2011 96 team field Bracketology

[michigancat]

Everything you're saying is completely subjective.

No it isn't.  I can find a ton of rankings that would show that the 32 teams that would be added are better than about 20 automatic bids every year.   I'm not discussing magic or sorcery here, sugar dick.

[sys]

i like how michigancat makes sugar dick seem stupid by ending all of his posts with ", sugar dick".

[Sugar Dick]

Everything you're saying is completely subjective.

No it isn't.  I can find a ton of rankings that would show that the 32 teams that would be added are better than about 20 automatic bids every year.   I'm not discussing magic or sorcery here, sugar dick.

So your prob is with the auto bids, got it.  Makes total sense, and doesn't water down the tourney at all, to add 32 teams to smother those unworthy automatic bids.

For instance, when your house gets termites its best to just add more wood.

[Sugar Dick]

i like how michigancat makes sugar dick seem stupid by ending all of his posts with ", sugar dick".

nice observation, sys

[michigancat]

Everything you're saying is completely subjective.

No it isn't.  I can find a ton of rankings that would show that the 32 teams that would be added are better than about 20 automatic bids every year.   I'm not discussing magic or sorcery here, sugar dick.

So your prob is with the auto bids, got it.  Makes total sense, and doesn't water down the tourney at all, to add 32 teams to smother those unworthy automatic bids.

For instance, when your house gets termites its best to just add more wood.

Are you saying the current tournament has the magic number of termites?  Oh, Sugar Dick. 

[Sugar Dick]

Everything you're saying is completely subjective.

No it isn't.  I can find a ton of rankings that would show that the 32 teams that would be added are better than about 20 automatic bids every year.   I'm not discussing magic or sorcery here, sugar dick.

So your prob is with the auto bids, got it.  Makes total sense, and doesn't water down the tourney at all, to add 32 teams to smother those unworthy automatic bids.

For instance, when your house gets termites its best to just add more wood.

Are you saying the current tournament has the magic number of termites?  Oh, Sugar Dick. 

Maybe we should just use your "tons of rankings" to pick the teams.  Scrap conferences bids/tournaments, and then computer simulate a tournament to find a winner.  How's that sound?


















michigan cat 

[michigancat]

Everything you're saying is completely subjective.

No it isn't.  I can find a ton of rankings that would show that the 32 teams that would be added are better than about 20 automatic bids every year.   I'm not discussing magic or sorcery here, sugar dick.

So your prob is with the auto bids, got it.  Makes total sense, and doesn't water down the tourney at all, to add 32 teams to smother those unworthy automatic bids.

For instance, when your house gets termites its best to just add more wood.

Are you saying the current tournament has the magic number of termites?  Oh, Sugar Dick. 

Maybe we should just use your "tons of rankings" to pick the teams.  Scrap conferences bids/tournaments, and then computer simulate a tournament to find a winner.  How's that sound?

I'd rather a computer pick the teams for a tournament.  How many teams would generate the maximum amount of mysticism, Sugar Dick?

[sys]

computer simulate a tournament to find a winner.  How's that sound?

would be the fairest way, and would add tons of drama/importance to the regular season and conf. tourneys.  but it fails on the revenue generating side of things.

[ksu101]

This will never work

[hemmy]

I guess its all about how you look at it, and at this point it seems silly to complain b/c this is no longer an "if" question, its a "when" question.  IMHO, if its going to happen, lets get it going next year so we can all get adjusted to the change.

You could have saved yourself a lot of time by just typing this.  No need to rationalize a Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) decision by the NCAA if you're just gonna roll with it.

BTW, we need an emoticon of a smiley bent over, with another smiley f*cking it from behind

I guess its all about how you look at it, and at this point it seems silly to complain b/c this is no longer an "if" question, its a "when" question.  IMHO, if its going to happen, lets get it going next year so we can all get adjusted to the change.

You could have saved yourself a lot of time by just typing this.  No need to rationalize a Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) decision by the NCAA if you're just gonna roll with it.

BTW, we need an emoticon of a smiley bent over, with another smiley f*cking it from behind

[Sugar Dick]

I guess its all about how you look at it, and at this point it seems silly to complain b/c this is no longer an "if" question, its a "when" question.  IMHO, if its going to happen, lets get it going next year so we can all get adjusted to the change.

You could have saved yourself a lot of time by just typing this.  No need to rationalize a Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) decision by the NCAA if you're just gonna roll with it.

BTW, we need an emoticon of a smiley bent over, with another smiley f*cking it from behind

I guess its all about how you look at it, and at this point it seems silly to complain b/c this is no longer an "if" question, its a "when" question.  IMHO, if its going to happen, lets get it going next year so we can all get adjusted to the change.

You could have saved yourself a lot of time by just typing this.  No need to rationalize a Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) decision by the NCAA if you're just gonna roll with it.

BTW, we need an emoticon of a smiley bent over, with another smiley f*cking it from behind

 

I'd rather a computer pick the teams for a tournament.  How many teams would generate the maximum amount of mysticism, Sugar Dick?

MichiCat, that sounds sweet, why don't you give the BCS a call and set that up, they'll be able to calculate the requisite mysticism no problem.  You can rent a skid loader or maybe a barge to haul your "tons of rankings" over to them. 

[Andy]

i'm completely on board with expansion if teams weren't allowed to hang a banner for making the tourney until they reached the round of 64.

[skycat]

I support the expansion because I oppose weak automatic bid teams making the tournament. I'd prefer a 64-team field based solely on RPI or another more sophisticated algorithm like Sagarin or Pomeroy or Greenfield. But a good compromise is seeing most of the weak sub-64 RPI teams get beat in the first round.

In the past the first round has been boring (except for occasional upsets) because the matchups have been so extremely lopsided. Now the first round will be more competitive and interesting to watch, and so will the round of 64. Any sub-64 RPI teams that make it to the second round will actually deserve it because they had to beat good teams.

I'm also glad to see the NIT folded into the NCAA. It just clogged up the airwaves for a meaningless NIT trophy. Now those games will count toward something important.

[stunz]

eff it.  lets just bcs this crap.

[mcmwcat]

that looks awesome.  can't wait a year for this to happen.   

[kso_FAN]

CBS TV deal to be announced in a bit.  Well CBS and now TBS.  810 guys saying TBS will eventually get the Final 4/Champ game every other year.

[steve dave]

TBS will eventually get the Final 4/Champ game every other year

 

[kso_FAN]

Tweets from John Ourand (??):

ESPN: 'Our combo of TV, digital, season-long coverage & year-round marketing would have served interests of NCAA and fans very well."
5 minutes ago via web

Deal terms: TBS will carry Final 4 and Championship game on even number years starting in 2016.
16 minutes ago via web

Source: NCAA committed to expansion, but won't commit to a specific number today. Could be 68 or 96. Ultimately, it will prob be 96 though.
32 minutes ago via web

Not sure if tournament expansion will be part of today's NCAA/CBS/Turner announcement or not.
43 minutes ago via web

NCAA press conference scheduled for 12:30 to announce new 14-year deal with CBS and Turner for the NCAA Tourney.
44 minutes ago via web

[kougar24]

Tourney expanding to 68 teams, safe from 96-team field for time being

:whew:
 

[kso_FAN]

Tourney expanding to 68 teams, safe from 96-team field for time being

:whew:
 

Man.  I've been amping myself up for 96 and am kind of disappointed with this.

[Pett]

Tourney expanding to 68 teams, safe from 96-team field for time being

:whew:
 

LOVE it. There are usually three extra teams that are on the bubble that deserve in.

[steve dave]

Tourney expanding to 68 teams, safe from 96-team field for time being

:whew:
 

Man.  I've been amping myself up for 96 and am kind of disappointed with this.

me too.  Hopefully by the time we are back to full on sucking it will get to 96 so we can have a bubble watch at the end of the season

[Saulbadguy]

They should just raise the # of teams every few years to not piss off tards.

[mcmwcat]

sucks.  was looking forward to another round of meaningful games and a more competitive round of 64  

[weird roberts foam finger]

They should just raise the # of teams every few years to not piss off tards.

This is what will keep happening.  We now have four "play-in" games.  Within another 6 years it will go up to 8.  Then 16.  Then 32.  And so on.

This current news is a win-win-win for WRFF.  CBS basically keeps the thing (they won't muck it up like ESPN would), the tournament keeps its "eliteness" factor, and I get more games to boot.  Good times.