As you know, all four No. 1 seeds have advanced to the Final Four for the first time in NCAA Tournament History. Some are choosing to see this as a reason to pat the backs of the Selection Committee, the group charged with deciding, among other things, who deserves the four top spots.

I offer no such back pats.

Honestly, how hard was it to pick the top seeds in the tournament this year? There was a grand total of one snubbed team (Tennessee) that could've even made an argument for inclusion. Jessica Simpson or a gerbil on LSD could've taken one look at the AP Top 25 and nailed the one-seeds this year.

And to say that the Committee should get credit when all the top seeds advance is to say that they should be blamed when the top seeds don't advance. Was I supposed to curse the Committee in 2006 because they didn't have George Mason as a No. 1seed? Were they supposed to see that coming? Would it have been fair to paint the committee as dumb if Davidson's last-second shot against Kansas had fallen yesterday?

And even if you did choose to see this as evidence of the committee "getting it right," it would be the only time in history that they've ever done so. Hooray. Congratulations on that "once every 29 years" success rate (they started seeding teams in 1979).

See, a criticism like that just isn't fair. Upsets happen. Sometimes, a team that deserves a No. 1 seed can't put together four good games in a row. Sometimes, a team seeded No. 2 or lower peaks at the right time. Sometimes, teams get lucky. It's the job of the Committee to gradeperformances, not see the future.

Unless you're filling out a bracket and getting every game right every year, I don't think you're in a position to say the committee's job was good or bad, based on whether or not things went exactly as they said they'd go.

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