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Originally Posted by rockyroad
That would be a great argument - 6 or 7 years ago. It was about then that the NCAA decided that the first and second round games would be held at certain venues that had nothing whatsoever to do with the Region the teams are assigned to...they did this for travel $$ reasons, for fan base reason, and most importantly for tv coverage reasons. So the first two rounds are not played at "regional" sites - the "regions" are just for the bracket purposes.
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Correct. They call this the pod system.
It allows teams to play the first two games closer to home and then travel to the regionals should they advance that far in the tournament.