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

Sixteen baseball tournament will be fine.
Single elimination. Maximum number of games played is four spread over five days.
Could be four games in four days if you played your first game on Thursday.

4 games Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
2 games Saturday
1 game Sunday.

Wednesday….1/16 2/15 3/14 4/13
Thursday….5/12 6/11 7/10 8/9
Friday…4 winners from each day play each other
Saturday…semifinals
Sunday…finals

Every team is guaranteed 1 game.
First game winners play at least 2 games.
Second game winners play at least three games
Then only two teams play four games.

Gives the teams a chance to use some little used pitchers to get experience if they go deeper into the tournament.

Total of 15 games played so fans will get some great baseball.