Andrew Weise <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> > The regular season champion from each conference gets an automatic >> > berth in the NCAA regionals. Then each conference tournament champion >> > gets an automatic berth. >> > >> > I believe the bye always goes to the top seed in each regional. > Actually, I believe the top 2 seeds in each regional get a first round bye. > Thus, #3 plays #6 and #4 plays #5. Seeds 1 & 2 wait for the winners of > those games. > My question is do they "re-seed" so #1 plays the lowest remaining seed? > That is, if #6 beats #3 and #4 beats #5, does #1 play #4 and #2 play #6 > (to keep the brackets in order)? Actually, the only "automatic" bid goes to the winners of the conference tournaments. This year, an "unofficial" rule is in effect giving the four regular-season winners bids as well, but it hasn't been officially deemed "automatic". I don't believe the tourney is reshuffled. After the twelve teams are selected, the brackets are filled out and don'w change regardless of game outcomes. - Steve ************************************************************************** Steve Weisfeldt Univ. of Lowell 1986, 1988 Home of the 'Hawks!! [log in to unmask] 10-10-1 [1] (15-15-4) **************************************************************************