March Madness moving to 76 teams

[UTFranklinVol]

TLDR version: it's set to be officially announced in May. The play-in games would go from 8 teams to 24 teams, which means more teams will have to play their way into the formal tournament. 8 teams that otherwise would have made the field of 64 will now have to play in the new play-in tournament.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48621117/sources-ncaa-basketball-tournaments-set-move-76-teams

 

[vols 30]

Boo!

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Sigh,

 

[BruisedOrange]

Now that players are legally getting paid, there's no legal barrier to prevent the NCAA from treating them like slaves.



I wonder if it's a play by the NCAA to goad the players into a collective bargaining agreement, which seems to be the only available route back to sanity.

 

[Volprofch05]

How bad will the NIT teams be?

 

[VolNGA1]

How bad will the NIT teams be?

Baby Pearl may get back to back NIT titles!

 

[Scot Harvath]

That is insanity. Too many teams, already don't watch.

Football playoffs also have too many teams already. Some of those first round games were boring blow outs.

 

[barney]

Why are they doing this when all the fans don't want it? The SEC and Big 10 are destroying college athletics.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

Why are they doing this when all the fans don't want it? The SEC and Big 10 are destroying college athletics.

my guess is that it's because right now nobody even pays attention to the play in games on Tuesday and Wednesday. they want more eyeballs earlier in the week.

but imagine being a team that otherwise would have been in the field of 64 but you got pulled out to play this stupid play-in tournament and now you get beat and don't even make it to Thursday

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

Why are they doing this when all the fans don't want it? The SEC and Big 10 are destroying college athletics.

Try out a track on "Dark Side of the Moon"

 

[Special Ed]

How bad will the NIT teams be?

But not in a good way.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Try out a track on "Dark Side of the Moon"

 

[savannahfan]

Boo!

hell, just do away with the regular season and start tourney after a few tune-up games!!

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Why are they doing this when all the fans don't want it? The SEC and Big 10 are destroying college athletics.

Money

 

[adam.vol]

Why are they doing this when all the fans don't want it? The SEC and Big 10 are destroying college athletics.

It’s like another war in the Middle East.. They do it to remind us that we have no say.

 

[JelloPuddinPup]

Soon there will be a 64 team tournament to get into the play-in games to enter the 76 team tournament.

 

[zeppelin128]

TLDR version: it's set to be officially announced in May. The play-in games would go from 8 teams to 24 teams, which means more teams will have to play their way into the formal tournament. 8 teams that otherwise would have made the field of 64 will now have to play in the new play-in tournament.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48621117/sources-ncaa-basketball-tournaments-set-move-76-teams

The primary driver of this move hasn't been money, but rather access for at-large bids for power conferences. The expansion has been pushed by power conferences, which have grown throughout the course of the current deal.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

How bad will the NIT teams be?

I mean they were already kinda bad with teams turning down invites and others going to the Vegas one.

 

[sami]

Why are they doing this when all the fans don't want it? The SEC and Big 10 are destroying college athletics.

When was the last time the fans mattered, even a little, with regard to a rule or policy change in pro or big time college sports? The answer? Never.

The monster has an insatiable appetite and must therefore to continue to grow.

 

[sami]

The primary driver of this move hasn't been money, but rather access for at-large bids for power conferences. The expansion has been pushed by power conferences, which have grown throughout the course of the current deal.

If you're going to blatantly lie, best to just lead with it.

 

[OrangeInKy]

Why are they doing this when all the fans don't want it? The SEC and Big 10 are destroying college athletics.

It’s adorable that you think they care about fans.

 

[The_Dude]

Why are they doing this when all the fans don't want it? The SEC and Big 10 are destroying college athletics.

$

 

[hUTch2002]

TLDR version: it's set to be officially announced in May. The play-in games would go from 8 teams to 24 teams, which means more teams will have to play their way into the formal tournament. 8 teams that otherwise would have made the field of 64 will now have to play in the new play-in tournament.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/48621117/sources-ncaa-basketball-tournaments-set-move-76-teams

Gross.

 

[Skooter]

Ridiculous

 

[hUTch2002]

How bad will the NIT teams be?

Definitely will even more so mean Not In Tournament.