First Round Pod Location Assignments
1. 32 Automatic Bids to Conference Tournament Champions
2. 36 At- Large Bids
3. Last 4 At -Large pared down to 2 and given #11 seeds
4. Last 4 Conference pared down to 2 and given #16 seeds.
5. Schools are ranked 1-64. This determines both the game matchups and the pod locations.
6. There are 8 locations for first round games. Each locations hosts 2 pods. Teams ranked
1-16 are sequentially given the location closest to their school from the remaining available pods.
The other 3 schools in a particular pod have NO CHOICES.
Examples Team 1 -Baylor to St Louis plays Team 64
Other Game is Team 32 vs. Team 33
Team 12- Seton Hall to Albany & plays Team 53
Other Game is Team 21 If vs Team 44
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If this formula results in teams repeating regular season or confernce games in the first round, they’ll make an adjustment
1. 32 Automatic Bids to Conference Tournament Champions
2. 36 At- Large Bids
3. Last 4 At -Large pared down to 2 and given #11 seeds
4. Last 4 Conference pared down to 2 and given #16 seeds.
5. Schools are ranked 1-64. This determines both the game matchups and the pod locations.
6. There are 8 locations for first round games. Each locations hosts 2 pods. Teams ranked
1-16 are sequentially given the location closest to their school from the remaining available pods.
The other 3 schools in a particular pod have NO CHOICES.
Examples Team 1 -Baylor to St Louis plays Team 64
Other Game is Team 32 vs. Team 33
Team 12- Seton Hall to Albany & plays Team 53
Other Game is Team 21 If vs Team 44
I
If this formula results in teams repeating regular season or confernce games in the first round, they’ll make an adjustment
