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Message: [QUOTE="Orangutan, post: 3035037, member: 4946"] Creme's bracketology article today - [URL="http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25969847/ncaa-selection-committee-top-16-reveal-answer-biggest-bracketology-questions"]All eyes on NCAA selection committee as Monday's top 16 reveal nears[/URL] [I]"On one hand, having the Irish play in Chicago would be ideal for atmosphere and attendance. On the other hand, then pairing the Irish with the Lady Bears creates a competitive imbalance among the top two seed lines. The entirety of the bracket could still be reasonably balanced. But having the No. 1 and No. 6 teams potentially meeting in the regional final would be unfair to both teams, especially when the domino effect would likely have the No. 8 overall team -- be it Marquette or Maryland or NC State -- likely playing in the same region as a lower-rated No. 1 seed, probably Oregon in Portland."[/I] To me, Baylor, Louisville, and Oregon are basically equal and I'd actually argue for Oregon as overall number 1 based on having the most group 1 wins, including 3 top-10 RPI wins and an absolute thrashing of Stanford on the road. At the very least, I don't see a huge difference between Baylor and Oregon. Whereas Notre Dame might make a pretty big difference to the attendance in Chicago. [/QUOTE]