NCAA play in games

[Disturbed]

Unless I've missed some other discussion, why are the four teams in the play-in games seeded as 16's and 12's?

[FlyingSpaghettiMonster]

They changed it so that the last at-large teams had to play-in instead of the worst auto-bids. It's kind of stupid.

[LittleBrave]

They changed it so that the last at-large teams had to play-in instead of the worst auto-bids. It's kind of stupid.

It might be kinda' stupid.
But for those #11 or #12 seeds that are play-in games, there is much more on the line, as they actually have a chance to beat their next opponent...at least a lot better chance than a #16 seed who just won a play-in game.

I think that VCU plays today, who I think will knock off whoever they're playing in the next round. So it makes it a bit more interesting to watch or follow a play-in game between #11 or #12 seeds than between two #16 seeds. Not many are going to watch that.