Yes, I think that list is pretty flawed after the top 6 or 7. UNC-W was a very good #13 seed, and while we clearly had a terrible stretch against Yale, it is worth mentioning that we did have the somewhat unusual circumstances of being a pretty high seed that was playing down the street from the lower seed's home. This was not analogous to anything that any of the other top tier teams face, where they not only did not have hostile crowds -- but had enthusiastically partisan crowds that helped lift them through tough contests. With how that first half played out, I don't think there's any chance Yale would have been able to make that kind of serious run if that game had been played in Charlotte, for instance.
Personally, I would have Miami at 8 and have us somewhere around 9 or 10. With that said, I think our run ends on Thursday unless we play an absolutely flawless game. Unless Oregon shoots atrociously -- which they did against St. Josephs -- I just don't think we really match up very well against them. Don't think we can defend them in man-to-man, and our zone IMO is too porous against a team like Oregon that is very adept at shooting the 3 and penetrating seams.
With that said, you never know. I personally thought that UNC was going to run us out of the gym both times we played them, and we finished a combined -3 after 80 minutes of play.
