_term=.b13e817af939) > [@](#): > > The NCAA announced Tuesday that it will unveil the top 16 seeds for its men’s basketball tournament as they stand on Feb. 11, a full month before the entire 68-team field is announced on March 12. The announcement of the top four seeds in each region will be televised on CBS, with bracketologist Jerry Palm joining the usual CBS studio crew of Greg Gumbel, Clark Kellogg and Seth Davis. CBS trying to cash in like ESPN has done with the college football playoff. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-seeding-attempting-to-mimic-cfp/778087/2 "2017-01-25T00:19:17Z")
Wow. They might as well play reruns of Small Wonder because ain’t nobody watching this. Is the actual selection committee going to draw up the top 16 teams every week? ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-seeding-attempting-to-mimic-cfp/778087/3 "2017-01-25T14:39:32Z")
I don’t get it. Don’t they play right UP to Selection Sunday? Are they updating the seeds through that month, or Fuck 'em all, these are the top 4 seeds in each bracket, no matter what? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-seeding-attempting-to-mimic-cfp/778087/4 "2017-01-25T15:53:39Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > I don’t get it. Don’t they play right UP to Selection Sunday? Are they updating the seeds through that month, or Fuck 'em all, these are the top 4 seeds in each bracket, no matter what? > [@](#): > > “We are excited about giving the fans a glimpse to what the men’s basketball committee is thinking at this point of the season, and creating a buzz as we look towards Selection Sunday,” Michigan State Athletic Director Mark Hollis, chair of this year’s selection committee, said in a statement. “It’s important to recognize after this list has been released, there is still a significant portion of the regular season to be played and every league must stage its conference tournament. **There’s potential for quite a bit of movement until we do it for real March 12** , but this early peek will give everyone insight as to where the committee stands as we hit the stretch run of the regular season.” So basically, it means nothing. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-seeding-attempting-to-mimic-cfp/778087/5 "2017-01-25T18:01:41Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > So basically, it means nothing. Exactly - well, unless you want to argue about how a team that was in the top 16 at one point got moved around. And didn’t they do this last year? Or was that just for the women? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-seeding-attempting-to-mimic-cfp/778087/6 "2017-01-25T19:03:19Z")
Seems like this is just an extension of the “bracketology” trend of the last few years. ESPN and CBS both, I think, have some “brackets expert” who, practically from the start of the season, start blathering about which teams are in the tournament and where they will be seeded. You know what? I don’t care until the actual brackets are announced.