good points, there is trivial downside to tough scheduling in college tennis, except you have to get your points (wins) somewhere so you can't overdo the tough scheduling unless you win some of them. And you get a 10% points bonus for an away win (but not a neutral site win).
My main criticism of the women's tennis NCAA tournament seeding is that the committee too slavishly follows the computer rankings without making adequate adjustments for unusual circumstances. For example, when we lost all those matches three years ago because we were missing our number 1 player for them (off playing internationally), most (or all?) of those losses were 4-3 and we would have won most of them with our #1 player in the lineup. Our seeding should have reflected that.
My main criticism of the women's tennis NCAA tournament seeding is that the committee too slavishly follows the computer rankings without making adequate adjustments for unusual circumstances. For example, when we lost all those matches three years ago because we were missing our number 1 player for them (off playing internationally), most (or all?) of those losses were 4-3 and we would have won most of them with our #1 player in the lineup. Our seeding should have reflected that.