Cause we need more Auburns and Oklahomas in.
NCAA Tournament likely to expand
- Thread starter awd4cy
- Start date
you thought the bubble was ass this year...
just make it a tournament with all 330 schools at this point because expanding past 64 was and is stupid
And the ISU WBB program makes the tourney
This will be as bad as pro sports when teams with losing records make the playoffs.
In high school a couple friends and I would rank all 330 schools, build a bracket and then play every game one on one on a 6' nerf hoop until we had a champion.
We need that Duke vs Mississippi Valley State first round matchup. Might as well start the tournament in February and call it February Foolishness
Just have a play in game to the play in games. Back to back days and then one day of travel to your first "real-round of 64" game. That will show which teams truly deserve to make it (3 games in 4 days).
More at large teams is okay, but stop making the 16 seeds play in play in games.
72 is manageable. Unnecessary, but could fit the current scheduling.
Two more at-large (11 line First Four), two shifted down to the 16 seed slot (four "secondary auto-bid" instead of 2).
Four games on Tuesday, four on Wednesday.
At least it retains a little symmetry.
76 is nothing more than "how can we get 80% of Big Ten and SEC teams into the tournament?" bulls***t
Two more at-large (11 line First Four), two shifted down to the 16 seed slot (four "secondary auto-bid" instead of 2).
Four games on Tuesday, four on Wednesday.
At least it retains a little symmetry.
76 is nothing more than "how can we get 80% of Big Ten and SEC teams into the tournament?" bulls***t
FIFY. This is all about making sure the $EC and B1G get the vast majority of their conference in, and is going to ruin what has been a very good balance in having 68 teams
Weren’t there already travel issues to get schools from Dayton to their tournament sites? Now they want to add more teams? This is so dumb. Drop back to 64 and continue to promote the NIT to a real tournament. They finally got that to the point that I watched it on the off nights of the NCAA.
I'm sure more games means more money, but I seldom watch the First 4 games. Why would Iwatch the First 12 games.
Also not sure why the NCAA continues to minimize these games by classifying them as "play-in" games for the real tournament/main bracket.
I guess it also gives more P5 coaches, who finish around .500, a reason to complain they were unfairly fired after their team makes the NCAA Tournament.
