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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 2069490, member: 1969"]
They rank the 16 top teams.  There are 8 possible locations.

#1 gets the first pick (commitee picks it based on location), #2 gets the second pick.. the closer you are to #16, the more chances your choice is gone.     By the time you get around #10, some teams primary location may be gone... but Buffalo may be the best secondary location. so that is what they get.   Say a 3 seed has Buffalo as their secondary location, they will get it above Syracuse if Syracuse was on the 4 line for example.

It's why 4 seeds used to always get shipped out west.   This year you will likely go where you want, because there are actually western teams that will have top seeds and it keeps more open in the east and midwest.   Often they only have 1 team in the top 16.

They are not likely going to put us in Buffalo anywhere between seed 5-12.  They only give preferred locations in the first 2 rounds to pod seeds [I](Seeds 1-4)[/I] - they will not create a huge home court advantage for a 5-12 seed... although they have messed it up on a few isolated situations.

But I wouldn't count on it happening.
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