You understand the following, right?
1) The regional sites are selected through bid process years in advance
2) The top two seeds are protected and sent to the regional site closest to you except in instances where another conference member is ahead of you on the seed line and already assigned there.

So in this instance,
South Carolina is the overall 1, so they host and are sent to Greensboro (closest regional site)
Stanford is 2, and sent to Spokane
NC State is the third No. 1-seed and has two possibles: Bridgeport and Wichita. It's 566 miles from campus to Bridgeport, and 1200+ to Wichita, so they go to Bridgeport.

It was obvious Louisville and Baylor were 4-5 on the seed list, so they were both destined to Wichita and their jersey color determined by the Big XII title game that Baylor lost.

So now the conspiracy boils down to does UConn have a right to be 6 on the seed list, where they would be sent to Bridgeport? The other two seeds in play are Texas and Iowa.

NET rankings: UConn (4), Texas (8), Iowa (13). UConn was ranked 9 in the last committee rankings of the year. Michigan was ranked ahead of them and went 2-4. LSU was also ranked ahead of them, and lost their first game in the SEC Tounament. Iowa State was also ahead and went 2-2 down the stretch and lost to Texas three times this year as well as Baylor and LSU. They were destined for the 3-seed line. All three of UConn, Texas, and Iowa managed to win their conference tournament, so no differentiation there. So that puts UConn at 6 on the seed list.

You could argue Texas jumping UConn due to the win over Baylor, and I would be fine with that, but then Texas is the two-seed in Greensboro, because it is 600 miles closer to that than Bridgeport. So even if UConn is 7 on the seed list they are still going to Bridgeport.

It's a crappy break for NC State. But it is not a conspiracy that 'awarded' UConn anything.

You are caught up in process trying to find an excuse. You are trying to create equity by 1v8, 2v7, etc. but those are rules that come after the general principles. A lower seed team doesn't get home court by simple principle. Just like the NCAA moves conference teams seeding so you don't play another SEC team early.

They wouldn't do this on the men's side because people would notice.

And in fact, looking at NET, NC State would have gotten Texas as their 2 seed based on your rules. So it doesn't work anyway.

Gap said:

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They wouldn't do this on the men's side because people would notice.

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Please see:
2019 4-seed Kansas in Midwest Regional at Kansas City (KU lost and didn't make it there)

And you might remember 3-seed Texas A&M playing 6-seed Lousiville in Lexington, Kentucky in 2007?

Things like #20 FGCU being a 12 seed (beating LSU this season), however…