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Message: [QUOTE="Phil, post: 2566802, member: 66"] If we agree that UConn gets Albany, the question is how to place Mississippi State, Baylor, Notre Dame and Louisville. Which one drops down to a two seed and which one has to go out west? I suggest a solution which is fairest to both the teams and the fans is the following. [LIST=1] [*]CT Albany [*]MS Lexington [*]ND KC [*]Baylor Spokane [*]Louisville Lexington (2 seed) [/LIST] Mississippi State wins out, they will be undefeated, and deserve their pick of geography. Even if you make the unlikely conclusion that Mississippi State ought to be the overall one seed, they have no interest in Albany, so have no problem with UConn and Albany. The closest venue to Mississippi State is Lexington. Notre Dame, if they can keep it together ought to be the fourth best seed but let's bump them up one spot and let them to go to Kansas City. Not quite as close as Lexington but no way no how does Notre Dame get the edge over Mississippi State. Then send Baylor to Spokane as a one seed. In the committee has did they don't deserve the one seed so making number one seed is hardly something they can complain about. Then send Louisville to Lexington. That's where they really want to be anyway. Some people think they deserve to be a one seed but (barring some cataclysm next Monday) they won't be ahead of either UConn or Mississippi State, so they want to be a one seed bearing Kansas City or Spokane. Dropping them to us to seed where they belong anyway, allows him to play almost a home game in Lexington. Who can complain? Some Louisville fan will say they deserve a number one seed but if you point out getting a number one seed means you don't plan Lexington I think they'll pipe down quickly. Notre Dame can't complain about being the third overall seed as that's higher than they deserve (okay, of course I'm being silly, of course Notre Dame fans can complain. They can they will but they won't have a leg to stand on.) Mississippi State gets the closest region so nothing to complain about. Baylor was told they might be a three seed and then maybe a two seed so getting a one seed can hardly be a thing to complain about UConn gets the closest region so nothing to complain about. So that means, of course, UConn needs to defeat Louisville on Monday to help make the bracketing easier. [/QUOTE]

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