I'm not sure exactly how the "experts" decide if the regions
by McLean_ND (2019-02-11 20:11:38)

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are "balanced" fairly. There was some discussion of this on the halftime show. Just adding up the rankings of the teams, the Albany region is at 38, Greensboro (with ND) at 25, Portland at 42, and Chicago at 38, so by that approach, ND is in the toughest region (at least in terms of the four top teams there). As others have pointed out, it doesn't really matter at this point though.

Was surprised to see the committee skip the 15 (Texas), 16 (Syracuse) and 17 (Kentucky) ranked teams and instead put in Iowa St (ranked 18) and Miami (ranked 20)

Creme agrees with you and used the committee ratings to say
by Domerduck  (2019-02-12 11:18:01)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

how screwed up they are. To me his logic is correct that moving Baylor and ND to Chicago might solve things but he thinks they are rewarding Louisville as the ACC team that should be able to drive to their tourney which originally made sense to me. Still the balance issue is real. he also questions Miami and wondered why FSU or Cuse didn't get the edge.

ISU is probably getting help from the RPI
by cbiebel  (2019-02-11 22:19:31)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Theirs is around #10.

As for Miami, I've got no clue.