Proposal to Expand NCAA Tourney to 72 Teams

[Stallion]

with 2 First Fours

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... r-teams-72

[mrydel]

Nice thought but every time they expand it seems to just let more teams from the bottom levels of the top conferences in.

[Charleston Pony]

I've got no problem with 72 teams and more regional play in events. We could find ourselves playing in one of those first fours some day.

[Shetland]

Nice thought but every time they expand it seems to just let more teams from the bottom levels of the top conferences in.

Exactly!

[PonySnob]

Everybody gets a trophy

[mustangxc]

I am in favor of reducing it to 64 teams.

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Nice thought but every time they expand it seems to just let more teams from the bottom levels of the top conferences in.

No joke

[Stallion]

Well get right on that as soon as the Selection Committee is equalized

[mtrout]

We need the NIT to expand

[No Quarter]

Nice thought but every time they expand it seems to just let more teams from the bottom levels of the top conferences in.

Will the next step be a double elimination?

[Terry Webster]

I wouldn't mind the expansion so much if they made a rule that a team has to at least have a 500 record in conference play unless they win the conference tourney. Really don't want to see a 6-10 SEC team in the tourney over a second place team from a non p5 conference.

[Charleston Pony]

I wouldn't mind the expansion so much if they made a rule that a team has to at least have a 500 record in conference play unless they win the conference tourney. Really don't want to see a 6-10 SEC team in the tourney over a second place team from a non p5 conference.

Agree. I'd like to see that .500 record requirement (in regular season conference play), but it becomes a problem with conferences like the ACC when they don't have balanced schedules. I think Syracuse finished 8-10 in ACC play but proved to be a tough out in the tourney last year.

[skyscraper]

Not in favor of this, for the reasons mrydel stated above.

[Stallion]

There are about 351 Division I teams playing basketball so 72 teams would be about 20.5%-I'd be for it if most of those extra team aren't coming from the Power Conferences. A lot higher percentage of football teams play in playoffs, New Years Day and other bowls I would consider major bowls

[AusTxPony]

Curious, what is the lowest seed to ever win the Tournament since it went to 64 ? My uneducated guess would be #10? So those additional schools would only serve to lengthen the season for said schools, much like the “minor bowls”in football. So, may be a nice gift to some low majors.