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Mar 29, 2025
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Must have a .500 or better record to get in

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POLL: MASSIVE changes to men's tourney

Xenon

Mar 29, 11:12am

other: no changes

rotorhead

Mar 29, 11:14am

Must have a winning conference record to get in (unless you win an auto bid).

BYUtka

Mar 29, 11:14am

I agree with this; if talking format changes per Xenon options, then still none

rotorhead

Mar 29, 11:22am

what if your conference collectively somehow ends up exactly .500 conf record?

It's A Bowling Ball

Mar 29, 11:23am

Must have a .500 or better record to get in

HRCougar

Mar 29, 11:28am

If your goal is to get the best teams in the tourney, this isn't it

Projectoor

Mar 29, 11:31am

Define "best."

BYUtka

Mar 29, 11:45am

If you took the Sweet 16 teams and put them all in the same conference...

Projectoor

Mar 29, 12:00pm

Which sweet 16 teams had losing records? And we don't know what it would have

BYUtka

Mar 29, 12:21pm

How can you say the SEC is overrated?

Mar 29, 12:31pm

With words. It's easy. Try it. The...SEC...is...WAY... Overrated.

BYUtka

Mar 29, 12:41pm

Ah, so it’s just a conclusory statement based on your opinion. Got it

Mar 29, 12:44pm

What if one conference had all the best teams... It was a scenario

Projectoor

Mar 29, 12:39pm

Then the best of the best get in the tournament with teams from other conference

BYUtka

Mar 29, 12:42pm

To what end? Do we want the most competitive games?

Projectoor

Mar 29, 1:43pm

We don’t want losers in the ncaa tournament. If you lose more than half your

kcca

Mar 29, 2:17pm

I want the regular season to mean something. I want teams to have a chance.

BYUtka

Mar 29, 5:44pm

If you aren't even in the top half of your conference you don't deserve a chance

mudpupper

Mar 29, 12:14pm

Why? The SEC has proved that 1. Every team that got in deserved it; and 2. They

Mar 29, 11:40am

You have to be a top 10 conference to get an autobid. Lower ranked conferences

Mar 29, 11:24am

Go back to 64 teams and reduce the number of Div I conferences to 20.

kcca

Mar 29, 11:29am

Two changes are required and only two.

Mitty

Mar 29, 11:36am

This is the way

temosabe

Mar 29, 11:56am

I want competitive games in the tournament. University ad campaigns

Mar 29, 12:56pm

Even as BYU has been a first four team before, I wish they would get rid of it

TADOW

Mar 29, 11:39am

32 teams, double elimination

Count Cougar

Mar 29, 12:38pm

Nearly every team in the NCAA currently participates in the tourney if you

BigD Coug

Mar 29, 12:38pm

Eliminate biased Quad wins in seeding. Maybe wouldn't benefit BYU but w/b more fair. Weight kenpom, NET, and T-rank.

roseyscenario

Mar 29, 1:57pm

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