After the selection show, the NCAA held a conference call with the Chairman of the Selection Committee, Kurt McGuffin, who is also the AD at Tennessee-Martin. A question arose concerning the last couple of hosting spots and this was his response: "(The) 15, 16 (overall seeds) and then the teams that were right there (also in the running to host) probably took the majority of our discussion throughout the weekend. "A lot of discussion … between Alabama, Oregon, Virginia Tech and some other teams. … There was probably a group of six teams for those last two (hosting) spots." He said Oregon was helped by going 17-4 against the top 50 of the RPI, including five top-10 RPI wins. He noted that both Oregon and Tech had three Quad-4 losses. "Virginia Tech did have five top-25 (RPI) wins but … just one top-10 win in there, while Oregon's had five top-10 wins. "So it was really close." Just sharing. Don’t shoot the messenger.