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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
Apparently travel costs and the desire to actually fill arenas comes more into play than accurate seeding of 65 teams.
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That is exactly why. They've said as much. The play-in game is matched up with the region closest to the participating schools no matter which #1 is in it.
It doesn't really matter. If the overall #1 has more trouble with #61 than #64, they didn't deserve the overall #1.
Also, they've stated before that the seeding sometimes is adjusted to meet other requirements. They'll move teams in the middle up/down to meet the rules on playing conference foes in the early rounds, the rules on not playing at your home facility, or of the other principles they try to meet.