> ...in the men's NCAA basketball knockouts... > > New Orleans, a southern city, is in the East... > > Spokane is clearly West Coast, but will be in the South and Midwest... > > San José will be both in the West and East... > > Oklahoma City in both Midwest and West... > > I don't think any of the teams has that short of a trip to their > opening round game...
The NCAA got tired of having empty seats in Kansas City because the Jayhawks were playing elsewhere, so they changed the rules in (I think) 2002. They try to put the top four seeds in each region in a site as close to home as possible. (Teams can't play on their home court or within a couple miles of it, but Pitt could play a few miles away at the Civic Arena in 2002.) If those seeds are geographically unbalanced, then someone will have to travel, but there's an effort to keep teams close. It looks to me like they make the same effort with the bottom seeds; if they're likely to lose anyway, there's no reason to extend the agony to a cross-country flight home. Middle-seeded teams aren't supposed to get home court advantage, so Marquette (a 6) doesn't get to play in Milwaukee. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
