Women's basketball NCAA tournament expanding 76 teams next year Poll will Tenn make the NCAA

[mudcat1973]

NCAA Tournament will reportedly expand to 76 teams.

 

[Volstylexx]

Go get me Coach O and let’s ride!

 

[mudcat1973]

NCAA Tournament will reportedly expand to 76 teams.

Possible first round of 12 games 24 teams playing opening round.

with the extra teams
Will Tennessee still made the tournament next year
Wil Tennessee get bye and Being in top 52 teams.?
Or Tennessee streaks ends.

 

[1reVOLver]

Let us hope that participation in the tournament requires a winning record in conference.

 

[kell7517]

Go get me Coach O and let’s ride!

Ed Orgeron?

 

[Volstylexx]

Ed Orgeron?

 

[kell7517]

That’s the only Coach O. I know of. Help a person out want ya?

 

[1reVOLver]

That’s the only Coach O. I know of. Help a person out want ya?

Maybe it’s a handwriting problem and he meant coach Q, disgraced at Syracuse?

 

[1reVOLver]

PICK ONE.

 

[maple]

Expanding to 76 teams is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Especially on the women’s side. Good lord.

 

[creekdipper]

Not making an expanded tournament field would just exacerbate the humiliation.

 

[Tnphil]

Expanding to 76 teams is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Especially on the women’s side. Good lord.

Damn near impossible for them to find enough teams as it is.

 

[mudcat1973]

Not making an expanded tournament field would just exacerbate the humiliation.

They where teams in the wnit who could have beaten 14 ,15,, 16 NCAA tournament seeds easily like BYU
Seed 14-16 would be earned in round 1
24 teams going for 12 teams spots

While first 52 teams get seedlings 1-13 and a bye

 

[Smallvol#1]

I remember when the powers that be decided the top 16 teams would host the first rounds. We were so excited because we wouldn’t have to travel until the Sweet 16. Uuuum. Yep….

This poll is painful. I voted get in with expansion and really feel that is being very positive.

Who would have ever thought we would sink so low, and so quickly! Thanks, Danny Boy. I feel sick.

and Pat was insulted that time we got a Two Seed.

 

[volfan102455]

Why expand to 76? If you are going to expand, just go to 128 or 256 or just let them all in - seed them and play it down to 1.

The more teams the more watered down getting there implies. Just saying.

 

[volfan102455]

Damn near impossible for them to find enough teams as it is.

Yes, when a team that barely broke even with 16 wins is in - it is not time to look at adding more.

With 76 there will probably be a team with a losing record unless the plan is to allow more mid-majors into the tourney.

 

[volfan102455]

I voted that the streak ends because I just don't see us breaking 500 next year. I just don't.

 

[1reVOLver]

This “expansion” is nothing but a badly disguised attempt to kill the NIT, so that the NCAA can control all the post season tournaments money.

Remember, Charlie Baker comes from a group that likes monopolies.

 

[volfan102455]

But then again maybe this is out there because the committee don't want to see the streak end.

 

[OrangeBeachVol]

Watering down the tourney to this level has got to be just about TV $. Sad really.

 

[volfan102455]

This “expansion” is nothing but a badly disguised attempt to kill the NIT, so that the NCAA can control all the post season tournaments money.

Agree. I actually feel we need to reel it back down rather than continually adding to it. Make it mean something.

 

[glv98]

In the universe of bad ideas, this one is a real dilly.

We just came off a tournament that was mostly chalk, terrible shooting, and coaching rants over the already tight scheduling. So the answer is, we should do more of that?

This is an absolute bat **** crazy idea which means it probably is all about money

 

[IndianaVol]

I remember when the powers that be decided the top 16 teams would host the first rounds. We were so excited because we wouldn’t have to travel until the Sweet 16. Uuuum. Yep….

This poll is painful. I voted get in with expansion and really feel that is being very positive.

Who would have ever thought we would sink so low, and so quickly! Thanks, Danny Boy. I feel sick.

and Pat was insulted that time we got a Two Seed.

Pat was downright PISSED that year...that team should have been a 1 by far !!!

My 2 cents - they need to drop the 8 team play-in and go back to 64.
That's plenty.

 

[WVU05UT09]

Watering down the tourney to this level has got to be just about TV $. Sad really.

I'm probably not the average viewer but this is the first year in a long time where other than the Tennessee first round game and the WVU/UK second round, I really didn't check in until the Elite 8. I just didn't see anything that compelling to sit down and watch.

 

[lvocd]

and Pat was insulted that time we got a Two Seed.

I remember that! Gosh, to think that way back in the day it was practically a forgone conclusion that Tennessee would not only get a 1 seed, but that we more often than not reached the Final Four.

It’s so unfair what happened to Pat. Before she started going down fast, she was in great shape. She was both physically and mentally fit and would STILL be coaching — and winning.