instead of the tourney at SF..
top 2 seeds get byes to semi's and the top seed hosts 3 game tourney on campus ( byes oral roberts and SDSU and ORU hosts)
the next two seeds (3 and 4) host a 4 team 3 game tourney on campus (NDSU and ST Thomas hosts)
or punish the bottom 2 teams (8 teams make tourney) and have the seeds 3 and 4 host a 3 team 2 game tourney with the host seeds getting a bye to the second round? (ndsu and st thomas hosts and get first round byes)