Worlock tells everyone to remember that when they send a one seed to a pod region, they are bringing with them the 16 seed, the 8 and the 9 seed. The committee will place the four "number 1 seed" teams seeded 1 through 4 in each of the four regions, then determine the Final Four semifinals pairings, making best effort to pair the top No. 1 seed's region against the fourth No. 1 seed's region and the second No. 1 seed's region against the third No. 1 seed's region.

The committee will then place the No. 2 seeds in each region in true seed list order.  The same with the 3 and 4 seeds.  After the four seed lines have been assigned, determine the relative strengths of the regions by adding the "true seed" numbers in each region to determine if any severe numerical imbalance exists.