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Message: [QUOTE="southie, post: 2587962, member: 2527"] I can only assume the committee which selects Regional sites had their reason for selecting Spokane, WA. Perhaps they have had good ticket sales in the past (even if no home team is participating). Having Oregon there will help more than any other of the 16 seeded teams. When the committee awarded Lexington, KY three consecutive regionals, I was dumbfounded. All I could come up with is that Kentucky had a couple of recent Elite 8 trips. Still, which other school has been awarded that advantage? So, today, my rationale is that the committee figured if Kentucky wouldn't be in those home regionals, they had teams within reasonable driving distance such as Louisville, Notre Dame, Ohio State, and Tennessee to possibly generate ticket sales. Low and behold, three of those four schools are pegged for Lexington next month. I believe Tennessee fans still travel well . . . If the committee placed Oregon in Lexington opposite Louisville, then Baylor goes to Spokane opposite Notre Dame. That would have made sense to me other than Oregon not being kept out West. But, then the committee would have to bump more of the 3-line and 4-line seeds. Not sure if they use financial savings as rationale, but sending Tennessee and Ohio State to Lexington also avoids airfare travel costs, and they only pay to bus those teams to Lexington. [/QUOTE]