[teejers1]

Can someone explain to me how U Conn can be listed as a co-host for the Bridgeport region (which appears to be the case) and be placed in that region for the NCAA tournament. I thought the rule was that a team couldn't be placed in a region it was hosting/co-hosting. This certainly was the case a few years back on a rule change that meant Stanford could no longer participate in a regional it hosted at Maples. Have the rules changed again more back to where they were?  Or is it incorrect that UConn is an official co-host for Bridgeport?

Wait, I thought it was required to have one regional within easy driving distance of Storrs and that UConn had to be in it regardless of seed?

Well, maybe that's an ESPN requirement for them to televise the tournament.

UConn can have Bridgeport, afaic, as long as Stanford isn't in the same regional.  UConn will be a formidable #2 (or #1) seed wherever.  I don't want to see Redux of Men's #1 seed with Emeka Okafor's UConn #2 (they of course won the whole thing that year).  That was the year of the Alabama heartbreak . . . and at the time, having UConn in Stanford's bracket helped ease the pain as I don't think Stanford would have come out of that Regional anyway (but sure would have liked the Cardinal to have had a chance to try).

[teejers1]

Can someone explain to me how U Conn can be listed as a co-host for the Bridgeport region (which appears to be the case) and be placed in that region for the NCAA tournament. I thought the rule was that a team couldn't be placed in a region it was hosting/co-hosting. This certainly was the case a few years back on a rule change that meant Stanford could no longer participate in a regional it hosted at Maples. Have the rules changed again more back to where they were?  Or is it incorrect that UConn is an official co-host for Bridgeport?

Wait, I thought it was required to have one regional within easy driving distance of Storrs and that UConn had to be in it regardless of seed?

Well, maybe that's an ESPN requirement for them to televise the tournament.

UConn can have Bridgeport, afaic, as long as Stanford isn't in the same regional.  UConn will be a formidable #2 (or #1) seed wherever.  I don't want to see Redux of Men's #1 seed with Emeka Okafor's UConn #2 (they of course won the whole thing that year).  That was the year of the Alabama heartbreak . . . and at the time, having UConn in Stanford's bracket helped ease the pain as I don't think Stanford would have come out of that Regional anyway (but sure would have liked the Cardinal to have had a chance to try).