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Message: [QUOTE="southie, post: 2096528, member: 2527"] I also think that NC State was the victim of a downward procedural bump from #5 to #6. Once you take into account that ACC teams, Louisville and Miami were both awarded #4 seeds, there was no way NCSU could be a #5 seed in those regionals (OKC & STOCK). That left them the chance to be a #5 seed in either CT or KY. But, in CT, there were already 2 ACC teams seeded, with #2 Duke and #8 Syracuse; I think that's where the committee didn't want to place a third team from the same conference (maybe there's an unwritten rule?). Most folks had Texas A&M as a #6 seed paired with #3 Texas; would have made for a short bus trip from College Station to Austin. But, A&M ends up as the #5 seed in CT with NCSU as the #6 seed matched up with #3 seed Texas in the KY regional. In KY, I think Ohio State as the #5 seed is right. Don't think they were gonna place NCSU above the Buckeyes. [/QUOTE]