monarx
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RE: ANOTHER REASON TO GET OUT OF THE C-USA
(01-04-2021 01:08 PM)Monarchblue Wrote: (01-04-2021 12:49 PM)Chillie Willie Wrote: (01-04-2021 11:05 AM)BigBlueMonarch Wrote: (01-04-2021 10:40 AM)Monarchblue Wrote: (01-03-2021 02:35 PM)NC ODUFan Wrote: I see it differently, the Power 5 big boys are chomping at the bit to, at least in football, break away from the NCAA and grab all the $ from the CFP and the bowls. Because of the financial realities, they very well may be even more greedy.
I don't understand why this is a discussion. In my opinion, it seems that the non P5 schools still hold the cards (and votes) to control this conversation. If the P5 say they want to break away, you kick them out of the NCAA for all sports. The remaining teams would still have the premier NCAAT for basketball. Who wants to watch a NCAAT that only include power conference teams? There are some pretty powerful basketball programs that still exist outside the P5 structure and the NCAAT would still maintain the Cinderella phenomenon, which is the thing that really sells the NCAAT, while the P5 would be stuck with first round games with Kentucky against Washington State. Further, there are P5 basketball programs like Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, etc that would certainly balk at anything that cheapens their basketball brand. I just don't see how the P5 could break away if the NCAA held their feet to the fire on membership for the rest of their sports.
Completely agree with this!!!!
Absolutely. The better tournament will be the one with teams like Gonzaga and Villanova and Cinderella upsets. The P5 will become the XFL of basketball.
As a basketball fan first, I would almost prefer a NCAA that does not include the P5s and all of the crap that comes with them. I feel like the remaining schools would see more continuity, less transfers, less 1 and done, and more of a traditional college sports feel which would make college hoops a helluva lot more enjoyable to watch.
Im starting to feel that way too. As long as the P5 remains a small club of just them (and maybe BigEast) they can take their ball and go home. Pay their players, bring in hookers... whatever. But if they took the MW, A10, WC and AAC with them I wouldnt be happy being left out of that. I wouldnt even mind a more levels of NCAA tournaments like a D1AA. So you'd have the P5, D1A, D1AA, D2 and D3 tournaments.
D1A could include the MW, A10, AAC, CUSA, CAA, West Coast, MVC, MAC, MAAC and Horizon leagues. A 32 team tourney from those conferences, including all champions, all regular season champs, and rounding it out with at larges, would be a lot of fun.
D1AA: Ivy, Patriot, MEAC, Big West, AE, Southland, Summit, OV, SWAC, Big South, Big Sky etc have their own too.
(This post was last modified: 01-05-2021 03:52 PM by monarx.)
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