General college hoops game thread

[WichitaSooner]

Kinda my point. Do you trust the NCAA PR? I don't.

First Four is what they call the Dayton games. It's a 64 team bracket and those two games?

As you say, first round....

So all the teams that play on the first Thursday and Friday are getting "byes" from the first round of two games?

Those games were appetizers to expanding the field....

Yea, they can call it what they want, but they are play-in games in reality. Jay Bilas has made the exact point you made: unless you want to say that 60 teams have byes, the games in Dayton are the textbook example of play-in games.

 

[hoopsaustin]

Yea, they can call it what they want, but they are play-in games in reality. Jay Bilas has made the exact point you made: unless you want to say that 60 teams have byes, the games in Dayton are the textbook example of play-in games.

When they started the round of 64 the SECOND round bc of the play in games I got so pissed. And coaches were counting that in their contract incentives as if they won a game in the tourney. So dumb

 

[cvangild]

You’re closer to being in, than being out though.

 

[AnotherSoonerInTX]

When they started the round of 64 the SECOND round bc of the play in games I got so pissed. And coaches were counting that in their contract incentives as if they won a game in the tourney. So dumb

And the teams/conferences that play in Dayton get paid for winning that game just as if they won a game in the round of 64. Therefore, some of the smaller conferences like getting sent there. They have a much better chance of earning NCAA tournament units by winning a 16 vs 16 game in Dayton than by playing a 1 vs 16 game in the main bracket. 1 NCAA tournament unit is a big deal for a conference like the SWAC.