Bison137
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03-11-17 11:16 PM - Post#226426
In response to Bison137
If anyone is interested in understanding the entire process of selecting teams and then creating a bracket, below is a link for the NCAA report on exactly how it is done. There are a number of rules to follow as to teams that cannot play each other at certain times, including these:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Additional Considerations
1. If possible, rematches of non-conference regular-season games should be avoided in the First Four and first round.
2. If possible, after examining the previous two years’ brackets, teams or conferences will not be moved out of its natural region or geographic area an inordinate number of times.
3. If possible, rematches from the previous two tournaments should be avoided in the first round.
http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/a rticle/20...
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