Tourney committee gets seeding flexibility

[tower912]

 The NCAA Division 1 Men's basketball committee is making some changes to how it seeds teams for March Madness.
    The committee now will have the flexibility to slide every team up or down the seed list, including the last four at-large teams selected.   Until now, the last four teams voted into the tournament field had to participate in the First Four.    Going forward, the last four at-large teams on the overall seed list will play in the First Four. 
  The committee also will now have more flexibility for handling the No. 2 seeds.    The committee can now consider moving the team seeded 5th overall out of its natural geographic area, which will avoid the best No. 2 seed being placed in the same region as the top team overall.

This was copied from an AP report.     I am not seeing the difference in the first change.     I totally get and support the second.   

[keefe]

  The committee also will now have more flexibility for handling the No. 2 seeds.    The committee can now consider moving the team seeded 5th overall out of its natural geographic area, which will avoid the best No. 2 seed being placed in the same region as the top team overall.

This comes 45 years too late...