IMO, an 11 seed is a 6 seed, a 10 seed is a 7 seed, and a 5 seed is a 12 seed. None of those teams are significantly different in quality this season. However, who you plays second matters a lot. And there's at most 5 REALLY good teams this year, so being a 8/9 sucks.
Teams Sugar Dick wouldn't want to play to get into the Sweet 16: Duke, Pitt, tOSU, and MAYBE SDSU (don't even have to list uk or ut b/c impossible to have them 2nd round)