re: Do we really need a 16 team sec basketball tournament?

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Do away with all the byes and do a true 16-team tourney. Problem solved. I am also good with dropping the bottom 4 and giving a 1st round bye to the top 4. 12 teams is plenty. If you're 13-16, you likely have no shot at postseason anyway without a miracle run.

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I don't think they will do that. But instead they will have 8 teams play the first day instead of 4. Still do the 5-8 Seed with a bye to play winners of 9-16, and the 1-4 seeds will have the double bye still.

ETA: If you did a 16 team tournament with no byes it would still take 5 days, since the 1st Round would have to be split into 2 days with 4 games each.