07-20-2015, 03:51 PM
The NCAA announced changes to how the First Four games will be decided.
It was announced on Monday that the Division I selection committee will now be allowed to slide every team up or down the seed list, including the last four at-large teams selected. Until now, the last four teams voted into the tournament field were locked into the First Four, the eight-team playoff that serves as the tournament's first round.
Also, a change that should help the #2 seeds, the NCAA will have the flexibility to place the weakest #1 seed in the same bracket as the strongest #2 seed and so on up to the actual top #1 playing in the same bracket as the weakest #2, if it helps scheduling.
More on the story here:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...on-process
It was announced on Monday that the Division I selection committee will now be allowed to slide every team up or down the seed list, including the last four at-large teams selected. Until now, the last four teams voted into the tournament field were locked into the First Four, the eight-team playoff that serves as the tournament's first round.
Also, a change that should help the #2 seeds, the NCAA will have the flexibility to place the weakest #1 seed in the same bracket as the strongest #2 seed and so on up to the actual top #1 playing in the same bracket as the weakest #2, if it helps scheduling.
More on the story here:
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketba...on-process