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re: Upcoming battle for Slive: College football playoff?
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:49 pm to NonregAg09
Posted on 3/5/12 at 4:49 pm to NonregAg09
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So what say you? Conference Champions or top 4 in rankings?
Much as I would like to see a SEC West runner up like Bama excluded from a playoff, I vote for top 4 in rankings.
As ammo for my argument, I offer up the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament -- which prior to 1975 only allowed one team per conference, aka the conference champion, to play in the tournament.
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Prior to 1975, only one team per conference could be in the NCAA tournament. However, after several highly ranked teams in the country were denied entrance into the tournament (e.g., South Carolina, which was 14-0 in conference play in 1970, Southern Cal which was ranked #2 in the nation in 1971, and Maryland which was ranked #3 in the nation in 1974), the NCAA began to place at-large teams in the tournament, instead of just conference champions.
Top 4. I'm sure every Bama fan will agree with me on that one.
This post was edited on 3/5/12 at 4:52 pm
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Posted on 3/5/12 at 5:00 pm to BrerTiger
And the way that college basketball determines who gets to play in the NCAA tournament doesn't make any sense either. Why do mid-major teams get in the NCAA tournament based on what they do in the conference tournament rather than the regular season? Explain to me how one good week of basketball should override three or four months of being the best team in the conference. The regular season champs should get the automatic bids not the conference tournament champions.
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