In response to
"It's the automatic qualification that I forget about which throws me off. Thanks."
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ty97
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Right. They get in automatically because they won their conference but it was a weak schedule and conference or they were upset winners that
Posted by
Krusty (aka Krustylu)
Mar 13 '16, 15:29
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wouldn't be in otherwise so they get a 16 seed. These play-in teams were bubble teams where one would have been left out altogether so they play each other for a chance to dance with everyone else. And since they're a better team than the automatically qualifying teams they get a better seed once they win their way in.
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