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Message: [QUOTE="dwalks93, post: 2075493, member: 5598"] The more interesting part is people are actually shocked by the suggestion that the tournament seeding is financially driven. Or, perhaps the more interesting part is that the NCAA is still willing to deny that money drives the seedings. The NCAA derives (feel free to substitute "steals" for "derives") over $800 million of revenue from the TV contact for the NCAA men's basketball tournament. In fact, the NCAA men's basketball tournament revenue almost entirely funds the NCAA coffers throughout a multitude of sports and divisions for the entire year. The NCAA men's basketball tournament is the center piece of the NCAA's financial engine. The NCAA has a vested interest in seeding teams which will draw ratings. This is the same reason that UNC has never been punished for the APR scandal. Money talks....the only difference between college football and college basketball is the NCAA keeps the money in basketball and the schools/conferences keep it in football. Sadly this is why UConn is in the AAC. [/QUOTE]