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re: Heard an interesting idea on the radio to make the NCAA BBall Tournament better
Posted on 2/25/13 at 1:16 pm to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 2/25/13 at 1:16 pm to SlowFlowPro
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MM is absolutely shitty at determining a champ, especially in a sport like basketball
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Posted on 2/25/13 at 1:21 pm to bbap
I have an idea. Let's make the NBA playoff 1st round a best of 7.
Wait, What's that? It has been done already? Really? Ok, Nevermind...
Wait, What's that? It has been done already? Really? Ok, Nevermind...
Posted on 2/25/13 at 2:51 pm to SlowFlowPro
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MM is absolutely shitty at determining a champ, especially in a sport like basketball
people say this, but in the past 25 years, the "accidental champion" is quite rare. the lowest seed to win since the 1988 Manning and the Miracles team was a 4 seed. And that happened one time. Every other time, a top ten team has won the national team. And given the volatile nature of basketball, any team in the top ten has a good claim at being the best team int he nation.
It's rough in each individual match, but the cream tends to rise to the top over the course of the tourney. It takes a real good team to win six in a row against the top 64 teams in the country. All in all, given that there are roughly 330 hoops teams, MM does a GREAT job of crowning a champ.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:00 pm to craigbiggio
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BUT, make it a double elimination format.
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No
Not just no, but frick no! Upsets are the best part of the tourney.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:14 pm to Sev09
Should be 64 teams, always and forever.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 4:45 pm to Baloo
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Every other time, a top ten team has won the national team. And given the volatile nature of basketball, any team in the top ten has a good claim at being the best team int he nation.
the people who say that shite dont know anything about college basketball. ive had this argument on here before with them. the worst team in the 2000s to win the national title was uconn as a 3 seed and they were extremely hot at the end of the year and had the best player in the country. and they are THE WORST team of the past like 15 years to win it. every other team has been better than a 3 seed that had the best player in the country on their team. that's a fantastic job of crowning a champ.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 5:32 pm to rockchlkjayhku11
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every other team has been better than a 3 seed that had the best player in the country on their team. that's a fantastic job of crowning a champ.
a worse than a 3-seed means out of the "top 12"
that's pretty fricking bad to have to qualify it in that manner
a 2-seed is 5-8, which is bad in itself. it should never get below that. never. the fact that it's happened once is terrible
the fact that a 1 doesn't win it the vast majority of the time shows you that there is a major flaw in the determination format
there is a reason we're stuck with 1-game series in football (can only play 1 game per week). there is no excuse for basketball, unless you're trying to push volatility...like march madness
Posted on 2/25/13 at 5:47 pm to SlowFlowPro
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that's pretty fricking bad to have to qualify it in that manner
no, because no one ever does it (anymore). the worst team to have done it (in a relevant time frame) was still a top 10 team.
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a 2-seed is 5-8, which is bad in itself. it should never get below that. never. the fact that it's happened once is terrible
the fact that a 1 doesn't win it the vast majority of the time shows you that there is a major flaw in the determination format
no, it absolutely does not. the differences between the top 10 teams is often times marginal as shite. those teams are almost always 1 game away from being a 1 seed themselves. they go on to win the tourney because they are just as good as the top teams. what team that has won the national championship in the past 10-15 years do you have an issue with? which ones do you not think were the best teams? there are a couple that are arguable, but none are overwhelmingly not the best by any stretch of the imagination.
This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 5:49 pm
Posted on 2/25/13 at 6:55 pm to SlowFlowPro
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it should be an 8-team playoff with 3-game series or a 4-team playoff with 5-game series obviously this will never happen, but if we want to make the tournament a legit one, this is how you do it
Legit? There are something like 350 teams in DI and you propose a format with only eight making it to postseason as a way of making it more legit.
Sounds like a great way to destroy college basketball because you want it to be more like the NBA.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 7:04 pm to Sev09
The NCAA tournament is PERFECT as is
Posted on 2/25/13 at 7:07 pm to SlowFlowPro
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MM is absolutely shitty at determining a champ, especially in a sport like basketball
Yeah we should determine the champ based on who has the prettiest jersey like they do in FBS football right?
Posted on 2/25/13 at 7:08 pm to Sev09
Protect them if they have an off-game? That's ridiculous.
If you get bounced early in the tournament due to an "off game", tough shite...
If you get bounced early in the tournament due to an "off game", tough shite...
Posted on 2/25/13 at 7:10 pm to VerlanderBEAST
The only change I would make is to ban dome stadiums from hosting games. Play the games in basketball arenas and not huge domes with bad sightlines and a stale atmosphere.
This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 7:12 pm
Posted on 2/25/13 at 7:11 pm to Sev09
"Protecting" the top teams takes the "Madness" out of March Madness
Why do you hate america?
Why do you hate america?
Posted on 2/25/13 at 7:15 pm to fargobison
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The only change I would make is to ban dome stadiums from hosting games. Play the games in basketball arenas and not huge domes with bad sightlines and a stale atmosphere.
I read somewhere that because of the NCAA's 70K+ capacity rule, only a handful of cities have the required facilities to actually host a Final Four.
Posted on 2/25/13 at 7:29 pm to Wally Sparks
Is that really a rule? That would limit it to I think Houston, Indy, Dallas, New Orleans, Detroit and Atlanta. You could probably add Minneapolis when they get the new Vikings stadium built.
This post was edited on 2/25/13 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 2/25/13 at 9:00 pm to Golfer
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quote: and you'd have to win 9 straight games in a 2 week period. Actually 10 because you'd have to beat the winner of the winner's bracket twice.
I've done this in softball tournaments a few times and it's a bitch. I could never imagine doing it in basketball which is much more physically demanding.
Posted on 2/26/13 at 12:36 am to wildtigercat93
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"Protecting" the top teams takes the "Madness" out of March Madness
Why do you hate america?
Not my idea. I think it was Mark Packer.
Posted on 2/26/13 at 7:26 am to VerlanderBEAST
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The NCAA tournament is PERFECT as is
Minus the open round.
Posted on 2/26/13 at 7:27 am to GeorgeTheGreek
which i think is now officially called the First Four by the NCAA ..
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