With Iowa State taking the third bid out of the NC, North Carolina taking the second bid out of the AC, UC-Santa Barbara NOT qualifying, Central Florida and UNC-Wilmington out of the running…throw in some wildcards like Delaware and Florida, and we have ourselves a really difficult seeding decision.
My 10 minute attempt at seeding:
- Oregon (NW1) – Only have losses to opponents going to Nationals. Cleaned it up since Stanford, and have multiple wins over Washington.
- Michigan (GL1) – Finals appearance last year fueled a great season. Only loss to a non-nationals team was without their seniors who were at graduation at regionals.
- Washington (NW2) – H2H loss to Michigan in the only matchup they’ve had
- California (SW1) – 1st bid out of a messy 5 bid region
- Iowa (NC1) – Inconsistent at Centex, but much improved
- Virginia (AC1) – Winless against the NC this season, but wins a tough region
- North Carolina (AC2) – Had a great regular season, hit a blip at Centex, and didn’t win the region
- Texas (SC1) – Two wins over Wisco at Music City
- UBC (NW3) – 3rd in rankings, losses to Iowa and inter-region teams
- Wisconsin (NC2) – Loss to UBC at Centex, much improved performance since beginning of season
- Iowa State (NC3) – Centex winners who would easily be the 1-seed, but the struggled at regionals
- Humboldt State (SW2) – On the up-and-up after a mediocre season, but they won when it mattered to take the 2 out of a tough 5 bid region.
- Sonoma State (SW3) – Easily a top seed in the pool…until the post season.
- UCLA (SW4) – Solid showing all season, but finished behind Humboldt and Sonoma at Regionals.
- Stanford (SW5) – 5th bid in a good region, with wins over all the teams below them.
- Tufts (NE1) – Wins over everyone below them, including a two over OSU.
- Ohio State (OV1) – Losses to the teams above them.
- Florida (SE1) – Played some tough out of region teams at Pres Day well.
- Ottawa (ME1) – Played a strong schedule, but is winless over the teams going to the Championships.
- Delaware (AC3) – Sleeper pick out of the AC, with a relatively weaker schedule than the rest of the field at Boulder.
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