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Why is ESPNU showing the first round matchups?

The title is hardly clear. I assumed this was a thread asking why 1st round games would be broadcast on ESPNU.

Same. I don't care about having the reveal spoiled, but it wasn't the content I expected to see in this thread.
 
ALBANY
R Morris @ 1 Lou / Michigan v Kansas St
Boise @ 4 Ore St / UALR v Gonzaga

PORTLAND (?)
? @ 1 Miss St / Clem v
FGCU @ 4 Miami / UCF v Ariz St
 
Apparently that's how they solved the problem of Syracuse and Louisville possibly meeting before the E8. Actually I'd rather see UConn play Syracuse than Oregon State. But that calls for a big re-slotting for Charlie's chart.

In my bracket I had 1 UConn v 4 Syr & 2 Lou v 3 Ore St. Looks like we got that anyway but with different seed #s.
 
Okay, SPOILER ALERT FOLKS! Stop reading if you don't want to know...

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So from the screenshot above we see:
Albany region:
Louisville (1) vs. Robert Morris (16)
Michigan (8) vs. Kansas St (9)
Gonzaga (5) vs. Little Rock (12)
Oregon St (4) vs. Boise St (13)
 
Some poor intern has already been ushered out the door, Adnan Virk-style, just less famous.

The problem is that ESPN has laid off a ton of the grunts that do all the technical work while the bulk of the talking heads are still spouting their jibber jabber all day. Notice how the wcbb scores were cut back to just top 25 games unless you weave through a few pages. And the actual wbb page has become an endless string of tweets, mostly promoting the WNBA. Gotta make more profit to cover the poor performance of the rest of the conglomerate.
 
Miss. State is a #1 seed; not sure if in Portland or Greensboro
 
Miss. State is a #1 seed; not sure if in Portland or Greensboro
I'll be very surprised if Baylor is sent anywhere but Greensboro. MSU must be in Portland.
 
ALBANY
R Morris @ 1 Lou / Michigan v Kansas St
Boise @ 4 Ore St / UALR v Gonzaga

PORTLAND (?)
? @ 1 Miss St / Clem v
FGCU @ 4 Miami / UCF v Ariz St
Whoa so UCF made it in?

I believe it's the first time since I've been paying attention to this that an at-large bid has been given to a team with no wins over the at-large field.
 
In my bracket I had 1 UConn v 4 Syr & 2 Lou v 3 Ore St. Looks like we got that anyway but with different seed #s.

Oh I wait, I forgot my own bracket! I had UConn/Syr & Miss St/OreSt.
 
Mississippi State is a #1 (Portland?) and the 8/9 there is South Dakota Clemson I think.
 
ALBANY
R Morris @ 1 Lou / Michigan v Kansas St
Boise @ 4 Ore St / UALR v Gonzaga

PORTLAND (?)
? @ 1 Miss St / Clem v
FGCU @ 4 Miami / UCF v Ariz St
Also, if both Oregon State and Miami are 4-seeds, who are the 3's? NC State, Maryland, Syracuse and ... South Carolina?

Oh never mind, I see above ... Iowa State was made a 3. Interesting.
 
So ...
NY: Lou / UConn/ Md__ / OreSt
NC: Bay / Iowa / NCSt / SCar
IL: ND_ / Stan / IaSt / TAMU
OR: MSt / Oreg / Syra / Mia
 
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Apparently here is UConn's bracket:

2 UConn vs. 15 Towson
7 Rutgers vs. 10 Buffalo

3 Maryland vs. 14 Radford
6 UCLA vs. 11 Tennessee
 
Greensboro region:
1 Baylor
4 South Carolina
3 NC State
2 Iowa

Chicago region:
1 ND
4 TAMU
3 Iowa St
2 Stanford
 

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