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Post by bigdawgs on Mar 12, 2024 21:58:39 GMT -5
Expanding the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is a topic that continues to come up among high-level college athletics administrators, even if there are many ardent critics. And one conference commissioner offered an inkling of what the current conversations around the tournament might entail.
As things currently stand, the NCAA Tournament has 68 teams, with four play-in games to whittle that figure down to 64 for a clean single-elimination field. Some suggestions have even gone so far as to expand the field to 96 teams.
But according to Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark, the involved stakeholders might find a middle ground, adding eight teams to the current 68 to bring the new total to 76.
This, Yormark said, according to The Athletic’s Justin Williams, would be the biggest benefit to the Power 4 leagues trying to get more middle-of-the-pack teams in.
“The data shows if they do expand to 76, the Power 4 conferences will benefit mostly, and I think at the center of that will be the Big 12…More access is great for us,” Yormark said.
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Post by geauxtigerfan on Mar 12, 2024 23:12:03 GMT -5
What is the old saying, "The more the merrier" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by theswan on Mar 13, 2024 0:00:50 GMT -5
"Expanding the NCAA men’s basketball tournament is a topic that continues to come up among high-level college athletics administrators, even if there are many ardent critics."
Of course they don't care about the critics. You could show them a poll where 99% of CBB fans are against, and they'll still do it. Because they know those fans will just take it and still support it just as much. Why in the hell would they care about what those people like or not?
I still haven't figured out why so many still support the pro sports, and increasingly, CFB.
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Post by pittnd on Mar 13, 2024 17:08:16 GMT -5
Expand to 76 teams and teams 77-80 will still bitch. Expand to 100 and team number 101 will still bitch. Expansion is about more revenue, just say that.
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