The NCAA does not use the coaches polls for the purposes of tournament seeding. I put Stony Brook at the #4 seed all season long, I guess hoping that they would have a chance to play at home through the tournament. When I saw the first RPI at #6 I knew the #4 seed would be tough.

D3 is even a tougher test. They use regional rankings to qualify at large teams. For fans not in the know (ahem, Ithaca) there was no chance they were at an at large team.

You want to win the whole thing? Beat who you have to.

Both D1 and D3 got their #1-4 seeds.