San Diego State sits on the cusp of a No. 5 or 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament, which could be the difference between facing a mid-major or power conference opponent
A loss could bump them onto the No. 6 line, which doesn’t seem like a big difference until you consider who’d they play. The 5 and 6 seed lines straddle the cusp between a mid-major or power conference opponent, between playing a Drake or a Wisconsin, between Marshall or USC.SDSU has been seeded sixth twice before in the NCAA Tournament. Drew ACC teams twice. Lost twice. LostA No.
“You make the tournament and that’s your reward, to play a North Carolina, who played for the championship last year?” Dutcher said, shaking his head. “All these teams are going to be dangerous in the tournament. All we can do is take care of our business and win as many games as we can to get the highest seed possible, and then see what the draw is.”
“I only glanced at that once and I was like, ‘Whoa, look at some of those teams,’” Rice said. “It happened last year with Carolina. They were an 8 . It seems like there’s more of that going on … like a lot of teams like that pop in your mind and you’re like, ‘Those guys are a 7 or an 8 or an 9 or 10?’ But that’s future problems.”
On Monday, Lunardi lowered the Broncos to his “last four in,” with teams like North Carolina, Arizona State and Clemson breathing down their neck.and one spot in the USA Today coaches poll to 19in Sagarin. Two other respected metrics love them: sixth in KPI and eighth in T-rank.
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