The Brackets Are Out!

The brackets are out! The brackets are out! So, how did the committee do? Very well, actually. Here are my only gripes:

• If Tennessee didn’t deserve one of the four #1 seeds after having the #1 RPI with the #1 strength of schedule (I don’t know what’s the deal with that) then they certainly didn’t deserve to be the #2 in the same bracket as the overall #1 seed North Carolina. Ooops!
• Duke received a gift with a #2 but hey, they’re Duke right? At least Georgetown took their Raleigh, NC location. I’d say Wisconsin deserved that spot a bit more than everyone’s favorite team to hate.
• UCLA has the easiest road to the Final Four of all the #1 seeds, by a large margin. Now watch A&M take them out in Round 2.
• Butler got the shaft with a #7; deserved at worst a #5.
• The ACC only got (4) teams in. Hahaha!
• Arizona didn’t deserve to get in, IMO. I would have given their slot to Dayton or Illinois St.
• The committee always puts Kentucky up against Marquette, UAB, Utah, Michigan St. or Iowa? Is that a rule I don’t know about?
• Rooting Interests: As always, pull against UCLA, North Carolina, Duke & Kansas. That goes w/o saying. Other than that, not a huge fan of Georgetown or UConn. Pulling for some SEC upsets and, of course, everyone’s favorite NCAA team, the proverbial underdog… (drumroll please)… let’s go UMBC! Who is UMBC? I’ve been doing brackets since I was 6 and I’ve never once heard of them.
• Prime Consideration: I hear all these mentally challenged talking heads talk about expanding the field. Can anyone tell me why we’d want to water-down the greatest post-season experience in all of sports?!? Oh… that’s right. Money. *sigh*

What do you think?