Big Ten seeds are interesting. UW is #1, Maryland #4, MSU #7, Iowa #7 (????????????), Purdue #9, OSU #10, and IU #10. My thoughts: Surprised Purdue is a 9 and not a 10. Surprised OSU is a 10 and not an 8-9. And frankly surprised IU even got in. They were 5-9 in their last 14. SMH.
In future years, we will see similar seeds. What's a little frustrating is when I think back a few years ago when the Big East had 40 teams, they would have similar records as our B-10 teams, but they typically would be seeded no lower than 8 or 9. As much as I like a competitive conference, I think those losses take a toll when it's tournament seeding time.