RPI both mattered and yet didn’t matter.

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Top 16 seeds with corresponding RPI:
1. Vandy #1
2. Texas #4
3. Arkansas #5
4. Auburn #3
5. UNC #6
6. LSU #10
7. Georgia #2
8. Oregon St #7
9. Florida St #14
10. Ole Miss #12
11. Clemson #9
12, Oregon #16
13. Coastal #8
14. Tennessee #11
15. UCLa #15
16. So Miss #19

Differences between RPI and seed are:
0
2
2
-1
1
4
-5
1
-1
5
2
-2
4
-5
-3
0
3

Looks like GA and Coastal got screwed, LSU and FLorida St. over-rewarded.

Overall, top 16 RPI teams took 15 host spots
Only exception was So Miss..
Only Alabama got stiffed; RPI #13