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[QUOTE="freescooter, post: 3864312, member: 1023"]
[I]2011 [/I]actually showed the problem with too many teams from a single conference getting bids. With the exception of UConn, obviously, the league pretty much flamed out. 2 teams made great Sweet 16 out of 11 and that was guaranteed since 2 second round games featured Big East vs Big East. But for a league that got so many bids, it sort of unbalanced the brackets, and the league was shown to be something of a paper tiger. #1 seed Pitt lost in the second round. St Johns was a 6 and lost in the first round. #2 Notre Dame got blown out of the building by the mighty Zips of Akron. UConn won but nobody else did much. It also made a mess of the seeding. An 11 and an 8 seed went to the Final Four. Nobody wants to see Butler-VCU national semi-final Again. Generally speaking the league was way overrated that year. It resulted in a mess of seeding and silly brackets. We were a huge beneficiary but I think the NCAA will try mightily to avoid such an unbalanced tournament. Too many teams from 1 conference just causes too many problems.
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