Not really how it works. 1st and 2nd rounds don’t correlate really with region. Top 1-4 seeds get region preference so we were always going to play in Providence based on our 2 line and being with Michigan St, Alabama, and Tennessee. Same as if we fell to 3 with Kentucky, Texas Tech, Wisconsin, and Iowa St. Regions really start playing a factor for S16 and E8. So if we were West Region we would do Providence then San Francisco. If we were East we would do Providence then Newark.Raleigh, Denver, Wichita & Prov are the 1st & 2nd round sites for West Regionals
Always confuses me that 1st/2nd round locations don't geographically correlate to the Regional round location
Pretty much since we knew we were going to be a 2 or 3 we knew were playing in Providence due to the lack of Northeast presence besides maybe Maryland.