No, they're in Fairfax, but it's pretty close. Plus, the teams are seeded according to who the comittee thinks will win, right? So in no way predicted that GMU would advance to Washington in the first place. I think it's nearly impossible to seed a 64 team tournament and have absolutely neutral locations for all teams involved. Therea are more factors than just proximity to campus. They try to avoid having any teams face each other pre-Final Four that have faced each other in the regular season, etc. etc. BTW, can we call a moratorium on bitching about the Illinois Washington game? It's really, REALLY old.