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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 4897263, member: 2117"] They'll get placed in Portland barring something strange. I went through regional history going back to 2010 and pulled the top 4 seeded teams each year and identified if they were placed in the nearby home regional (within 3 hours driving time) or if they were shipped elsewhere. Look at the results: 2023: Greenville hosted #1 South Carolina 2022: Bridgeport hosted #2 UCONN, Greensboro hosted #1 South Carolina. NC State was also close to Greensboro but got the boot to Bridgeport because of South Carolina being nearby and earning the #1 overall seed. 2019: Chicago hosted #1 Notre Dame, Albany hosted #2 UCONN, Portland hosted #2 Oregon. 2018: Albany hosted #1 UCONN, Lexington hosted #1 Louisville 2017: Bridgeport hosted #1 UCONN, Lexington hosted #4 Kentucky, [I][B]Stockton hosted a regional but did not host #2 Stanford (though Stanford isn't known for drawing well)[/B][/I] 2016: Bridgeport hosted #1 UCONN, Dallas hosted #1 Baylor and #4 Texas A&M, Lexington hosted #3 Kentucky 2015: Albany hosted #1 UCONN, Greensboro hosted #1 South Carolina and #4 North Carolina 2014: Stanford hosted #2 Stanford, Lincoln hosted #4 Nebraska, Louisville hosted #3 Louisville, Notre Dame hosted #1 Notre Dame 2013: Bridgeport hosted #1 UCONN, Norfolk hosted #2 Duke 2012: Kingston hosted #1 UCONN, Fresno hosted #1 Stanford 2011: Dallas hosted #1 Baylor and #2 Texas A&M, Dayton hosted #4 Ohio State, Philadelphia hosted #4 Maryland 2010: Dayton hosted #2 Ohio State, Memphis hosted #1 Tennessee, Sacramento hosted #1 Stanford Out of 33 potential hometown teams, 32 times the committee has put the top 4 seeded hometown team in the nearby regional. Even if you exclude all of the #1 seeds, 15 of 16 teams seeded 2-4 were placed in the nearby regional. There isn't another top 16 program within driving distance from Portland, so Oregon State is all but a lock to end up in Portland unless the committee changes their philosophy. [/QUOTE]

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