NCAA: No brackets for canceled tournaments

[Kaizen]

Brackets will not be released for the 2020 NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments, senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt said Sunday.

"The important work of the basketball committees is to set up competitively-balanced brackets to determine national champions," Gavitt said. "I don't believe it's responsible or fair to do that with incomplete seasons -- especially for tournaments that unfortunately won't be played."

NCAA: No brackets for canceled tournaments

The NCAA will not release brackets for the canceled men's and women's tournaments because they were not completed.

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[Kaizen]

sour Creme must be very unhappy now....

 

[Wbbfan1]

NCAA could have come up with a reasonable Women's Bracket. Don't think they could with the Men's tournament since their Post Season Tournaments had just started or about to start. There are enough upsets in the Men's tournaments that impact the brackets. The only option for the Men is to make a bracket based on Regular Season Records. If you're not going to release a Men's Bracket, then it makes equal sense to not release a Women's Bracket.

 

[Plebe]

I think the biggest sticking point was that many teams didn't finish or even play in their conference tournaments. It wouldn't be fair to evaluate some teams on the basis of an incomplete season where they didn't have a chance to grab the AQ or otherwise enhance their resume in a conference tourney.

"The NCAA said there were a total of 132 men's games and 81 women's games that were never played, and 19 men's and 18 women's conference tournaments that hadn't been completed."​

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[UcMiami]

Never made sense to me for them to go through the motions for a non-existent tournament when the conferences hadn't completed play. Think back to a Uconn men's team that probably would not have had a chance without a very unexpected conference win. (2011)

 

[01Neaggrad02]

We will just need to remind Muffet she would not have made it in this year... going from runner up to not even making it to the dance...

 

[cbraarj]

NCAA could have come up with a reasonable Women's Bracket. Don't think they could with the Men's tournament since their Post Season Tournaments had just started or about to start. There are enough upsets in the Men's tournaments that impact the brackets. The only option for the Men is to make a bracket based on Regular Season Records. If you're not going to release a Men's Bracket, then it makes equal sense to not release a Women's Bracket.

Why?

 

[cbraarj]

Never made sense to me for them to go through the motions for a non-existent tournament when the conferences hadn't completed play. Think back to a Uconn men's team that probably would not have had a chance without a very unexpected conference win. (2011)

Good Memories! The Year of Kemba!!!