tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792446722382930703.post2619911868496112206..comments2023-05-20T01:37:16.860-07:00Comments on Dead Cat's Bounce: How a 96 team NCAA Tournament would have looked this yearSteven Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020991909875747531noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792446722382930703.post-85569993446441547122010-10-16T04:46:02.526-07:002010-10-16T04:46:02.526-07:00If the NCAA goes through with its plan to expand t...If the NCAA goes through with its plan to expand the field to 96 teams, as expected, this tournament will lose much of its charm and appeal. The top 32 teams would receive a bye under the proposed new format. The other 64 will play 32 first-round games that will be the equivalent of college football's International Bowl.sport bracketshttp://www.bestdamnpools.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792446722382930703.post-77556640557246566242010-04-01T12:35:00.653-07:002010-04-01T12:35:00.653-07:00Giving Conference champs no lower than an 8 seed w...Giving Conference champs no lower than an 8 seed would be a HUGE reward for the 9 seeds. They'd have an easy 2nd game against the 1 of the 4 worst conference champs.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05142511617439781186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1792446722382930703.post-24156386073329590882010-03-31T06:02:35.056-07:002010-03-31T06:02:35.056-07:00Currently:
31 Auto, 34 At-Large
Why not just incr...Currently:<br />31 Auto, 34 At-Large<br /><br />Why not just increase the Auto-Bids.<br />If a move to 96 is going to water down what it takes to get a Tourney Bid, why not use them to reward teams with the best seasons.<br />As of now, only the Conference Tourney winner is assured of getting in. I would say give each conference 2 auto bids. One to the Conference Tourney Champion, and one to the Regular Season Champ. If the Regular Season Champ wins the Conference Tourney, then give league autobid #2 to the Confernce Tourney Runner-Up.<br />Now you've got 62 Auto-Bids to the 62 teams who had the best seasons on their respective leagues, and you keep the At-Large field roughly the same size @ 34.<br /><br />One more interesting wrinkle would be how the seeding works as far as Tourney Champs vs Non-Champs:<br />Make each of the 31 Confernce Champs no lower than a 8-Seed (remember, now each bracket now has 24 teams, and seeds 1-8 each get 1st round BYEs. So Win your Confernce Tourney and you get a BYE into the fround of 64)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919949562311225771noreply@blogger.com