What a 96 team NCAA bracket would look like
Mar 17, 2010
The assumption is that the 2010 edition of March Madness will be the end of the NCAA Tournament as we know and love it. While everyone questions the logistics of folding the NIT to create a 96 team field, there has been one nagging issue that I've been harping on since the jump -- how will we fill out our brackets?
Darren Rovell tasked the CNBC graphics department to come up with an approximation of what could be used to fill out office pools across America. I'll say this, your office managers will need to stock up on legal-sized paper for printers and copiers.
Al Featherston at ACCSports.com took the speculation even further and applied a 96 team field to this season. Featherston includes the NIT entries that earned automatic bids, which consists of the seven conference regular season champions that lost their conference tournaments and did not get an NCAA bid. In order to make the rest of the field work, the lowest seeded NIT team was cut. So Northwestern, a 7th seed, had to get the boot. Congrats NC State, you made it in there thanks to your 6th seed in the NIT.
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RE: What a 96 team NCAA bracket would look like
If the bracket was 96 teams - The Wolfpack would be a BUBBLE team every season!RE: What a 96 team NCAA bracket would look like
What people don't understand is the NCAA field IS expanded - Last week N.C. State and many other team across the country could have started winning and if N.C State could win the next 9 games -they would be crowned National Champs!Every conf. has a Tourny - that IS the expanded NCAA Field - Win your conf. Tourny and keep winning and you will collect the BIG trophy.Posted Mar 17, 8:22 p.m.
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RE: What a 96 team NCAA bracket would look like
This is all about the all mighty DOLLAR. This would water it down even further. I don't agree with the RPI when certain schools have someone on the committee. Wake Forest for example. Keep it like it is. A few more teams will not matter.Posted Mar 17, 3:50 p.m.
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RE: What a 96 team NCAA bracket would look like
This takes the fun out of the tournament. Remember how boring Thursday was at the ACC tournament? Expanding the ACC by 50% has led to a DECREASE in excitement. Doing the same to the NCAA will have the exact same effect. Do we really need No. 9 Wake Forest vs. No. 24 Jacksonville???- Posted by dmccall
The tournament should be about DETERMINING A CHAMPION, NOT placating coaches who had mediocre seasons.
The tournament is about determining a champion. As soon as the first 2 rounds are over.
RE: What a 96 team NCAA bracket would look like
This takes the fun out of the tournament. Remember how boring Thursday was at the ACC tournament? Expanding the ACC by 50% has led to a DECREASE in excitement. Doing the same to the NCAA will have the exact same effect. Do we really need No. 9 Wake Forest vs. No. 24 Jacksonville???The tournament should be about DETERMINING A CHAMPION, NOT placating coaches who had mediocre seasons.
