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Back to Top LoganElm_grad09 General User Member Since: 9/9/2010 Location: South Bloomingville, OH Post Count: 934 Status: Offline     RE: NCAA Tourny question...    Posted: 2/27/2012 7:11:35 PM  We'll have to wait until Selection Sunday to figure it out. Back to Top UpSan Bobcat General User Member Since: 8/30/2005 Location: Upper Sandusky, OH Post Count: 3,812 Status: Offline     RE: NCAA Tourny question...    Posted: 2/27/2012 7:13:22 PM  Absolutely no way to tell. The committee is supposed to keep you fairly close to home, but it also will not give you a bigger advantage than the higher seed you're up against. The nice thing is five of the eight sites are easily driveable: Columbus, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Nashville and Greensboro. I would think the other three probably would be avoided for the MAC rep, but you never know: Omaha, Portland and Albuquerque. Back to Top Big Willy General User Member Since: 12/29/2004 Post Count: 195 Status: Offline     RE: NCAA Tourny question...    Posted: 2/27/2012 7:36:49 PM  You never know. In 2001 they sent Kent State, a 13 seed, to San Diego, and sent Cal State-Northridge, also a 13 seed, to University of Dayton Arena. Figure that one out. Maybe they were trying to give a boost to the airline industry. Back to Top lovebobcat General User Member Since: 12/23/2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH Post Count: 521 Status: Offline     RE: NCAA Tourny question...    Posted: 2/27/2012 8:07:38 PM  I'd assume that if the selection committee tries to keep teams closer to home, it would pay attention more to the higher-seeded team in that equation. So the MAC team would likely be sent packing to a site relatively close to the higher-seeded opponent, with no regard for where the MAC team is from. Just a hunch. Back to Top anorris General User Member Since: 7/6/2010 Location: Bristol, CT Post Count: 2,262 Status: Offline     RE: NCAA Tourny question...    Posted: 2/27/2012 11:53:26 PM  lovebobcat wrote: I'd assume that if the selection committee tries to keep teams closer to home, it would pay attention more to the higher-seeded team in that equation. So the MAC team would likely be sent packing to a site relatively close to the higher-seeded opponent, with no regard for where the MAC team is from. Just a hunch. This is pretty much accurate.  The MAC rep could go anywhere. Back to Top Brian Smith (No, not that one) General User Member Since: 2/3/2005 Post Count: 3,016 Status: Offline     RE: NCAA Tourny question...    Posted: 2/28/2012 12:02:23 AM  UpSan Bobcat wrote: Absolutely no way to tell. The committee is supposed to keep you fairly close to home, but it also will not give you a bigger advantage than the higher seed you're up against. The nice thing is five of the eight sites are easily driveable: Columbus, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Nashville and Greensboro. I would think the other three probably would be avoided for the MAC rep, but you never know: Omaha, Portland and Albuquerque. I was looking at the sites and I agree that this is the most travel-friendly NCAA tournament for Ohio to get into in the last few years. There's no way in hell the committee puts an Ohio MAC team in Columbus (Ohio State would throw a hissy fit if they don't get the C-Bus venue but Ohio or Akron did), but Pittsburgh, Louisville or Nashville are really realistic drives for Ohio fans. Back to Top Eagle66 General User Member Since: 3/13/2005 Post Count: 1,329 Status: Offline     RE: NCAA Tourny question...    Posted: 2/28/2012 9:03:04 AM  Brian Smith wrote: UpSan Bobcat wrote: Absolutely no way to tell. The committee is supposed to keep you fairly close to home, but it also will not give you a bigger advantage than the higher seed you're up against. The nice thing is five of the eight sites are easily driveable: Columbus, Pittsburgh, Louisville, Nashville and Greensboro. I would think the other three probably would be avoided for the MAC rep, but you never know: Omaha, Portland and Albuquerque. I was looking at the sites and I agree that this is the most travel-friendly NCAA tournament for Ohio to get into in the last few years. There's no way in hell the committee puts an Ohio MAC team in Columbus (Ohio State would throw a hissy fit if they don't get the C-Bus venue but Ohio or Akron did), but Pittsburgh, Louisville or Nashville are really realistic drives for Ohio fans. Ohio State is hosting the Columbus part of the tournament so it can't be seeded there. (If it was the Big Ten and not Ohio st. hosting they could though).  They'll probably end up in Pittsburgh or Louisville. Selfishly, I want Ohio seeded to the West Regional, so when I'm in Phoenix for an already planned trip on 3/24 I can watch them advance to the Final Four. Back to Top 41 General User Member Since: 1/10/2011 Post Count: 39 Status: Offline     RE: NCAA Tourny question...    Posted: 2/28/2012 9:52:12 AM  Isn't the tourney site in Columbus at Nationwide Arena?  I thought as long as you were not in your home gym, you could still host in your home city.  Maybe I'm wrong. Back to Top bigtillyoopsupsideurhead General User Member Since: 12/1/2006 Location: Cincinnati Post Count: 1,926 Status: Offline     RE: NCAA Tourny question...    Posted: 2/28/2012 10:06:26 AM  41 wrote: Isn't the tourney site in Columbus at Nationwide Arena?  I thought as long as you were not in your home gym, you could still host in your home city.  Maybe I'm wrong. It has to do with who is the hosting school. Since OSU is the only school in Columbus they have to be the hosting school.  A few years ago Pitt got to play in Pittsburgh because Duquesne was the hosting school.  Back to Top bobcat28 General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: United States Post Count: 808 Status: Offline     RE: NCAA Tourny question...    Posted: 2/28/2012 10:54:43 AM  my guess is the MAC gets the #14 seed in Nashville or Pitt. Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 11  of 11 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'Ohio Basketball' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 276 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 274 Guests 2 Registered Users:   Scott Woods, Valley Cat There are no other users looking at this page.

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