Im a bit uneasy about this ncaa basketball/football playoff change.

Zurn wrote:College sports is being ruined before our very eyes.

I'm all for paying players but the current NIL and portal mess is not sustainable IMO.  University presidents and boards could have and should have fixed this proactively.  

Next we have conference consolidations which is ruining the once unique regional aspect of college sports.

The coup de grace will be messing with the NCAA basketball tournament which almost universally people would say is the best set up going.

All in the name of $$$, but for what?   So a college coach can make $10 million a year instead of $ 5 million and each player can have a locker with ambient lighting in his school colors?

NigelUno wrote:If you add another weekend, you get the Tournament to 256 (without byes).  That kind of devalues the regular season.  A 1 seed playing a 64 seed seems silly.  

I could see them expanding the play-in games.  You could make Seeds 13-16 have play in games vs. small conference opponents, and 9-12 have play in games vs. big conference opponents.  That would add 32 teams, and still give byes to the 1-8 seeds.  

Rick Saunders wrote:I am actually in favor of a double elimination tournament. You gotta be better than hot from 3 one day to get the Spartans eliminated.

DWags wrote:

NigelUno wrote:If you add another weekend, you get the Tournament to 256 (without byes). That kind of devalues the regular season. A 1 seed playing a 64 seed seems silly.

I could see them expanding the play-in games. You could make Seeds 13-16 have play in games vs. small conference opponents, and 9-12 have play in games vs. big conference opponents. That would add 32 teams, and still give byes to the 1-8 seeds.

I like this idea. But I hate it. Just stop expanding. However, this is absolutely being driven by money and it will keep on expanding because it’s being driven by money. Not tickets being sold at the venues but television

So you have a great idea, and I hope if they expand they use your idea I just hate the fact that we’re gonna keep on expanding this bullshit

NigelUno wrote:

Trapper Gus wrote:

That would make it like the Indiana high school tournament in the 1950's.  Everyone plays. That might be sort of fun, if all the schools can afford to travel.

They could just roll conference tournaments into the NCAA Tournament.

For example, give the ASUN (conference) 2 spots in a 96 team bracket...and the "bracket" expands to include the 12 teams to get to those 2 spots (not that dissimilar to what happens now with automatic qualifiers).