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Message: [QUOTE="PhilipVU94, post: 4924251, member: 13263"] Yeah, it's almost as though two teams designated 12-seeds had a similar playing strength and sports is just a fun way we build narratives out of insignificant samples of data. [IMG]https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/sports.png[/IMG] We all have our biased opinions here, but (1) on the margins choosing a couple more midmajors or major-conference teams won't matter at all to the overall quality of the tournament (2) it's easy to support limiting the number of spots per conference when you support a program that will probably never finish below 3rd in our lifetimes. It's an important nuance of "rich get richer." If you limit the NCAA to 4 teams max from each conference, you're going to redistribute 2nd-line talent from say Vanderbilt or Arizona to Penn or Santa Clara because players want to play in the NCAA, making it easier for the top 4-6 to remain the top 4-6. Matter of opinion whether that's good, bad, or indifferent, but it would make the rich richer. For an exaggerated example, check out those repetitive pre-1974 men's brackets where only one team per conference made it. [/QUOTE]