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Message: [QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 2097317, member: 1673"] I have had this discussion in the past, I believe with j66kicker in opposition. I would go for either 50% conference win pct. or no more than half the teams in a conference invited. The NCAA tournament really has multiple objectives, one of which is to crown a champion. While there is precedence for a team with a 50% pct. winning the tournament (our own men's team), I don't believe there is any precedent for below that mark. In other words, you are not depriving any potential champion an opportunity by setting the mark at 50%. What you are doing, however, is penalizing teams who should theoretically have the same recruiting opportunities as teams in their conference but are not able to succeed as well as their peers. This then makes less pertinent the game such teams might play with OOC scheduling and more pertinent the ability to compete in their own conference. At the same time you also enhance the entertainment value of the tournament which, let's face it, is one of its main objectives in addition to crowning a champion, by providing more opportunities to very good mid-majors. [/QUOTE]