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Message: [QUOTE="geordi, post: 4571426, member: 232"] People keep wanting to water down the NCAA Tourney by continually lobbying for more teams to be eligible. 64 is a perfect number in my opinion, but now we have 68 and there are always rumors about someone pushing it to 96, then 128. The only reason to do that is so [I]coaches don't get fired for not making the tournament[/I]. The conference tournaments effectively are a unrecognized part of March Madness. All of the NCAA Tourney is based on one loss and you're gone. Same holds true for the conference tournaments too. Think Virginia being upset by a 16 seed. If you're out of the tourney, does it really matter if it's in the conference tournament or the NCAA? You're still done and only one team goes undefeated. [/QUOTE]