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Yahoo Sports: Loyola's Final 4 run reveals flaws in NCAA tournament's selection...
https://sports.yahoo.com/loyola-chicagos...07234.html
Quote:Think about this epic March Madness story that would never have been told if the Ramblers had lost on that tense Friday afternoon in St. Louis. Sister Jean would be an unknown. Nobody would be hearing about the pioneering 1963 Loyola team. And a deserving squad never would have had its chance to beat the big boys and compete for the national title.
The game would have been poorer because of it. Which is why the NCAA tournament selection process must be fixed.
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RE: Yahoo Sports: Loyola's Final 4 run reveals flaws in NCAA tournament's selection...
Since the NCAA now owns both tournaments, they could construct two parallel and equal bracket groupings of all deserving teams (48, 64 or 68 each). The two top surviving teams could then have a 3, 5 or 7 game series at a major venue for the National Championship. Only the final series would call for more games than the present arrangement.
The CBI has a "best of 3" series running right now between North Texas State and San Francisco.
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RE: Yahoo Sports: Loyola's Final 4 run reveals flaws in NCAA tournament's selection...
At a minimum .500 in conference games.
If you can’t finish .500 or better in your conference you don’t deserve to play for a national championship unless you win your conf autobid.
Makes Reg season more impt and conf tourney more impt.
Should improve attendance all the way around and improve tv ratings as games will be vastly more important.
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RE: Yahoo Sports: Loyola's Final 4 run reveals flaws in NCAA tournament's selection...
At least 500 in conference and at least in upper half of your conference would open up a few slots.
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03-27-2018 03:25 PM |
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RE: Yahoo Sports: Loyola's Final 4 run reveals flaws in NCAA tournament's selection...
Teams should be a minimum 2 games over .500, including your conference tournament. If you finish the conference season 9-7, you'd better win one, or hello NIT.
And no more ifa, coulda, shoulda, woulda from the committee. If a guy was hurt but now he's not, sorry Charlie. If your other guys muddled to through at 8-8, but now Bob Stone is healthy, well at least you have him for the conference tournament.
And once the NCAA field is selected, all teams are ranked solely on their record. You're 31-2, but you play in the Big Sky Conference ? You're still a 1 seed to me.
(This post was last modified: 03-27-2018 03:42 PM by BlazerPhil.)
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RE: Yahoo Sports: Loyola's Final 4 run reveals flaws in NCAA tournament's selection...
(03-27-2018 03:25 PM)the_blazerman Wrote: At least 500 in conference and at least in upper half of your conference would open up a few slots.
plus at least one way game win in your conference
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03-27-2018 05:50 PM |
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