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"They'd love to see the tournament double to 128," said Jim Haney, executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. "It's based on several things. First, there are a lot of good teams worthy of making the NCAA field, and second, the size of 64 or 65 has been in place for a number of years."


Sweeet.

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"They'd love to see the tournament double to 128," said Jim Haney, executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches. "It's based on several things. First, there are a lot of good teams worthy of making the NCAA field, and second, the size of 64 or 65 has been in place for a number of years."


Sweeet.

Fucking god would that be gay.

That's what I'm sure you meant to finish with. Seriously, 64-65 seems like it's almost too many, 128? Are they insane????

NO WAY!


FUCK THAT. Then like almost every team would get in.(well, in NCAA terms)

I think itd be cool to watch all the colleges in Michigan fight it out. State u of m western central maybe even Detroit.:cool:

I think itd be cool to watch all the colleges in Michigan fight it out. State u of m western central maybe even Detroit.:cool:

Fuck, at 128 Eastern and Oakland would be in.

Why bother having a regular season then?

Stoopid.

This is just coaches angling for job security IMO, i.e. "You can't fire me, I've made the tournament 6 years in a row!"

I think this is stupid. Like Glenn Said why play a regular season? And if your an elite program or program that schedules tough opponents there would not be a reason to do so, thus the reg season and conference play is rendered meaningless.

I think the fact that a 16 never beat 1 should carry a lot of weight in saying how bad of an idea this is. Could you imagine the drama of a 1 v. 32 seed?

If they want to do anything have more play in games, don't make the tourney perhaps the greatest 4 weeks of sport in to a joke.

I think the fact that a 16 never beat 1 should carry a lot of weight in saying how bad of an idea this is. Could you imagine the drama of a 1 v. 32 seed?

If they want to do anything have more play in games, don't make the tourney perhaps the greatest 4 weeks of sport in to a joke.
Thats exactly why they would do it, 1 vs 32, every one will watch, more people, more ratings, more ratings, more $$$$$$$$$$

Tommy Amaker LOVES it!

Michigan would still find some way to blow it by losing their last 8 or 9 games.

Michigan would still find some way to blow it by losing their last 8 or 9 games.

Cue Metallica's "Sad But True".

If they do this, then the length of the tourney would double, and the NCAA would have NO GOOD REASON NOT to have a football playoff other than the gobs of money the bowls make for them.

This is why the tourney will stay at 65. Bowls = $$$$$$ for NCAA pockets.

Expansion? So they can prostitute more players for longer periods?

If they do this, then the length of the tourney would double...


no, just one extra round of games because that would knock it down to 64. stupid though, if were gonna do 128 (129? lol) then just put every 1A team in, might as well. keep it at 64 and keep the regular season more than just seeding.

While I don't agree with expansion to 128, don't be ridiculous and suggest that every team should get in. There are 334 Division I college basketball teams, about twice as many as there are Division I-A football teams. So 128 is the top 38%, just more than 1/3 of the teams. Meanwhile 56 of football's 119 teams make it to bowl games for a 47% mark. What's the difference? Sure, there are some bad bowl games, but that's beside the point.

Personally I think the tournament should expand to 96 teams. (28% of the teams would make it).

Now check this out. Keep the NIT alive. Here's how it would work in my mind. Go ahead with seeding the top 96 teams, while including the automatic bids. The top 32 teams get a bye for their first game. The next 64 are seeded and play a first round game. The 32 teams that win are then re-seeded and put inot the bracket against the 32 teams that had byes. The 32 that lost are also re-seeded and entered into the NIT tournament.

By doing this, you don't make it any more difficult in terms of number of games for the top teams. What it does is ensures that the best teams are in the tournament, while still giving conference champions something more to play for. In fact, it gives them even more to play for than they have had. A small conference team doesn't get anything out of get their butts kicked by a 1 seed. This gives them a better chance of winning a first round game, while also giving them another chance to win something even if they lose that.

Discuss.

While I don't agree with expansion to 128, don't be ridiculous and suggest that every team should get in. There are 334 Division I college basketball teams, about twice as many as there are Division I-A football teams. So 128 is the top 38%, just more than 1/3 of the teams. Meanwhile 56 of football's 119 teams make it to bowl games for a 47% mark. What's the difference? Sure, there are some bad bowl games, but that's beside the point.

Personally I think the tournament should expand to 96 teams. (28% of the teams would make it).

Now check this out. Keep the NIT alive. Here's how it would work in my mind. Go ahead with seeding the top 96 teams, while including the automatic bids. The top 32 teams get a bye for their first game. The next 64 are seeded and play a first round game. The 32 teams that win are then re-seeded and put inot the bracket against the 32 teams that had byes. The 32 that lost are also re-seeded and entered into the NIT tournament.

By doing this, you don't make it any more difficult in terms of number of games for the top teams. What it does is ensures that the best teams are in the tournament, while still giving conference champions something more to play for. In fact, it gives them even more to play for than they have had. A small conference team doesn't get anything out of get their butts kicked by a 1 seed. This gives them a better chance of winning a first round game, while also giving them another chance to win something even if they lose that.

Discuss.

Good thinking Jethro, but that would take away the office pool, which believe it or not, the NCAA likes due to interest from casual fans and TV ratings. It sounds like a good idea, but we wouldn't be able to sit down on Selection Sunday and fill out our brackets from start to finish. That would be tough to do with the re-seeding.

I say leave it at 65 and leave Michigan on the outside looking in for years to come. (I don't think signing 2 star, former Citadel commits are the answer).

It wouldn't have to eliminate the office pool at all. The office pool would start after it is narrowed back to 64 teams. The first round would just have to take place a few days before the bracket was put out. The worst it would do is back up the tourney by one week, and that wouldn't be horrible. College hoops ends too early as it is. Instead of the championship game being on a Monday night, it would be later in the week, or even that Friday.

Trust me Mood, it would still be super cool, but it would be even hotter due to more upsets since better teams would be in it.