<p>UVA is a good team, and I like them a lot. They have a nice back court with a possible second round pick in Reynolds. Teams with excellent guards tend to do extremely well in the college ball. But outside of Reynolds, who is a fringe NBA player, they have zero NBA talent.The talent disparity from them and the elites is big. GMU, who went to the final four because of their chemistry and heart, was able to overcome this flaw. Teams like that, however, are extremely rare. Final four type teams are usually full of guys like Richard Hamilton, Vince Carter, Carmelo Anthony, Sampson, Okafor, and etc.</p>
<p>The reason I don’t think they should be a fourth seed is because of their schedule. Their RPI is 55, and their SOS is 49. On top of that, they have an away from home record of 3-9 and they didn’t even win one game in the ACC tournament. I know UVA finished in second place in the ACC, which is arguably the best conference in the NCAA. But that fact is misleading, because they benefited from an easy, unbalanced schedule. Teams that usually get high seeds do very well in their tournament and tend to excel on the road against elite competition. UVA didn’t do that.</p>
<p>Syracuse compares very favorably against UVA. Their SOS and RPI was higher then UVA, but 'cuse couldn’t even get in the tournament, let alone get a high seed.</p>