Question: Is it written in stone that the independent bid gets a slot in the west? (I think not, but then i'm from colorado) Follow Up Question: Why did alaska get the 6th seed in the WEST instead of the 6th seed in the EAST? It seems to me (after wading through 38 messages this am) that there were teams in the west more deserving than Cornell and it MIGHT have been better to seed Alaska in the east in place of cornell and selected a 6th team for the west. charlie shub [log in to unmask] -or- ..!{ucar|nbires}!boulder!cdash or even cdash@colospgs (BITNET) -or- (719) 593-3492