History of 3 seeds

[Mr. Neutral]

In the last 22 NCAA tournaments, 3 seeds have gone:

77-15 in the 1st round
44-33 in the 2nd round
21-23 in the 3rd round
12-9 in the 4th round
8-4 in the semis
3-5 in the finals

In the last 6 years, 3 seeds have gone:

8-4
9-3
5-4
10-4
13-3
6-4

[Shadow]

I can tell you the story of 3 seeds.
1 boy, 2 girls!

[muskieman]

Or 1 girl and two boys.

[X Factor]

Sweet 16 definitely seems to be the toughest round for a 3 seed. When a 3 seed gets past that round, they seem to fare pretty well.

[XU Rocks!]

As Bob Knight said, too much is made about seeding. All them teams in the tournament are good. You have to go out and play the game and beat the opponent in front of you...regardless of the seeding.

[xcellent]

Seeding is important though, because even though all the teams are good, generally the higher your seed the easier your game is. For the most part, only people with a 1-4 seed win the tourney, which in part has to do with those being the best teams. It is also that having to play a 16 and then probably an 8 is much easier then the 9 having to play an 8 and then a 1. When you have to use more energy to beat the teams you are playing, it is going to make it harder to go far. I think we have a good chance to go far with our seeding and our matchups. I do agree that you can't overlook someone because they are a low seed.