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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 4575558, member: 7511"] That's exactly what the committee attempts to do, this year with SC in Greenville & Stanford in Seattle. I guess you could question sending VA Tech to Seattle and IN to Greenville, but I do think the S-curve comes into play. IN is the 2nd overall seed behind SC, so they and their fans get to play closer to home. Relative to the S-curve, the Committee did UConn a great service by seeding the Huskies 6th overall, behind Stanford #4 and Iowa #5. UConn doesn't have to play SC, Stanford or Iowa, unless they meet in the finals, while VA Tech is the most vulnerable #1 imo, and I think UConn is a better team than IN, should they meet in the national semifinals. I agree. That's what happens when you don't take care of business during the regular season. If NC State beats SC during the regular season, they end up close to home and probably make it to the FF. Yes, in 2014, the Sweet 16 & the Elite 8 were held on campus at ND, Stanford, Louisville & Nebraska. ND & Stanford both advanced on their home court to the FF. Louisville was upset on their home court by MD in the Elite 8. UConn was the odd team out, advancing to the FF on Nebraska's home court. The NCAA continually experiments with various schemes to crank up attendance and ratings in the WBB tournament. While attendance was good in 2014, there was a lot of complaints about fairness, something that UConn hears every time they win the regional in Albany or Bridgeport. 2014 was the last time regional tournaments were held on campus. For the next 4 years, we have yet another experiment, playing the 4 regional tournaments in 2 locations over 4 days. We'll see how this scenario works out. [/QUOTE]

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