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Message: [QUOTE="orange79, post: 2948863, member: 159"] It [U]can[/U] happen. If we don't meet them in the ACCT, we can play them in the second round. [URL='https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2018-10-19/how-field-68-teams-picked-march-madness']How the field of 68 teams is picked for March Madness | NCAA.com[/URL] [B]III. BUILDING THE BRACKET[/B] Sixteen levels are established (i.e., the seeds, 1 through 16) in the bracket that cross the four regions, permitting evaluation of four teams simultaneously on the same level. Teams on each seed line (No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, etc.) should be as equal as possible. Each region is divided into quadrants with four levels in each, permitting the evaluation of four different sections within each region against the same sections in each of the other regions. The committee will assign all four teams in each bracket group (seeds 1, 16, 8, 9), (4, 13, 5, 12), (2, 15, 7, 10), (3, 14, 6, 11) to the same first-/second-round site. There will be two ”pods‟ at each first-/second-round site which may feed into different regional sites. 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. [B]Teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional final if they played each other three or more times during the regular season and conference tournament.[/B] [B]Teams from the same conference shall not meet prior to the regional semifinals if they played each other twice during the regular season and conference tournament.[/B] [B]Teams from the same conference may play each other as early as the second round if they played no more than once during the regular season and conference tournament.[/B] [B]Any principle can be relaxed if two or more teams from the same conference are among the last four at-large seeded teams participating in the First Four.[/B] To recognize the demonstrated quality of such teams, the committee shall not place teams seeded on the first four lines at a potential “home-crowd disadvantage” in the first round. The last four at-large teams on the overall seed list, as well as teams seeded 65 through 68, will be paired to compete in the First Four games on Tuesday and Wednesday following the announcement of the field. (If allowed, the last at-large team on the seed list will be paired with the second-to-last at-large team on the seed list. The other First Four games will consist of the third-to-last at-large team on the seed list playing the fourth-to-last at-large team on the seed list, as well as seed 65 versus 66; and seed 67 versus 68). The winners of the First Four games will advance to a first- and second-round site to be determined by the committee during selection weekend. In the event a First Four site is also a first- and second-round site, the winners of the First Four games may be assigned to that site, regardless of the days of competition. Teams will remain in or as close to their areas of natural interest as possible. A team moved out of its natural area will be placed in the next closest region to the extent possible. If two teams from the same natural region are in contention for the same bracket position, the team ranked higher in the seed list shall remain in its natural region. A team will not be permitted to play in any facility in which it has played more than three games during its season, not including exhibitions and conference postseason tournaments. A host institution’s team shall not be permitted to play at the site where the institution is hosting. However, the team may play on the same days when the institution is hosting. Teams may play at a site where the conference of which it is a member is serving as the host. A team may be moved up or down one (or in extraordinary circumstances) two lines from its true seed line (e.g., from the 13 seed line to the 12 seed line; or from a 12 seed line to a 13 seed line) when it is placed in the bracket if necessary to meet the principles. [/QUOTE]

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