Why should a school like USF get screwed year after year because they're surrounded by even better teams than their own?
First it happened to USF men's tennis a couple weeks ago. Then over the weekend it happened to USF softball. Two very good teams who just missed being one of the 16 seeds in their respective NCAA Tournaments, forced into pods with teams much better than they should be facing this early in the tournament because of convenience. Men's tennis finished ranked #16 in the ITA rankings and arguably should have been seeded, but when they weren't they were shoved into a regional with #9 seed Florida, who beat them.