I would much rather see the Gophers get a 5 seed than a 6 seed. I know that some people have stated that they want a 6 seed so we can avoid a 1 seed until at least the elite 8, but I think playing in Milwaukee for our first two games would be a much better benefit than avoiding the 1 seed until the elite 8. Especially considering we no longer have Akeem, a large Gopher fanbase presence could provide an enormous boost to our players with such a short bench. With that being said, I have compared our resume with some of the other teams competing with us for the 5 seed according to the bracket matrix (
http://bracketmatrix.com/ ) and I think we have a decent chance at a 5, but don't see us any worse than a 6 unless the committee bumps us down one due to Akeem's injury (which I think would be ridiculous).
The reason I think the Gophers have a better resume than a lot of those teams is because of our record vs RPI top 25, top 50 & Top 100. Specifically, look at us compared to the two AAC teams, Cincy & SMU; Cincy - 1-2 vs Top 25, 3-3 vs Top 50 & 7-4 vs Top 100... SMU - 1-1 vs Top 25, 1-3 vs Top 50 & 8-4 vs Top 100. Gophers are 2-1 vs Top 25, 8-7 vs Top 50 & 13-9 vs Top 100. Also, we're better than ISU, Wisconsin, Virginia and Creighton (barely) based on those same criteria. I know there are other criteria that go into the decision, I just wanted to point out that we have a very legitimate chance at a 5 even though we lost today.