The University of Cincinnati entered Thursday night’s 2016-17 home basketball finale against Houston as a projected No. 5 NCAA Tournament seed, according to most forecasts. UC coach Mick Cronin said the pairings, in the end, are all about money.
“You may get moved a seed line if, and it may not be us, but teams could get moved around from a 4 to a 5, or an 8-9 out of that to a 7-10, to get that pod to sell more tickets," Cronin said. "Now, nobody will admit that because it’s all about the student-athlete, supposedly.”
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