From: Rad Link 5 | #045
This is not necessarily true. The wildcard is always going to face the top seed not from their division. So yes, while 1 can face 3 instead of 4, it's not really up to them.
Further, if 1 is facing 3 instead of 4, dropping from the 1 seed to the 2 seed would still pit them against the 3 seed.
Yeah I saw that as I looked back at more seasons.
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