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It has been said that the NCAA may move lower seeds to different regions to save travel costs. However, there is really nothing close to Region 4 except Missouri. (Commerce vs Henderson or Oauchita the exception)
Here is a simple solution for Region 4 (if the NCAA wants to save money):
#1 Mankato Bye
#2 Tarleton vs. #6 Commerce (it has been a month since they have played -- Oct 16th) 170 miles apart
#3 CO Mines vs. #4 or 5 CO Pueblo (it has been 2 months since they have played -- Sept 21st) 130 miles apart
#4 or 5 Augustana vs. #7 USF (it has been about 2 months since they have played -- Sept 26th ) 2 BLOCKS APART (Augie is a closer road game for USF than USF's home games!!!)
Very limited travel costs...........huge crowds!!! (I don't know about the other schools, but if Augie and USF travel somewhere they may have 200-300 people travel, whereas a home game at Augie would probably get 4000-5000 people in the stands)
CO Pueblo would have a beef with this...........but there is always one or more teams unhappy at playoff seedings.....so be it.
People will scream about rematches, but does it matter if it 1st round or second round. Some would argue rematches may ratchet up the intensity.
To win a championship you have to beat 4-5 teams along the way, so it really doesn't matter.
It probably doesn't work this way and probably won't work this way and the decisions are probably already made.......but this might be the best option for the fans of teams 2-6.
Here is a simple solution for Region 4 (if the NCAA wants to save money):
#1 Mankato Bye
#2 Tarleton vs. #6 Commerce (it has been a month since they have played -- Oct 16th) 170 miles apart
#3 CO Mines vs. #4 or 5 CO Pueblo (it has been 2 months since they have played -- Sept 21st) 130 miles apart
#4 or 5 Augustana vs. #7 USF (it has been about 2 months since they have played -- Sept 26th ) 2 BLOCKS APART (Augie is a closer road game for USF than USF's home games!!!)
Very limited travel costs...........huge crowds!!! (I don't know about the other schools, but if Augie and USF travel somewhere they may have 200-300 people travel, whereas a home game at Augie would probably get 4000-5000 people in the stands)
CO Pueblo would have a beef with this...........but there is always one or more teams unhappy at playoff seedings.....so be it.
People will scream about rematches, but does it matter if it 1st round or second round. Some would argue rematches may ratchet up the intensity.
To win a championship you have to beat 4-5 teams along the way, so it really doesn't matter.
It probably doesn't work this way and probably won't work this way and the decisions are probably already made.......but this might be the best option for the fans of teams 2-6.
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