Bilas on NCAA Tournament Changes

[BCPanther]

Really interesting article about changing the selection process. Worth a read.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12454021/how-make-ncaa-tournament-even-better-college-basketball

Also, he believes we should be the top 3 seed.

[95UNIGRAD]

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He put Rhode Island in twice. Still like the article, though.

[UNI MadCat]

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This is a start. But if low and mid majors want to make even more noise, then they need to seriously start considering sending their regular season champs to the dance. You're drastically reducing your chances of pulling off a major upset in the Big Dance if you sent your 5th-best team to be the sacrificial lamb of a 1 seed, or, worse yet, to lose in Dayton to another 16. All for what? Two hours showing your half empty stadium on ESPN2 with the hope of grabbing a .2 rating (yes, these games hover around that mark)?

The exposure 14 & 15 seeds get when they pull the upset is astronomical. Imagine a stronger 16?

[CyCarp]

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Very interesting. As I was reading, I didn't like the idea at first, but after thinking about it, I do like it.

[ubuntuCAT]

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I like it

kaboom

[TH1974]

Re: Bilas on NCAA Tournament Changes

This is a start. But if low and mid majors want to make even more noise, then they need to seriously start considering sending their regular season champs to the dance. You're drastically reducing your chances of pulling off a major upset in the Big Dance if you sent your 5th-best team to be the sacrificial lamb of a 1 seed, or, worse yet, to lose in Dayton to another 16. All for what? Two hours showing your half empty stadium on ESPN2 with the hope of grabbing a .2 rating (yes, these games hover around that mark)?

The exposure 14 & 15 seeds get when they pull the upset is astronomical. Imagine a stronger 16?

I've always thought that regular-season champs should get the auto bids. It would take the drama away from the conference tournaments, but it's more fair.

[CincyPanther88]

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Not a bad idea at all.

[Kyle]

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The NCAA Tournament is most popular sporting event outside the Super Bowl. Let's not muck it up.

[TheMacHouse]

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If they did this what would the incentive be for some teams to play their best players and risk injury. UNI and Wichita and most P5 teams wouldn't need to play their players and a team like Illinois St or Kansas St would have a better chance at winning the conference tournament and getting an auto bid.

A different idea would be to award regular season champs auto bids, get rid of the conference tournaments, and give teams 2 more games to play. They could sent up 1 day events like bracket busters where a P5 team would play a mid major home and away. They could wait to set up the match ups as the season goes along to set up some great games.

[Codytwo]

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I've always thought that regular-season champs should get the auto bids. It would take the drama away from the conference tournaments, but it's more fair.

They do get auto bids.......to the NIT.

[Newsbreaker]

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If the league tournaments were viewed for what they are - first rounds of a true national tournament.

Nobody thinks of it that way though. I'm not sure his system wouldn't be better.

[Trapped in California]

How about simply changing the RPI to award more for nonconference away games (not at neutral court)?

From my NSA monitored nexus 5

[UNIChippewa]

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If they did this what would the incentive be for some teams to play their best players and risk injury. UNI and Wichita and most P5 teams wouldn't need to play their players and a team like Illinois St or Kansas St would have a better chance at winning the conference tournament and getting an auto bid.

A different idea would be to award regular season champs auto bids, get rid of the conference tournaments, and give teams 2 more games to play. They could sent up 1 day events like bracket busters where a P5 team would play a mid major home and away. They could wait to set up the match ups as the season goes along to set up some great games.

Me likey. Iowa State vs. UNI to end the regular season.

[hoopfan]

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Outside of his crusade to pay college athletes, there isn't much I disagree with Bilas about. These are good ideas. He makes a great point that if you are a P5 school you have ample opportunity to prove yourself during conference play. They shouldn't get a do over to try and make the field. If these P5 schools are going to play horseshat non-conference schedules and rely on their conference games, they should only be judged thru the regular season. If they don't like it, go play someone.

[vbfan19]

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If the league tournaments were viewed for what they are - first rounds of a true national tournament.

are you saying that only the conference tournament winners should advance to the NCAA tournament, no at-large bids?