Jason Evans

And then the other thing is, you want to get the route that is easiest from a travel standpoint.

And being overall number one, as Duke perhaps is positioned to be, getting the East, getting the right regions, it makes a difference, not traveling as much.

It really, really does.

And so the other thing, by the way, as I look at all this, is the fourth number one, the committee gave it to Iowa State.

Iowa State promptly went out and got blown out by double digits by BYU.

One of the top number twos was Houston.

They lost.

Illinois was one of the other top number twos.

They lost.

Number 10, Kansas lost.

I mean, like, there's a lot of movement outside of the top three teams.

And I just want to stay in that grouping at the top of those.

Right.

You know, that matters a lot.

I mean, we got tough games coming up.

So just win them, baby.

Yeah, by the way, the other thing worth noting is that the ACC gets Duke and Virginia, but neither Louisville nor North Carolina found their way into this top 16 seed reveal.

You know, you don't know how much the committee is going to factor in Carolina's struggles with Caleb Wilson out.

And are they?

I mean, they are clearly a different team.