Post by hehatesshe on Mar 23, 2017 4:18:31 GMT
"So why not just schedule the overall #1 to play the overall #2 in the first round, #3 second round, #4 in the third round, etc?"
Because like I said - the bracket is designed to keep the 1 safe from the big bad 2s and 3s, not the big bad 8s and 9s. It is not designed to make things any easier than that. This is why 1s beat 8s and 9s 85% of the time, and only beat 2s and 3s 53% of the time.
I'm saying you're trying to solve a problem that isn't a problem. And you want to do that by changing a system that has worked for decades with tremendous fanfare.
Because like I said - the bracket is designed to keep the 1 safe from the big bad 2s and 3s, not the big bad 8s and 9s. It is not designed to make things any easier than that. This is why 1s beat 8s and 9s 85% of the time, and only beat 2s and 3s 53% of the time.
I'm saying you're trying to solve a problem that isn't a problem. And you want to do that by changing a system that has worked for decades with tremendous fanfare.