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Post by timholycross on Sept 9, 2020 10:01:40 GMT -5
BREAKING: The ACC coaches will propose an all-inclusive NCAA tournament, sources told @stadium. The coaches just finished the call and voted unanimously on this.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 9, 2020 12:37:38 GMT -5
BREAKING: The ACC coaches will propose an all-inclusive NCAA tournament, sources told @stadium. The coaches just finished the call and voted unanimously on this. How is this possible. 350? > 256 > 128 > 64 > 32 > 16 > 8 > 4 > 2 >1 That's 10 rounds. May madness!!
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Post by hchoops on Sept 9, 2020 13:32:43 GMT -5
probably no conference tourneys 4 weeks in March of Thurs-Sun in bubbles Final 4-April Sat-Mon
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Post by WCHC Sports on Sept 9, 2020 14:06:46 GMT -5
1) I love this plan. So much madness. Every game is so crucial. 2) This will never happen. Too many logistical challenges, budgetary constraints, and the fact that everything tends to get shut down for one test positive (accurate or inaccurate).
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Post by cmo on Sept 9, 2020 14:32:20 GMT -5
Nelson has HC back in the big dance in year 2!
Quick rebuild!
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Post by thecrossisback on Sept 9, 2020 14:34:25 GMT -5
Do the NCAA by region. Have a northeast bracket.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 9, 2020 14:37:03 GMT -5
That is one of the models I have seen
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Post by hchoops on Sept 9, 2020 17:31:21 GMT -5
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 9, 2020 21:51:38 GMT -5
Coach K would probably be so magnanimous as to offer to host the first four rounds at his arena
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Post by bfoley82 on Sept 10, 2020 1:41:42 GMT -5
How much interest is there really in some of these type of matchups? As I said on twitter, the 2018 Patriot League semis saw Navy visit Colgate with attendance of 1089 and the other semifinal was Bucknell at Boston University with 1334. Is there really national interest in those types of matchups in this sort of tournament
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 10, 2020 6:00:05 GMT -5
This is a for television tournament. Vaccinations won't reach the college student / young adult cohort until March-April, at the earliest.
How much would broadcast rights sell for? In 2019, the Dance generated $900 million in advertising revenue. If each participating school in the 2021 Dance received $2 million minimum, I bet schools and conferences would be drawn to that like iron filings to a magnet.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 10, 2020 6:38:37 GMT -5
The novelty of having so many teams in the tournament and perhaps of a regional format would drive tremendous interest in my opinion among a basketball starved populace
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Post by alum on Sept 10, 2020 9:01:32 GMT -5
The novelty of having so many teams in the tournament and perhaps of a regional format would drive tremendous interest in my opinion among a basketball starved populace I agree. I also think that the colleges will understand that there will be no multi million dollar guarantees. Every school gets some flat amount per round they advance. I would say that until they are down to 64 teams, the games ought to be played on campus with streaming being offered. Figure they stagger each round over three days. CBS can broadcast as many games as it chooses. The field is divided into four regions at the start and they play on campus games in those regions until they they get to 64 teams. At that point, send 16 teams to four locations and play three rounds over eight days. A week after that, you have the final four. The first three rounds take about 12 days. The three rounds starting at the round of 64 takes another eight days. Wait a week and the final four covers three days. That's 23 days by my calculation. The tournament, including the Dayton play-in round, currently takes 21 days. If this Covid hideousness is still a thing (and I am guessing it will be) any team that has a positive test is out, the team they are due to play next gets a forfeit win and moves on. Obviously, there are a million issues to address and this only works for colleges which decide to play basketball at all. Certainly, if there are still a lot of hot spots, this cannot happen.
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Post by dadominate on Sept 10, 2020 9:23:40 GMT -5
Coach K would probably be so magnanimous as to offer to host the first four rounds at his arena it is comical to see coach k and boeheim talking about benefits for small schools... as if they have ever given a crap about anything other than their own programs. that said, this certainly is an interesting concept.
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Post by DiMarz on Sept 10, 2020 10:35:16 GMT -5
How much interest is there really in some of these type of matchups? As I said on twitter, the 2018 Patriot League semis saw Navy visit Colgate with attendance of 1089 and the other semifinal was Bucknell at Boston University with 1334. Is there really national interest in those types of matchups in this sort of tournament There would be lots of interest...I believe any lower D-1 school would love to have a chance to play in the tourney and their fans and alums would happy..... Here is an idea that would be really different, how about in the first two rounds, the lower seed gets the home game? Can you imagine Duke or UNC playing at the Hart? I can envision all kindsof crazy upsets!!! (I know, the big guys would NEVER go for it)
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Post by alum on Sept 10, 2020 10:42:32 GMT -5
How much interest is there really in some of these type of matchups? As I said on twitter, the 2018 Patriot League semis saw Navy visit Colgate with attendance of 1089 and the other semifinal was Bucknell at Boston University with 1334. Is there really national interest in those types of matchups in this sort of tournament There would be lots of interest...I believe any lower D-1 school would love to have a chance to play in the tourney and their fans and alums would happy..... Here is an idea that would be really different, how about in the first two rounds, the lower seed gets the home game? Can you imagine Duke or UNC playing at the Hart? I can envision all kindsof crazy upsets!!! (I know, the big guys would NEVER go for it) I meant to suggest in my post above that there be no seeding. We get a computer generated bracket and the top team on the pairing gets the home game. If they cannot host for some reason, the other team hosts. If neither of them can do it, they both forfeit. The fun of March Madness, for me anyway, is the upsets and the upstarts so this will make it even more fun.
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Post by hchoops on Sept 10, 2020 17:11:03 GMT -5
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 10, 2020 19:34:38 GMT -5
How much interest is there really in some of these type of matchups? As I said on twitter, the 2018 Patriot League semis saw Navy visit Colgate with attendance of 1089 and the other semifinal was Bucknell at Boston University with 1334. Is there really national interest in those types of matchups in this sort of tournament There would be lots of interest...I believe any lower D-1 school would love to have a chance to play in the tourney and their fans and alums would happy..... Here is an idea that would be really different, how about in the first two rounds, the lower seed gets the home game? Can you imagine Duke or UNC playing at the Hart? I can envision all kindsof crazy upsets!!! (I know, the big guys would NEVER go for it) The NCAA has already shot down this proposal, but I was thinking another option would have been the team with the lowest infection rate in their zip code gets to host.
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