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Message: [QUOTE="Vowelguy, post: 2587990, member: 59"] Not exactly. The S-curve is the intent, but there are many reasons why it doesn't end up that way. Conference matchups yes, but also geography. The committee is not going to put #6 Oregon in Lexington and #5 Baylor in Spokane just to maintain S-curve purity. Similarly with #7 So Carolina and #8 Texas given that the Gamecocks have been sent far away from home the past 2 years. The committee will make deviations from the S-curve so long as it does not appreciably change the strength of the brackets. One thing I've heard they have done is they will add up the rankings of each team in the top 4 to make sure no one bracket is stronger/weaker. At pure S-curve, each region should add up to 34. The bracket specified last night: Albany = 33 Lexington = 33 KC = 34 Spokane = 36 Pretty close. I might've swapped Georgia with Ohio St, which would then make it 33/35/34/34, but Ohio St is so close to Lexington. [/QUOTE]