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Message: [QUOTE="SubbaBub, post: 4618533, member: 523"] In terms of determining a true champion, this is probably better. It's what FB should do. The tournament is the tournament, and the winning team is crowned champion. That's different than determining the best team in any given season. The argument for not counting seasons prior to the 64 team expansion is that it is a lot harder win 6 games vs 5 (32 team field) or 3 (8 team field). Forget about field split between multiple tournaments. Then you add in the problems associated with the pre-shot clock era, segregation, playing in short shorts and converse all-stars etc. Even Bird/Magic was way different, 40 teams, than Jordan/Ewing, 48 teams, just a few years later. It's like comparing the modern NFL to the leather helment days. Yeah, it's football, but then again it's not the same sport. [/QUOTE]