Each conference ranks its teams 1, 2, 3, ....

The committee picks 48 national teams and seeds them 1 to 12.

The next highest team from each conference's list goes into play-ins (total field 80, with 16 play-in games). Based on NET ratings:

13
UAB vs. Nicholls
Marquette vs. Oakland
Dayton vs. Norfolk State
SMU vs. Texas Southern

Within each group of 4 I tried to make regional match-ups.

14
Washington State vs. UC-Irvine
Vermont vs. Wagner
Wyoming vs. Montana State
BYU vs. Longwood

15
Mississippi State vs. Texas State
Chattanooga vs. Colgate
South Dakota State vs. Princeton
Virginia vs. Liberty

16
K-State vs. Iona
Towson vs. Rutgers
Missouri State vs. Toledo
New Mexico State vs. Belmont

48 qualifiers

AAC 2 Hou Mem
ACC 6 Duke UNC VT Wake ND Mia
A10 1 David
BXII 8 KU Bay UT TT TCU OU OSU ISU
BEast 5 Nova UConn Prov Xav SetH
B1G 8 Purd Iowa Ill OSU Wisc Mich MSU Ind
MtW 3 SDSU BSt CSU
MVC 1 LoyCh
OVC 1 MurrSt
P12 3 Ariz UCLA USC
SEC 7 Tenn Ky Aub LSU Ark Ala TxA&M
WCC 3 Zaga StM USF

(10-14-2022 07:28 PM)Kit-Cat Wrote:  I think 72 would be fine if they made these adjustments.

1) Invite the 4 highest rated conference champions not in the committees regular field. This takes care of those 25 win champs that get left out.

That's a good idea. Those regular season conference champions should get a chance to play in the NCAA.

(10-14-2022 07:28 PM)Kit-Cat Wrote:  2) Return the 16 seed to its normal seed line and give all 16's first round games against #1 teams.

Not sure precisely what you mean by this, since the 16 seeds already play 1 seeds in the first full round of the tournament.

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(10-17-2022 12:14 AM)Milwaukee Wrote:  

(10-14-2022 07:28 PM)Kit-Cat Wrote:  I think 72 would be fine if they made these adjustments.

1) Invite the 4 highest rated conference champions not in the committees regular field. This takes care of those 25 win champs that get left out.

That's a good idea. Those regular season conference champions should get a chance to play in the NCAA.

(10-14-2022 07:28 PM)Kit-Cat Wrote:  2) Return the 16 seed to its normal seed line and give all 16's first round games against #1 teams.

Not sure precisely what you mean by this, since the 16 seeds already play 1 seeds in the first full round of the tournament.

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I like the first idea. I think by the second idea, Kit-Cat means that we should only have 4 16-seed schools. Rather than force auto-bid 16-seeds play in the First Four, the First Four should be reserved only for At-Large bids.