re: value of the ncaa tourney

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i suppose someone could say that with the current format, every possession is precious. therefore, don't squander any games.

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Considering the first round games are usually blowouts and the tickets are 100 to 150 per game it would sure help fill venues it the 2 teams playing were actually worth watching. By limiting the field and making better teams play each other more you would need to not only squander any tournament games but you would also need to not squander any regular season games.

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350 teams in the division but only 32 teams in the tourney seems disproportionate.

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32 teams would be roughly 10% of 350 or viewed from the academic sense, you would only be watching the A students as opposed to the B and C as well (and the occasional D student who lucks in and then gets kicked out)



If the Power 5 break away from the NCAA as is already happening then you would have around 64 schools so going back to 32 or 16 and playing double elimination would increase game quality and help fill arenas again. In theory you could create greater demand with closer games for the fans actually paying good money to see the games.