NCAA Considering Expanding MBB tournament to 90 teams?

[WoolyBully]

https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-committee-recommendation-would-expand-basketball-tournaments-to-90-teams-203829277.html

 

So, is this the same thing as the ever-expanding bowl season, or something worse?

It is, of course, a revenue steam - and we're all about the foldin' green - but we might be able to spin this as "greater inclusion". That's a great term.  But at what point does it become just a tad too goofy. Why stop there? Why not go for a 128-team playoff. You know the lower seeds won't go anywhere, but it'd be tougher to fire the coach because he can say "Hey, why am I being fired? We went to the big dance, right?!" Malleable facts. 

The reason I ask is, we (yes, we) are all squirmy and excited about the expanded college football playoff because now we (yes, again we) have a folding-chair seat at the big people's table. Not one of the fancy, hand crafted, oak seats - but the possibility of using the folding chair. We like that expansion. It's a great idea. 

So, is expanding the NCAAM tournament a good idea? 

[DELdaBull]

And we STILL wouldn't be in it....

[belgianbull]

That would be too many teams. Also don't like that 5-7 is now enough to earn a bowl game in football. I like the idea of having to earn it.

That said if at some point USF were to be included due to the tournament expansion I will gladly take it.

[cophbulls]

yeah, its just a recommendation, somehow the idea is to get 25% of all schools that participated in a sport to the post-season which when you look at the pros, 14/32 NFL teams make the playoffs, i think all NHL and NBA team make the playoffs(sarcasm) even MLB, perennially the old man on the porch has expanded to 12/30, so really the 25% isn't that unrealistic. Since there are 363 teams that play basketball that would be about 90 teams. However, there are already 100 teams that make the post season between NCAA+NIT+CBI, so as usual, it comes down to the NCAA wanting a bigger slice of the pie and more $$$

[Rocky Style]

Sounds kind of dumb from the outside, but I don't watch basketball.

[michibull]

16 hours ago, WoolyBully said:

have a folding-chair seat at the big people's table

Haha, that made me laugh out loud!! Perfect term, well done!!

[MaltLiquorBull]

Great topic for discussion for general off-season BS...

 

But...whether it's football or MBB, the impacts of this are kind of silly and irrelevant for our situation.  Unless you are a fan of a team who is consistently on the bubble or has been overlooked for the post-season, then this should not be of a concern.  I am a USF fan, so none of this concerns me.  I have other things to concentrate on such as trying to put 2 or 3 wins in a row together or being relevant in our conference.  Baby steps.

We'll get there someday.

[Gatorbull325]

On 1/3/2023 at 11:29 PM, WoolyBully said:

https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-committee-recommendation-would-expand-basketball-tournaments-to-90-teams-203829277.html

 

So, is this the same thing as the ever-expanding bowl season, or something worse?

It is, of course, a revenue steam - and we're all about the foldin' green - but we might be able to spin this as "greater inclusion". That's a great term.  But at what point does it become just a tad too goofy. Why stop there? Why not go for a 128-team playoff. You know the lower seeds won't go anywhere, but it'd be tougher to fire the coach because he can say "Hey, why am I being fired? We went to the big dance, right?!" Malleable facts. 

The reason I ask is, we (yes, we) are all squirmy and excited about the expanded college football playoff because now we (yes, again we) have a folding-chair seat at the big people's table. Not one of the fancy, hand crafted, oak seats - but the possibility of using the folding chair. We like that expansion. It's a great idea. 

So, is expanding the NCAAM tournament a good idea? 

At this point you might as well combine the NIT tournament with the NCAAM tournament. 90 teams is waaaay to much. 

Edited January 5, 2023 by Gatorbull325