It does crack me up that all these posters don't have a problem with high seeds playing in their home states--unless it's UNC.
For the one poster who's crying about the oddity of having regionals so often in a state that has only two decent-sized cities: Not sure how you define "decent sized," but that's not the point. The point is that the state of North Carolina is a basketball hotbed, with intense fan interest (four high-profile ACC programs, and several other solid mid-major programs like, um, I don't know, Davidson, maybe?), GREAT facilities, and the necessary infrastructure to support sub-regionals and regionals. Gee, maybe that's why they're held so often in NC . . .
Ya think???
As I said in another thread, I remember many years where UNC got screwed over and had to play lower-seeded teams in their home states and sometimes ON THEIR HOME FLOORS! In 1985, Carolina was the #2 seed in the Southeast and ended up playing Notre Dame, the #7 seed, on Notre Dame's home floor!
That's right, their home floor. Not 144 miles away--it was a home game for Notre Dame.
Was that fair?
Everything evens out in the long run. UNC like every other school has been on the short end of the stick, too, so quit whining like a bunch of babies.
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