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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
MN is not really correct. He's right that they are in different conferences, but the fact is, MU will not be playing in KC. The comittee rewards top-4 seeds with close venues. Since KU is in that conversation, they will be in KC. The other slot will either go to K-State (highly likely), or maybe a Creighton, someone like that.
MU will not be playing in KC because they are not successful this year. And because of that, they will not be playing KU in the 2nd round.
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Well, the top four seeds are pretty much guaranteed to play as close to home as possible. For the other seeds, they are seeded as close to home as seeding scenarios allow. The NCAA has put an emphasis on keeping teams close to home ever since they instituted the "pod" system, allowing them to have games from different regionals in the same arena for the first two rounds.
I agree with KC_Connection...Lunardi knows the rules of the selection committee inside and out, and he would not publish a bracket that would violate any of those rules. Will it happen that way? Tough to say, because there is still a lot of bball to be played. But I think if it is Lunardi's bracket, it means that it is a possibility and within the rules of the selection committee.