{"id":2317,"date":"2012-12-06T14:54:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T18:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2013-08-19T01:45:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T01:45:02","slug":"how-seeding-helps-handicappers-and-how-it-hurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/library\/tournament\/how-seeding-helps-handicappers-and-how-it-hurts.html","title":{"rendered":"How Seeding Helps Handicappers and How It Hurts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leading up to the NCAA tournament all of the talk is about seeds &#8211; which teams will be seeded where, and what that means for them. 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