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View Poll Results: Should the NCAA change the number of teams in the Basketball Tournament?
No, 65 teams is the right amount. 29 85.29%
Yes, they should go to 128 teams. 0 0%
Yes, everyone should be in (like HS in Ohio). 1 2.94%
Yes, but to a lower number, 65 is too many. 4 11.76%
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Old 06-26-2006, 01:16 PM
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But I thought it was funny what the jerk-off was saying on Rover's Morning Glory - that with 128 teams, they're going to have to start "March Madness" in December. Uhh - I know you don't have to have a PhD in Mathematics to be on the radio, but you probably need to have passed 6th grade math. It's one more flipping game!
One more game, yes, but it would probably take up 4 days of play unless they double the venues.

And to answer the question, no.
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Maybe they should wait for a #16 seed to actually win a game before they expand and have seeds 17-32 added.

Bingo. The conference tournaments (although I'm not a fan of those either) serve as a de facto tournament for those 17-32 seeds.
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RedskinBuckfan summarized up nicely. The conference championships (is there a conference that doesn't have one?) are for the lower seeds. Yes, there are several where the best team does not win the tournament, but that is why there are 'at large' berths. Those deserving but did not get the automatic entry (ACC, Big 10, Big East, regularly field 6-8 teams in the Big Dance, but only one team wins the conference tournament).

Maybe limiting the number of other conference invitees? Then a 14-13 team would get in before the #7 Big 10 conference team (18-13) that got banged around in a superior league. Makes the tournament too long, and keeps the kids out of school too long . Heck, I like seeing the big boys tee it up in the second and third games.

What I WOULD like to see, is the conference winner get some more rest between the title game and the start of the big dance. I think we got winded last year. Maybe the key is to win in the standings, but then dump the first game of the conference tournament, to give the legs some rest.....

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Gotta go with NO on this one.

1. 65 is a lot as it is, many mediocre teams get in.
2. Yep, team #129 would bitch
3. It would effectively kill the NIT. Yeah, that's no huge deal, but it is an old and storied tourney.
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...a move they claimed would allow as many as four opening-round games to be played in Dayton, Ohio, instead of the one now played between the two lowest-seeded teams in the field.
I say add a few more. The new games would most likely be played in Dayton which would bring more OOS revenue into the Great State of Ohio.

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I dont think 65 is too many , but for prestige and the fact there is a NIT, it should be lower so the NIT really does fell like a tourney i should watch
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Yes, the number should be changed. Reduced to 48 or fewer. That gives not only an incentive to the smaller conferences to win their tournaments, but it also gives the top teams in the big conferences incentive to win their tournament and get a first round bye. It also gives the NIT a lot more bite, if team four or five of the Big Ten is playing, as opposed to six or seven. Watering down the level of play in the NCAA tournament is not acceptable, even if it does add a couple more dollars to the networks bank account.
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