this may be old....but i was reading USA today online and saw a story about having an 80 team field...anyone have more knowledge?

5/18/2006 4:01:41 AM

what sport?

5/18/2006 6:27:07 AM

NCAA bball

5/18/2006 7:31:38 AM

that doesn't even make sense as far as brackets go.

what're they gonna do, have like 8 play in games?

5/18/2006 8:57:54 AM

^ yeah the plan is more play in games for teams like campbell....

I dont see it happening but maybe

5/18/2006 9:01:57 AM

the last time campbell went to the tournament

we lost like 82-40 to duke

shit was rugged

5/18/2006 9:39:39 AM

they said something about adding anywhere from 3 to 15 teams

5/18/2006 1:40:57 PM

i think 3 would be best at first

15 would be too much

5/18/2006 2:02:10 PM

i think its fine the way it is, damnit.

5/18/2006 2:09:47 PM

Even 65 is gay

Motherfuck the sun belt conference

5/18/2006 2:40:45 PM

An 80 team field would mean that the current 13-16 would have a play-in game against a team that would otherwise not make the tournament. But its an awful idea....its bad enough that one 16 seed team doesnt even get to play a top ranked opponent and actually go to a real tournament site, and now youre going to make the George Masons and Bradleys play a game just to get into the field? This will pretty much ruin the chance of a 13+ seed team doing much of anything in the tournament...which is probably exactly what the power conferences want.

5/18/2006 2:49:07 PM

more like ratings ratings ratings

5/18/2006 3:19:21 PM

I could realistically see them adding 16 teams to the tournament without a problem. The seeds #1, 2,3, and 4 would have bye in the first round. Seeds 5- 20 of each bracket would have to play in the first round, while teams 1-4 of each bracket get the automatic bid into the second round.

5/18/2006 3:21:06 PM

i wouldn't mind, more time to sit back and watch games

5/18/2006 3:53:16 PM

sit back and watch crappy games

its fine how it is

but more importantly, its not gonna change

5/18/2006 3:56:24 PM

^ well if you go back and look at the 1vs16 games they were nowhere close to crappy.. maybe in the last 3 or 4 minutes for a couple of them

5/18/2006 4:02:33 PM

yeah this past tournament some of the 1-16 games were kind of close but usually they're not...now the 13-4 games and 12-5 games are usually pretty good

i just think if you keep adding teams there wont be any motivation to play hard until the tourney if so many teams make it in...if you had an 80 team field you would have 8-9 ACC teams and 8-9 Big East teams in...takes away from the importance of the regular season

5/18/2006 4:06:20 PM

Quote :

"if you had an 80 team field you would have 8-9 ACC teams and 8-9 Big East teams in...takes away from the importance of the regular season"

bingo

5/18/2006 4:46:38 PM

fuck expansion

contract back to 64

5/18/2006 5:02:26 PM

^ unless the "new" bracket slots are auto-bids for small conferences, that's exactly what this is about, sending more ACC and BE teams. we're (ACC) probably bent out of shape cuz we only sent 4 this year

5/18/2006 5:02:30 PM

i wish the NCAA would spend some productive time discussing a playoff format for college football [/opinion of fucking everybody]

5/18/2006 5:05:11 PM

what would the bracket look like??

if they want more teams, add 3 teams to have play-in games for all the number 16 seeds. None of this 80 team weird bracket crap

[Edited on May 18, 2006 at 5:09 PM. Reason : ]

5/18/2006 5:07:19 PM

yeah an 80 team bracket would have too many byes and crap

5/18/2006 5:09:47 PM

The other problem with expanding the field is who will have to play in those additional games. Do you think there's any way that the power conferences would allow their teams to play in those extra games? Not a chance. All of the 1-bid conferences would be forced to play in those games. That's not fair to them.

The 10th Big East team would be the team that would be fair to put in an expanded bracket. Instead, the Patriot League winner would probably play the MEAC winner, or something like that. Stupid idea.

5/18/2006 5:38:35 PM

they should just make the shittiest teams play play-in games that way what formerly was the first round would have much higher competition. You'd have teams from the ACC and Big East that have higher talent levels playing as 11-16 seeds to make things much more interesting.



^Its not a shitty idea if they expand it. Its an idea to get some obviously more qualified teams into the field. FSU and Miami were clearly better last year than some of the small league champions. I dont see it happening, but its a good idea in theory.


Personally, I dont think we should do it though if you look at why the tournament was expanded in the first place. They used to only take conference champions, but great teams like 74 maryland were left out, so the tourney was expanded to give them a shot at the title. Expanding the field now will not give more teams a shot at the title...if you dont prove otherwise with your resume, its pretty much guaranteed that you will fail in the tourney.

[Edited on May 18, 2006 at 5:47 PM. Reason : ]

5/18/2006 5:39:36 PM

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/may/19/ncaa_tourney_could_grow_80/?sports

5/19/2006 2:50:39 PM

They should trash the tournament and adopt the BCS formula.

In all seriousness, the tourney is rarely exciting past the first weekend.

5/19/2006 4:15:03 PM

They were discussing this on The Bull this morning, and it was also mentioned that the NCAA was considering allowing Canadian teams to join the party. Supposedly the Toronto Bowl or whatever its called is a stepping stone toward this. The only problem I have with this is, are any of the Canadian teams any good? I assume their hockey teams probably are, but what about basketball and football?

Unfortunately, in regards to expansion of the bracket or expansion of the member institutions, competition, tradition, etc, will not be a factor in the decision process. Only one factor will be: money. If the NCAA determines they can make X million dollars by expanding, then by golly wolly youre gonna get your 80 team field as well as your home and home between the Pack and the University of Quebec.

5/20/2006 1:55:19 PM

canadian teams???

SALISBURYBOY WAS RIGHT

5/20/2006 1:58:45 PM

guelph will win it all

5/20/2006 2:00:39 PM

ok what the fuck

this is gay and the biggest reason i think so is that there are a few shitty ass teams every year with not that great of records that get in the tournament

with more teams there are gonna be more shitty teams in

5/20/2006 2:01:28 PM