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NCAA should change "First Four" to last 8 bubble teams
Posted on 3/18/15 at 9:28 am
Posted on 3/18/15 at 9:28 am
Much more intriguing match-ups
All automatic league champions deserve to be in Round of 64 - even the Hampton's of the world
By kicking out 2 of the 16 seeds before Thursday as it stands now, it is taking away easier games for the 1 & 2 seeds in the 1st round, which they deserve easier games for the work they did during the regular season.
All automatic league champions deserve to be in Round of 64 - even the Hampton's of the world
By kicking out 2 of the 16 seeds before Thursday as it stands now, it is taking away easier games for the 1 & 2 seeds in the 1st round, which they deserve easier games for the work they did during the regular season.
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Posted on 3/18/15 at 9:35 am to GreyReb
I would argue that there shouldn't be a First Four at all. If you can't make the field of 64 either as an at-large or winning an automatic bid, you have no business competing for the national championship anyway.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 9:36 am to GreyReb
I agree, I was thinking the same thing as well. It will boost ratings for these early games, seems like a win win
Posted on 3/18/15 at 9:38 am to GreyReb
Someone suggested that a few years ago and I think its a great idea.
Posted on 3/18/15 at 9:44 am to GreyReb
Definitely an improvement on what we have now
Posted on 3/18/15 at 10:04 am to GreyReb
So you'd be putting all four of those teams in as the 16's and moving all the seedings for current 16-12's up 2 spots.
Then you'd have to take out the last 2 11 seeds and even two of the 10 seeds.
That would make in this tournament hypothetically
Ole Miss V
BYU
Dayton V
Boise St
Texas V
UCLA
Georgia V
Indiana
Half of the winners become 11 seeds the other half 10 seeds.
Not a bad idea.
Then you'd have to take out the last 2 11 seeds and even two of the 10 seeds.
That would make in this tournament hypothetically
Ole Miss V
BYU
Dayton V
Boise St
Texas V
UCLA
Georgia V
Indiana
Half of the winners become 11 seeds the other half 10 seeds.
Not a bad idea.
This post was edited on 3/18/15 at 10:06 am
Posted on 3/18/15 at 10:05 am to GreyReb
I refuse to call 4 games the First Round
Posted on 3/18/15 at 10:27 am to GreyReb
Go to a 64 team at-large tournament with no automatic bids. Sorry Robert Morris, power 5 conference teams wouldnt get a pass losing to 6 teams from the Northeast conference and neither should you. This is collegiate athletics so we shouldn't be handing out participation trophies to terrible teams.
These 16 seed type teams schedule tough non-conference slates every year and typically get blasted by the "good" teams so it's not like in football where the small schools dont have a chance to prove themselves with maybe 1 marquee matchup. These smaller schools get 8-10 chances to prove they can hang with the big boys and if they fall flat on their face they dont deserve to get in just like any other team.
These 16 seed type teams schedule tough non-conference slates every year and typically get blasted by the "good" teams so it's not like in football where the small schools dont have a chance to prove themselves with maybe 1 marquee matchup. These smaller schools get 8-10 chances to prove they can hang with the big boys and if they fall flat on their face they dont deserve to get in just like any other team.
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