Lets say Auburn is 5 and Texas is 8 and Iowa State is 12. Auburn would get Birmingham, Texas would get Des Moines and Iowa State would get Orlando.
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Lets say Auburn is 5 and Texas is 8 and Iowa State is 12. Auburn would get Birmingham, Texas would get Des Moines and Iowa State would get Orlando.
Des Moines is Arkansas closest. Its more than 100 miles closer than Birmingham.
Yup, in that one, Kansas and Texas get Des Moines, Alabama and Houston get Birmingham, Purdue and Xavier get Columbus, Houston and Alabama in Birmingham, Tennessee and Virginia in Greensboro, Gonzaga and KSU in Denver, Arkansas and Miami in Orlando and Uconn and Iowa State in Albany.
Iowa State would have to jump TExas and hope that Arkansas and Kansas State didn't also jump ahead of them.
I bet if you polled 100 Hog fans, 85+ say they'd prefer Alabama to Iowa in March
I think you nailed it, pretty much! I could see swapping site of KSU/Texas.
I went a step further with Matrix order, this would be my best-guess of first-weekend sites for top 4 seeds along with the regional placement.
If we follow straight S-curve, Miami shouldn’t have a more advantageous placement than ISU, but no way they’d get slotted in Albany when Orlando is open. But I tried to “balance” the regions as much as I could, as committee does, although that isn’t exact science and I didn’t spend much time on it.
[1] MIDWEST | Kansas City
Des Moines
1 Kansas
Orlando
4 Arkansas
Denver
3 Gonzaga
Sacramento
2 UCLA
[4] WEST | Las Vegas
Albany
1 UConn
Greensboro
4 Virginia
Des Moines
3 Kansas State
Sacramento
2 Arizona
[2] EAST | New York
Columbus
1 Purdue
Albany
4 Iowa State
Columbus
3 Xavier
Greensboro
2 Tennessee
[3] SOUTH | Louisville
Birmingham
1 Houston
Orlando
4 Miami
Denver
3 Texas
Birmingham
2 Alabama
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Get away from distractions, away from any additional pressure that comes from playing in front of a “home crowd”.
Also- from a personal standpoint I hate that arena for watching basketball.
Only thing I see is that 2 seed Tennessee would get greensboro while Arkansas ends up in Orlando.
Good catch, swapping those makes more sense.
I really needed to look at a map to measure
I think I'll edit my post accordingly.
Right now, most Bracketologists have us in the 4-6 range. I’d say that’s fair.
I would say 3-4 range with some 5 seed projections sprinkled in
We're headed to Vegas that weekend so I'd be fine with a palcement there, too!
Des Moines > Kansas City is only in play if ISU is put in the Midwest Regional. That is unlikely unless we win the B12. Remember that conference teams cannot have a rematch until the Sweet Sixteen (if they have played twice in current season) or Elite Eight (if they have played three times in current season).
Therefore, if ISU is a 4 seed, KC would be out if KU is the 1 seed and we played each other in the B12 tournament. But if ISU is a 3 seed, we could be put in the Midwest.
Location is extremely hard to predict this far in advance.
The price of tickets would be insane, if ISU plays in DSM. (That is concerning since I’ve cheered on the Cyclones at the NCAA Tournament every year we’ve played since 1985: Boise, Tucson, Tallahassee, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Auburn Hills, Charlotte, Louisville, Milwaukee, Chicago, Tulsa, San Antonio, NYC, KC, Denver, and oh yes Worcester.)
This. Seeding us sixth is preposterous. Five and three would cause some debate, while 4 is both fair and logical.
With that said I think we are playing more like a 3-4 than a 4-5.
Yep, exactly what I said. We need to be a 3 seed or better to get Des Moines -> Kansas City unless KU falls off a cliff.
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We also should be cheering against Marquette, Wisconsin, and other regionals to not rise to a 3/4 seed line and take a spot...
The problem is there is also the following rule:
Each of the first four teams selected from a conference shall be placed in different regions if they are seeded on the first four lines.
So Kansas City is unlikely unless ISU finishes ahead of KU.
How the field of 68 DI men’s teams is picked for March Madness
The NCAA’s guide to how the 68 teams are chosen, seeded and bracketed for the Division I men's basketball tournament every season.
I would assume K-State would want Denver over Des Moines if they got to choose. It's a little farther away from Manhattan, but a big part of KSU's fan base comes from western Kansas.
(I expect both ISU and KSU will fall back a bit by then anyway and wind up as higher seeds, so this won't matter)
(I expect both ISU and KSU will fall back a bit by then anyway and wind up as higher seeds, so this won't matter)
