Reseeding WCWS would balance NCAA softball tournament bracket, but is it a good idea?

Four teams seeded seventh or better reached the Women's College World Series, and all four came from the same side of the 64-team bracket.

Three lower seeds plus unseeded Ole Miss are on the other side, and with that, the topic of reseeding the NCAA field for the WCWS has become a talking point as the WCWS opened play at Devon Park with the first round Thursday.But multiple coaches shot down the idea Wednesday.I know we're the 3 seed.

I don't even know what anybody else is seeded, Floridas Tim Walton said.

If you're going to win a championship, you have to play good teams anyway, so what's it matter? To me it doesn't matter.

We've beaten everybody in the country and we have lost to people, so I think it's just going to be who can handle the moment and who can make less excuses and figure out how to play softball.

That's what we're here to do.You can go through all the process of seeding and reseeding and somebody is going to complain about something.REQUIRED READING: How did Oklahoma City become softball capital of the world? WCWS is just part of the storyFans argue that reseeding the field to balance the bracket sets up the potential for a better championship series.

The idea would align the highest remaining seed with the lowest, the same way the bracket is structured at the start.However, opponents of the idea see it as punishing underdogs who have upset higher-seeded teams, among other concerns.

Mike White of sixth-seeded Texas sees no need to mess with it.I dont necessarily think thats what needs to be done, he said.

Would you reseed the College Football Playoff? Would you reseed the college basketball playoffs? It is what it is, and thats what makes it interesting in some respects.And how would you do it? Just straight off seedings? Its just not something Im a fan of.On top of that, the WCWS bracket is designed to account for a lopsided field.

The two teams that win the opening round but lose the next round are moved to the other half of the bracket for consolation play.

For this week, that means one of the top-seeded teams will move to the side of the bracket with the lower seeds.CARLSON: OU softball is already a dynasty, but where would WCWS 5-peat place Sooners in NCAA lore?Jamie Trachsel of unseeded Ole Miss, which would be a team punished by reseeding, focused more on the need for increased consistency in the seeding process from the start.

Despite being a fringe top 16 team, the Rebels were sent to 12th-seeded Arizona for regionals in essence, the No.

20 seed, though not specifically labeled as such likely because the Rebels are one of the western-most SEC programs.I know everyone has a tough job in trying to put people in the right places, she said.

Our parameter was a little more geographical, just based on how much Ole Miss has gone west for postseason and maybe what teams are part of that.

Its postseason and anything can happen.

You gotta be able to play your best when it matters most, regardless.For the lower-seeded teams that are the cause of the reseeding talk, thats exactly what theyre doing.

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12 seed Texas Tech is arguably one of the hottest teams in the field as All-American pitcher NiJaree Canady has gotten healthy late in the season.More than anything, the fact that seeding, or reseeding, has become such a hot-button topic in recent years is a sign that the sport is still growing to a more meaningful level in the eyes of fans.Its the growth in women's softball and the interest in the World Series, Texas Tech coach Gerry Glasco said.

Its amazing how fastpitch softball has captured America and the interest of American sports fans.Scott Wright covers Oklahoma State athletics for The Oklahoman.

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