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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 5013183, member: 730"] The NCAA and the media promote their tournament as a "national championship" and it is a great tournament but that's all it is to me. Single elimination tournaments (SET's) are exciting and dramatic and the media loves them for that reason but it's a poor method to determine the best team. The winner of the NCAA tournament is just that, the winner of a tournament, not a season. SET's in many sports are notorious for upsets, golf being the most obvious. Many team sports use post-season tournaments to crown their champions but except for football (and Little League) it is a "best of" format, which allows for losses. There is a reason that the NCAA baseball tournament is a double elimination tournament. _________________________________ Last year the media made "super team" LSU the No. 1 team, based on transfers and the fact that they won in 2023. How did that work out for them? Like LSU, the Trojans have loaded up with top portal players. We will see how good they are on December 21. [/QUOTE]