The Final Four is all #1 seeds. This has never happened, which seems odd to me. Why did it take 40+ years for the four best teams to all make it to the final rounds? All this does it prove to me that there is no perfect system for determining the best sports team when you do a one-and-done style tournament.
The NBA and MLB have it right...best of 5 or 7 game series' almost always has the best team moving forward. One game head-to-head matchups do not. When structured like the men's college basketball tournament, the hottest and luckiest teams advance...not always the best. If things fall the right way, just about any college team can beat another college team on any given night (Davidson vs. Georgetown in basketball or App. St. vs Michigan in football).
All this does is convince me that, though flawed, the BCS bowl system in college football is no more egregious than March Madness. They give us an idea of who peaked / got hot / rode a lucky streak at the right time...which is not to be confused with determining who is the BEST.
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