re: First four rule for the Ncaa Tournament

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Good point. The 16 seeds deserve to play in a "real" tournament game. The last teams in are forced to eliminate each other to play.

With that being said, should we go back to 64 since the automatic qualifiers don't have to play-in?

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I would prefer going back to 64 (streamlines the brackets), but it does get hard to differentiate b/w teams from different conferences, so I can understand having the bubble teams settle things on the floor.

I think it is pretty despicable that they basically kick out two 16s before the real tourney starts. Those teams play all year for a shot at one of the big boys in March, then two get dumped out in games nobody watches.

This all started when the Mountain West split off from the WAC, and the NCAA refused to reduce the # of at large bids, for whatever reason. So, we had 65 teams, and they forced out a 16 via a play in game. Apparently, they found some measure of conscience when they later expanded beyond 65.