First 4 games

[ronpolk]

Can anyone explain the logic for having an 11 seed have to play an extra game?

 

[CrookedLetta4Eva]

Money.

 

[patdog]

Exactly. Having 1 play-in game between no-names was a good rating bonus for the NCAA. Having 4 of them would be a loser. Format is ridiculous. Just go back to 64 teams, or go all in with a 96-team tournament and end the NIT. Top 32 get a bye. 33-96 play on Wed-Thur, 2nd round on Fri-Sat and 3rd round on Sun-Mon.

 

[ronpolk]

Money is what I figured too. Not exactly fair to give someone with a worse seed less games to win it all. And I get it’s an absolute long shot for an 11 seed to win it all.

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

Kinda like the 96 team idea but I don’t think the NIT would agree.
It’s been around longer than the NCAA tourney.
Having games on Monday probably wouldn’t fly either as far as attendance and TV exposure.
Thursday and Friday games are a little (lot) different.

 

[Dawgzilla]

Kinda like the 96 team idea but I don’t think the NIT would agree.
It’s been around longer than the NCAA tourney.
Having games on Monday probably wouldn’t fly either as far as attendance and TV exposure.
Thursday and Friday games are a little (lot) different.

The NCAA owns the NIT now, so it really would be a simple matter of expanding the big tournament. I thought that was going to happen as soon as the purchase was made....but it's still fun for there to be an NIT Final Four and all that.

 

[mstateglfr]

Can anyone explain the logic for having an 11 seed have to play an extra game?

The tournament decided to make the last couple of teams in play one another.
It was ******** to have all the play-in games be teams that autoqualified for the tournament by winning the conference tournaments.
That's some serious ********- "hey, even though winning your tournament means you qualify for March Madness, you need to now play in a play-in game to actually qualify for March Madness.

 

[Cow College]

Correct. 11 seeds are normally the last at large teams

 

[VegasDawg13]

Can anyone explain the logic for having an 11 seed have to play an extra game?

Some people think every team that earned an automatic qualification deserves to be in the field of 64 and therefore the opening games should be the last few bubble teams trying to earn their way in. Some think the play-in games should be between the worst teams that made the field in order to have the best possible quality remaining by Thursday.

So, they split the difference and have two of the latter and two of the former.