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Message: [QUOTE="1-of-the-6, post: 2092308, member: 7922"] No one has mentioned that a lot of the conferences utilize tiered brackets for their tournaments. Byes are issued at different levels, making the regular season finish much more important. For instance, the B1G, which now has 14 teams does it like this: The bottom four seeds play on the first day. The two winners of those games mix with the middle six seeds for four games on the second day. It's only on the third day that the top four seeds join in. So, very tough for the bottom seeds to go all the way, given that they not only aren't as good but would have to win five games in five days. [URL]http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/w-baskbl/auto_pdf/2016-17/misc_non_event/2017WBBTourneyBracket.pdf[/URL] [/QUOTE]