My guesses at regional hosts

The NCAA will select regional hosts on Nov. 3. Here are the schools I think will get the nods, assuming all of the following teams submitted bids to host.

Central: Washington Midwest: UW-Eau Claire Great Lakes: Wittenberg New York: New York University Mid-Atlantic: Juniata New England: Amherst South: Christopher Newport* West: Cal Lutheran*

If any look incorrect or unfair to you, keep in mind that the NCAA has to pay airfare to teams that travel 500+ miles to a regional, according this mileage site. If it’s less than 500 miles to any host, then you gas up the bus.

Agree or disagree with my guesses?

p.s. The NCAA does not like to pay for airline tickets if at all possible.

* The NCAA would be best served by waiting on the South and West hosts. Depending on conference tourney results, my guess is that the South Regional will be in Texas or Virginia. The West Regional could be in Southern California or the Pacific Northwest. My best guesses on how the bids will shake out mean Virginia and Southern California will save the NCAA the most money. Fan travel plans will be hurt if the NCAA waits to announce the West and South, but it’s a possibility because there are not clusters of “locks” in either region

-Ricky Nelson