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There are certainly more teams that are in the pool for consideration than any year I've been involved, ... I'm sure given some of the upsets and the things that have gone on already this year, there will be many people who are making a case for themselves that they should be in the tournament field where they might have been left out in the past.

The best we can do now is improve on the process for selection of officiating crews to make sure we are doing what we can to avoid these situations in the future.

Big Ten teams are sort of going on the road and playing -- not home games at the other place -- but neutral sites, where both teams can benefit financially.

Because it's got all 11 Big Ten teams, and however many MAC teams, it's taking a while to work it out.

I have no idea when or where it will stop, ... but I do know that I don't see it happening in the foreseeable future. Every time you think it's topped out, somebody goes over it.

We've done some sportsmanship initiatives and we've done some collaborative officiating things with the MAC, and one of the things we're doing is some scheduling stuff.

It is more likely that Des Moines would be rated low for the first and second rounds (in basketball) due to limited air access and limited hotel space. It would very likely be too small for regional round games.

Those contracts are usually about the worth of the ink they're written in (though).

You have to pay what the market bears, ... and in that regard, we are no different than any other business or industry. We compete at the hospital for researchers, and we compete in a lot of areas on campus for the best people.