>It appears to me that there are something like 3 processes involved in
>generating the NCAA tournament, and being a little loose with the words
is
>causing some of the confusion (there IS confusion, else there wouldn't
be
>so many questions).
 
There -- you just summed it up (below) -
 
So there'll be no more confusion right??   Why do I doubt it.
 
The only problem I have -- and it's no offense to you but it's why I get
frustrated -- is the use of the word "apparently"
 
Does God have to write it across to sky for everyone to believe it?  It
is cut and dried, no questions, streamlined process --- no opinion
involved whatsoever.  I'm not saying you don't believe it -- but many
people don't still, for some reason.
 
 
>1 - Selection - Who is in?  apparently cut and dried process.
>2 - Seeding   - Rank order of selected teams - also apparently cut and
dried.
>3 - Bracketing - Which teams end up in which bracket (2 east, 2 west)
and
>how are they paired.  Not completely deterministic, therefore somewhat
>subjective.  That is, attempts to avoid intraconference matchups may
>require some shifting in the bracketing, and if this is a deterministic
>process, it needs to be elucidated (that is, cast some light on it).
>
>-glen-
>
>
 
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