I'm sure the NIT folks love this idea.
What a joke. They are against a football playoff because it would be a detriment to academics for the players yet a 2 month odyssey NCAA tournament is considered acceptable? The hypocrisy of the NCAA is an embarrassment.
not a fan...imagine really strong conferences like last year in the big east getting 11 or 12 teams in the tournament..or a big xii conference that is strong this year getting 8-9 teams..if you are one of the 5 worst teams in your conference how could you really justify going to the tournament?
Because the 9th best team in the Big 12 is better than the first place team in the Big Sky. If it was truly a tournament for the elite, the best teams would be in it and not crappy conference winnners.
I don't disagree but it's not like we see a lot of the small conference tournament winners going deep in the NCAA regularly. Usually it's a big conference name that goes deep and wins it all.
Right, but what I am saying is that last years Baylor team (NIT) could have defeated ANY team seeds 2-15 playing in last years NCAA Tournament on a neutral court. If they are good enough to play and win, why not include them? The point of the tournament is to find the best team, not give the regular season champs the easiest road for a title.
What if North Carolina had to play 26-7 Davidson (6 seed NIT), 21-11 Kansas State (4 seed NIT), or 26-7 Creighton (1 seed NIT) in the opening round of the tournament instead of Radford?
What if OU had to play Auburn (22-11) instead of Morgan State? What is Louisville had to play 23-9 San Diego State instead of Morehead State? What if Pitt had to play Baylor instead of East Tennessee State?
Wouldnt that make the tournament better? Wouldnt you rather see bubble teams like Kansas State play Pitt in the opening round instead of Morehead State? Wouldnt that be a truly elite tournament?
Right, but what I am saying is that last years Baylor team (NIT) could have defeated ANY team seeds 2-15 playing in last years NCAA Tournament on a neutral court. If they are good enough to play and win, why not include them? The point of the tournament is to find the best team, not give the regular season champs the easiest road for a title.
What if North Carolina had to play 26-7 Davidson (6 seed NIT), 21-11 Kansas State (4 seed NIT), or 26-7 Creighton (1 seed NIT) in the opening round of the tournament instead of Radford?
What if OU had to play Auburn (22-11) instead of Morgan State? What is Louisville had to play 23-9 San Diego State instead of Morehead State? What if Pitt had to play Baylor instead of East Tennessee State?
Wouldnt that make the tournament better? Wouldnt you rather see bubble teams like Kansas State play Pitt in the opening round instead of Morehead State? Wouldnt that be a truly elite tournament?
Where's the reward of being a #1 Seed if you have to go play a team that's the level of a 10 or an 11 seed in the first round? This would make the seeding process utterly useless and the regular season nothing but a joke. Which would bring interest and attendance down.
If they're going to do this, you might as well get rid of all seeds and just throw them in using a random generator. 1 seeds are SUPPOSED to be able to play these week teams. Because they had such a great regular season. Not play the same level of team that a 6 seed is going to play.
All that this seems to do is take away a lot of the magic of the first round in my opinion
You mean the lowest seed being 0-century against the top seed? That isnt magic, its a slaughter. Those teams could play NIT teams in an opening round while the top seeds get a bye. Maybe they would win one every now and then? Thats magic....
Oh, I think it is a great idea. In fact, they should make it a 360 team tourny, even if they had to create some more D-1 teams.
Why not keep the bracket clean and make it 128?