NCAA Tournament Expanding to 76

[storrsroars]

There is some serious drama queening going on over making 4 conferences most of you couldn’t name a team from, and 4 more bubble teams, play a game on a Tuesday night before the round of 64.

We get it. You prefer oligarchy over meritocracy

 

[nelsonmuntz]

We get it. You prefer oligarchy over meritocracy

We get it. You prefer the 60’s/70’s style tournament where only the conference champion got in and UCLA was regularly playing New Mexico State or UCSB in the final 8. Because that was a “meritocracy”.

 

[RuffRuff]

Invite everyone! I won't be satisfied until the entire regular season is meaningless.

The regular season will impact seeding - this is basically a small tourney before the real one - whatever. As if the 64 it much diff - generally arbitrary.

 

[superjohn]

Waylon and RuffRuff on the same page. Love to see it.

 

[BlueWolf25]

I genuinely don't understand how anyone can come to the conclusion that this will make the NCAA tournament BETTER

 

[John]

We get it. You prefer the 60’s/70’s style tournament where only the conference champion got in and UCLA was regularly playing New Mexico State or UCSB in the final 8. Because that was a “meritocracy”.

the good old days when Providence was relevant.

 

[RuffRuff]

Waylon and RuffRuff on the same page. Love to see it.

I’m sure when they expanded to 64 there was similar discontent.

Need some entrepreneurial spirit.

 

[John]

I’m sure when they expanded to 64 there was similar discontent.

Need some entrepreneurial spirit.

like moving the Big East tournament to Omaha.

 

[RuffRuff]

like moving the Big East tournament to Omaha.

Let me know your novel ideas - I think everyone is open ears

 

[storrsroars]

We get it. You prefer the 60’s/70’s style tournament where only the conference champion got in and UCLA was regularly playing New Mexico State or UCSB in the final 8. Because that was a “meritocracy”.

How do you get through a typical day with all the paranoia created by your crazy jumps of logic?

 

[RuffRuff]

How do you get through a typical day with all the paranoia created by your crazy jumps of logic?

It's hard to understand ValNelsonMuntzAckerman.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

How do you get through a typical day with all the paranoia created by your crazy jumps of logic?

The auto qualifier as some kind of untouchable holy grail is silly. My post is simply showing how ridiculous holding the auto qualifier as untouchable is. These smaller conferences really should not be in the same division as the A10/Pac12/AAC much less the major conferences in the post House, post Alston world. Asking the MEAC, NEC, ASun, America East and OVC champs to play an extra game is not some big imposition. The champ of those leagues would be lucky to win one out of 5 against the 5th place A10 team.