As the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament begins, this simple question needs to be asked: what are the highest seeded teams in this year's field? The answer is Louisville, North Carolina, Pittsburgh, and Connecticut: the teams seeded number one. The teams seeded number 16 are the lowest seeds in the tournament. This may seem as obvious to you as it does to me, but some people, such as tonight's PTI guest Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl, seem to be confused by this. Just because the number 16 itself is mathematically greater than the number 1 does not mean that a 16 seeded team is higher than a team seeded number 1.
Whenever sports teams are ranked they are listed as follows:
1. Louisville
2. North Carolina
3. Pittsburgh
4. Connecticut
You will notice that the number one ranking goes to the team positioned highest in the list. The lesser of all the ranked teams is positioned lowest on the list. This is how any sports team or player is ranked, whether it is an NCAA Tournament seed, a BCS college football ranking, or the seedings of a tennis tournament. The best is ranked the highest.
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