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WaPo Article on Mid-Major Tournament Access
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/spor...-a-chance/
Glad to see a major media outlet write this. The lack of upsets in the 1st round has made this year's tournament one of the most boring in recent memory.
The reason America is infatuated with the tournament (even non-sports fans) is because people love to see the cinderella upset in the first couple days and then that one mid-major team make a deep run. People want to see games like MTSU over Michigan St, Northern Iowa over Texas, UAB over Iowa St, etc. 1st round match ups of Wisconsin vs VT and Michigan vs Oklahoma St are pretty boring. I can see games like this every night during the regular season so why should I care about these 1st round match ups?
If the selection committee doesn't change its methods at least a little bit, it will squander its golden goose. I'm hopeful their move to consider metrics other than RPI like KenPom, Sagarin, etc will help, but I'll believe it when I see it.
It would be great if the NCAA mandated that every major conference team had to play at least one road game at a non-P5 school. 
(This post was last modified: 03-18-2017 11:59 AM by hooverblazer.)
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WaPo Article on Mid-Major Tournament Access
