UCLA has been the wire-to-wire #1 team in the country. They will probably be your Big 10 Tournament champions, but they should not be the #1 overall NCAA seed. Sorry, the Bruins didn’t really do anything wrong, but at some point you have to reward the results and metrics when there isn’t a head to head component.
Here’s the tale of the tape. UCLA won today, in which another Big 10 team, this time Oregon blew a late-inning lead up 2-1 with 2 outs. If UCLA had lost, it’s an absolute no-brainer that Georgia Tech is number 1. Of course, Oregon would hit a batter with 2 outs and the bases loaded so the Bruins could walk off the game.
UCLA is 51-6 RPI 1, DSR 3 SOS 29
Q1 11-1
Q2 14-2
Q3 19-4
Q4 7-0
Record over top 8 teams : 0-0
Record over top 16 teams : 5-1, one team ranked in top 10
Conference Rank : 5th
Georgia Tech is 48-9 RPI 2 DSR 1 SOS 15
Q1 22-5
Q2 3-2
Q3 11-1
Q4 12-1
Record over top 8 teams : 4-3
Record over top 16 teams : 8-3, four teams ranked in top 10
Conference Rank : 2nd
Georgia Tech played in a far better league, a harder overall schedule, had more high-end wins, and even a higher average metric ranking.
The decision doesn’t just seem obvious, but painfully obvious that Georgia Tech should be the number 1 overall seed.
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