[log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> While this may be a bit premature, the comments generated by the regional
> this year has me thinking about how to stage a 16 team event (hopefully next
> year).  The general concessus seems to be that there are three possibilities.

[...]

A fourth idea, suggested by Jack McDonald of QU, is for the first round
to be played at the site of the better seed, followed (I presume) by
two regionals with two teams each advancing.