Illini in Indiana
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We ain't that 10th team in our Conference anymore.
..... it will only make the NCAA Bracket harder to fill out
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We ain't that 10th team in our Conference anymore.
..... it will only make the NCAA Bracket harder to fill out
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
Depending on who the 24 teams are, maybe it does matter. There will be 12 teams who get a "warm up" game that they won, prior to the Thurs/Friday rounds. If these teams are P4 conference teams with an 8-12 record that won a couple of games in the conf tourney, they could have an advantage. I believe it is one of the reasons (besides $$$) that the tourney went from 48 - 64 back in the day.
We ain't that 10th team in our Conference anymore.
..... it will only make the NCAA Bracket harder to fill out
The first reason I don't like it, I am old and don't like change.
The second reason, it waters down the tourney.
The third reason, Illinois will be playing a talented SEC team that underachieved all year, until getting hot at the end of the season that already beat another P4 team in their warm up game and found their 3 point shot. A team that wouldn't have been in the tourney prior and feels like they are playing with house money.
Paranoia, yes.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
not wrong:
It doesn't matter as much to me as an Illinois fan. But as a March Madness fan (I was glued to the TV for the Tourney even when we weren't making it) it sucks. 64-team tournament was perfection. Adding the 4 play-ins made it worse but marginal enough to let it slide. This proposal is an abomination.
We ain't that 10th team in our Conference anymore.
..... it will only make the NCAA Bracket harder to fill out
Just expand the tournament to 365 teams and let it play out all summer. Year round basketball. Who wouldn't want that?
March Madness rolls into April Awesomeness rolls into June Jubilation rolls into July Just-get-it-over-already rolls into August Apathy.
Think of all the money err I mean, all the deserving student athletes who will get to compete on one of sports' biggest stages!
March Madness rolls into April Awesomeness rolls into June Jubilation rolls into July Just-get-it-over-already rolls into August Apathy.
Think of all the money err I mean, all the deserving student athletes who will get to compete on one of sports' biggest stages!
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
pretty darn good snark. love it
sacraig
- The desert
Round Robin?
this is definitely going to world cup style. pods of teams who then qualify for the main draw. final game... July 13th
Now we're talkin!
What'll be funny is seeing Fox heavily opposed thanks to the College Basketball Crown
Exactly. It is hard enough to get it done by Thursday morning. 36 hours to fill out a bracket is unacceptable!
We ain't that 10th team in our Conference anymore.
..... it will only make the NCAA Bracket harder to fill out
Curbelo Fanboy
BERTBALL IS LIFE
IMO, the only way more teams in is sort of ok is if they are defined slots ahead of time. Like we take 8 11 seeds & 8 12 seeds (as an example) & those teams play off with each other to get to the 4 11's & 4 12's that move to the bracket. Although, going that deep probably means that the last few teams going to the play in round are big conference teams that went 6-12 in league & 17-16 overall. Would the "have to be over .500 record" rule still come along with this? That would prevent some absurd records getting in.
I'm not in favor it but realize it is the reality.
I'm not in favor it but realize it is the reality.
Illwinsagain
- Cary, IL
I will continue to beat the drum that anyone in a "play in" game, should be at large bids only. Anyone that won their conference bid should be allowed to play on Thursday/Friday. So, 24 extra at large would allow for some small conference teams that won their regular season and got upset in conference tourney. For them, I would be happy.
Battle89
- Cary-Grove, the better Trojan team
Just another Tuesday night in the new BTT
Sounds good. Let's call these pods "conferences" and the winner of each pod qualifies for the main draw. Then let's add enough at-large selections to get up to a number that works neatly for a single-elimination tournament. Let's say...I dunno...64?
Epsilon
M tipping over
- Pdx
And double elimination.
RiffTrax reference?
You joke, but going to 256 would only add one extra weekend to the schedule, without any silly play-in games.
Just avoid being a 28-seed, though, because that 28-36 matchup is ripe for upsets.
SuperMetroid
- Evanston
What seeds are these additional play in games going to be for?
(2 11s battling to see who the #11 is)
(2 12s battling to see who the #12 is)
If you do that across all 4 regions that’s 76 teams. I don’t think many people will care though. You’d have to gimmick it where 4 of the teams are from Power 5, and the other 4 are low-mid major to get some interest
(2 11s battling to see who the #11 is)
(2 12s battling to see who the #12 is)
If you do that across all 4 regions that’s 76 teams. I don’t think many people will care though. You’d have to gimmick it where 4 of the teams are from Power 5, and the other 4 are low-mid major to get some interest
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
All this means is that the bubble is going to be even weaker than before. The teams that currently get in as one of the last 4 are already super flawed...it will only get worse.
There must be some assumption of major tv deal/revenue associated with such a move. It almost seems like an expansion of this sort will slowly phase out the major conference tournaments.
There must be some assumption of major tv deal/revenue associated with such a move. It almost seems like an expansion of this sort will slowly phase out the major conference tournaments.
Epsilon
M tipping over
- Pdx
Wow that was obscure- but good on you for making a connection there. It was just a general joke / commentary on everyone wanting to be able to have good feels about getting into (and staying in) the tournament.
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