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Message: [QUOTE="southie, post: 2587898, member: 2527"] Looks to me as if the committee bumped Louisville down to #4 and Notre Dame up to #3, while Baylor stayed at #5 and Oregon stayed at #6. Not a fan of this type of move as it really comprises the integrity of the bracket. Granted, Notre Dame has been the #1 seed in Lexington, KY regional the last two tournaments (still bugs me that UK was awarded three consecutive regionals); perhaps their fans haven't traveled well and the committee wants ticket sales and figures Louisville fans will do better in that area. And, as you noted, it keeps Oregon out West; not convinced their fans will travel to Spokane, but I guess the committee wants at least one "regional" team in there. Baylor is the team that gets the short end of the stick, IMO. Having to potentially play Louisville in front of a partisan Cardinal fan in the state of Kentucky. Plus, Notre Dame has a much shorter bench than Louisville. I guess Louisville fans might not be too happy about having Baylor in their draw, but at least they play close to home. [LIST=1] [*]UConn (No. 1 seed – Albany Region) [*]Mississippi State (No. 1 seed – Kansas City Region) [*]Louisville (No. 1 seed – Lexington Region) [*]Notre Dame (No. 1 seed – Spokane Region) [*]Baylor [*]Oregon [*]South Carolina [*]Texas [*]Florida State [*]UCLA [*]Missouri [*]Tennessee [*]Ohio State [*]Maryland [*]Georgia [*]Stanford [/LIST] Regional Assignments [B]Albany:[/B] 1. UConn 2. South Carolina (bumped down from #7 to #8 to avoid having the top 2 seeds in Kansas City from the SEC ) 3. Florida State 4. Stanford [B]Kansas City:[/B] 1. Mississippi State 2. Texas (bumped up from #8 to #7 to avoid having both SC & Miss. State in Kansas City) 3. UCLA 4. Maryland (bumped down from #14 to #15 to avoid a potential Georgia/Miss. State round of 16 matchup in Kansas City) [B]Lexington:[/B] 1. Louisville (bumped down from #3 to #4 to sell tickets in Lexington) 2. Baylor 3. Tennessee (helps ticket sales in Lexington) 4. Ohio State (helps ticket sales in Lexington) [B]Spokane:[/B] 1. Notre Dame (bumped up from #4 to #3) 2. Oregon (helps ticket sales in Spokane) 3. Missouri 4. Georgia (bumped up from #15 to #14 to not be in the same Regional as SEC #2 seed Miss. State) [/QUOTE]

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