The NCAA Tournament's selection committee will never get everything right, because "right" is subjective.

But, man, they seemed to undersell this year's Wichita State team, didn't they?

If you thought the Shockers deserved a higher seed, you're not alone. Our numbers actually have them as the 10th-best team in all of college basketball with a Virginia, and one spot ahead of -- wait for it -- Duke.

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Utah State Aggies had a larger difference between their nERD and the typical nERD of their particular seed. In their case, they had an 11.83 nERD when the typical 14 seed's nERD has been 4.84.

The problem for Wichita State is that, with a Round 1 victory, they'll face Kentucky in Round 2. Our numbers do favor the Wildcats, but it should be, hypothetically, a much closer contest than their seeds suggest.