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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 3053819, member: 730"] LOL LOL Why is it that everyone's "fair" bracket has their team avoiding any strong team within their region? And whatever gave you the idea that this process is ever fair? Every year there are teams that justifiably cry unfair. Example: 2008 - UConn the overall No 1 seed got Rutgers, the overall 5th seed as the 2 in their region. The reason? To provide balance to the regions. It seems that UConn's region had a bunch of weak seeds at 7-16 so putting Rutgers, who was an eyelash away from being the 4th 1 seed, into UConn's region was done in the interests of fairness (or at least that's how the committee chair explained it). The wailing and gnashing of teeth in Conn could be heard all the way to Indianapolis. UConn will catch a break if they, N Dame and Louis all get 1 seeds. There are 4 ACC teams in the top 16 so they have to be separated and that means UConn gets either Miami or NC St. in Creme's chart. I see Miami as a 3/4 and NC St as a 2/3. But let's say that Stanford wins the P12 tournament. They could easily be the 2 in Albany. So many options. And with the rats nest of rules about seeding the committee can do just about anything they desire. The only consistency they have shown over the last dozen or so years is in keeping UConn & Tenn in different regions, even if it meant putting Rutgers with UConn and Tenn with LSU that year. [/QUOTE]