NCAA President Charlie Baker Gives NCAA Tournament Expansion Update

[Drew]

 

[freescooter]

Just go to 96 and save us all the wait. This inch by inch nonsense is awful. You are bound and determined to wreck the tournament. Just get it over with. First round byes to the SEC, ACC,Big10 & 12.

 

[UCann]

The biggest issue in either scenario is what does Field of 68 do? Would they have to rebrand and lose all the brand equity they have built? Or keep the brand and have a name that makes no sense. Tough one...

 

[TheShot1990]

What is this, Hockey? Just go 128. It will still be well below the 50% of NHL teams the make the playoffs.
And make the final the best of 3. This way we can watch college basketball till June.

 

[The Viking]

64 was perfect. I'm assuming only the P4 conferences were complaining about it so they could squeeze more teams in around the automatic qualifiers?

 

[freescooter]

64 was perfect. I'm assuming only the P4 conferences were complaining about it so they could squeeze more teams in around the automatic qualifiers?

Yeah because nothing says excitement like the 12th team from the B10 playing #14 from the B12. Especially if both have losing records. But strength of schedule. Strength of schedule. Wins and losses are so last Century.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Yeah because nothing says excitement like the 12th team from the B10 playing #14 from the B12. Especially if both have losing records. But strength of schedule. Strength of schedule. Wins and losses are so last Century.

Yep. And all one of these #14 teams need to do is pull one lucky tourney win out of their crapper to justify the expansion.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Just make it the Field of 150.

 

[HooperScooper]

Just go to 96 and save us all the wait. This inch by inch nonsense is awful. You are bound and determined to wreck the tournament. Just get it over with. First round byes to the SEC, ACC,Big10 & 12.

He said the tournament is unlikely to grow any bigger than 76 because of the limited window they have to schedule games between the time when conference championships end and coverage of the Masters begins.

NCAA talks expanding hoops tourney to 72 or 76

NCAA president Charlie Baker says talks are ongoing to expand the basketball tournament to 72 or 76 teams.

www.espn.com

 

[polycom]

When PE shows up everything is ruined. Greed is going to destroy all sports as we know it and that is unfortunate. We had a good run.

 

[uconnfan68]

He said the tournament is unlikely to grow any bigger than 76 because of the limited window they have to schedule games between the time when conference championships end and coverage of the Masters begins.

NCAA talks expanding hoops tourney to 72 or 76

NCAA president Charlie Baker says talks are ongoing to expand the basketball tournament to 72 or 76 teams.

www.espn.com

There is almost a week between conference championships and the tournament start... with 128 teams, it's just 1 more game. Can easily squeeze one in.

 

[mussels]

There is almost a week between conference championships and the tournament start... with 128 teams, it's just 1 more game. Can easily squeeze one in.

Shhhh.

Don‘t give them any ideas. (although arguments around a team ranked 125 “getting shafted“ for missing the cut would be pretty amusing)

 

[TheShot1990]

Image if a 128 upsets a #1?

 

[bendm]

either 72 or 76 makes sense.

first make the other two 16 seeds play-ins. that's 70 teams. then make the other two 11 seeds play-ins. that's 72. and then make all four 10 seeds play-ins. thats 76.

of course whichever seed lines are play-ins will change every year depending on where the last 8 bubble teams get seeded. usually tho it will be the 11 and 10 seeds.

 

[Brooklyn NY]

He said the tournament is unlikely to grow any bigger than 76 because of the limited window they have to schedule games between the time when conference championships end and coverage of the Masters begins.

NCAA talks expanding hoops tourney to 72 or 76

NCAA president Charlie Baker says talks are ongoing to expand the basketball tournament to 72 or 76 teams.

www.espn.com

This Makes No Sense. Going to 96 would take the same 2 days that the Dayton Games take now.

 

[ec33]

Just make it the Field of 150.

256. First weekend at the highest seeded team's site.

 

[Vowelguy]

He said the tournament is unlikely to grow any bigger than 76 because of the limited window they have to schedule games between the time when conference championships end and coverage of the Masters begins.

They always find room to add more. If it means $$$$, they'll just start the season earlier.

 

[Vowelguy]

256. First weekend at the highest seeded team's site.

512. bring in the top D2 and D3 teams

 

[gsmooth]

either 72 or 76 works makes sense.

first make the other two 16 seeds play-ins. that's 70 teams. then make the other two 11 seeds play-ins. that's 72. and then make all four 10 seeds play-ins. thats 76.

of course whichever seed lines are play-ins will change every year depending on where the last 8 bubble teams get seeded. usually tho it will be the 11 and 10 seeds.

Yeah that's not bad, but I just want them to stick to 68 teams. Not that these guys like Charlie Baker and other execs give a fukk about my thoughts on tournament expansion.

It doesn't matter how many teams are in the NCAAT. If the field is 96 teams or 128 teams, teams deemed to be the last 4 out will bitch and moan that they are better than the last 4 teams that got in.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

They always find room to add more. If it means $$$$, they'll just start the season earlier.

 

[UofCT]

512. bring in the top D2 and D3 teams

Can probably get a few HS teams in there too

 

[Stinger92860]

256 makes almost everyone happy

 

[7774]

This Makes No Sense. Going to 96 would take the same 2 days that the Dayton Games take now.

It’s really not that simple.

 

[7774]

There is almost a week between conference championships and the tournament start... with 128 teams, it's just 1 more game. Can easily squeeze one in.

It’s not just 1 more game, it’s twice as many games. You’re basically playing 2 current tournament’s worth of games.

 

[uconnfan68]

It’s not just 1 more game, it’s twice as many games. You’re basically playing 2 current tournament’s worth of games.

Not a math guy? 2^7 =128. 2^6=64. It’s literally 1 game.