Florida State coach Sue Semrau said she's not worried about Georgia's possible home-state edge, with the Bulldogs playing an hour's drive from their Athens campus.
"I think having an arena that's away from someone's campus, for us that justifies it being a neutral site," Semrau said. "They have to travel also."
The location in Atlanta's northeast suburbs was close enough to allow 12th-ranked Florida State to travel by bus from Tallahassee for today's NCAA Tournament opener against North Carolina A&T.
Third-seeded Florida State (25-7) will have a size advantage against North Carolina A&T (26-6), but Semrau said she is wary of her team's ability to defend the Aggies' smaller but quicker post players.
"It's very difficult, I think, to guard those quick guard-like post players," Semrau said. "You think you have a size advantage, but on the defensive side of the floor it's not always an easy thing. ...
"It's not something we typically see in the ACC, but we've been there before."
North Carolina A&T's No. 14 seed is the highest ever for a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference school.
"A lot of times you may not see us on television, but it's not that we can't perform," Coach Patricia Cage-Bibbs said. "If they stay focused and do what they need to do, it will be a really good game."
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