I am cool with not sending 1s and 2s all the way across the country but there comes a point where it's a little TOO cozy IMO. Duke and UNC in North Carolina? As a 3 seed? Creighton is probably going to get a 3 and they are going to get shipped to San Antonio...to potentially play Texas. That's crap....a better seed should never have to play a "road" game. And then you have a potential 9 loss Kansas that is virtually assured of a protected seed in St. Louis. No system is perfect I guess but it does lead to some less than fair situations.
This has annoyed the heck out of me too... the fanbases that will drive 3-4 hours get a huge reward... It is all about money with the NCAA as they do not want the regional sites to look completely empty so the larger fanbases get preference even if the seed should not reflect it.