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After 2002?
To recognize the demonstrated quality of such teams, </p></font><font face="Verdana,Verdana" size="2"><font face="Verdana,Verdana" size="2">the committee shall not place teams seeded on the first five lines at a potential "home-crowd disadvantage" in the first round.
After 2004?
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1. If possible, </p></font><font face="Verdana,Verdana" size="2"><font face="Verdana,Verdana" size="2">rematches of regular-season games should be avoided in the first and second rounds</font></font></font></font><font size="2">. </font>