If Bob Knight had his way...

[QuaoarsKing]

There would be no autobids and just the 64 best teams going.<div>
</div><div>I did a little research into RPIs and records and I think the brackets could have looked like this:</div><div>
</div><div><div>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Kentucky</div><div>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>West Virginia</div><div>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>New Mexico</div><div>4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Wisconsin</div><div>5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Temple</div><div>6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Marquette</div><div>7<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Clemson</div><div>8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Texas</div><div>9<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Wake Forest</div><div>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Missouri</div><div>11<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Washington</div><div>12<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Cornell</div><div>13<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Cincinnati</div><div>14<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Ole Miss</div><div>15<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>New Mexico State</div><div>16<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Kent State</div><div>
</div><div>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Syracuse</div><div>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Kansas State</div><div>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Pittsburgh</div><div>4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Vanderbilt</div><div>5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Butler</div><div>6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Xavier</div><div>7<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>BYU</div><div>8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Gonzaga</div><div>9<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Florida State</div><div>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Florida</div><div>11<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Minnesota</div><div>12<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>UTEP</div><div>13<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Virginia Tech</div><div>14<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Illinois</div><div>15<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Wichita State</div><div>16<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Memphis</div><div>
</div><div>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Kansas</div><div>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Ohio State</div><div>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Georgetown</div><div>4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Maryland</div><div>5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Michigan State</div><div>6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Tennessee</div><div>7<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Oklahoma State</div><div>8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>UNLV</div><div>9<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Northern Iowa</div><div>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Georgia Tech</div><div>11<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>San Diego State</div><div>12<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Siena</div><div>13<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Arizona State</div><div>14<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Rhode Island</div><div>15<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Seton Hall</div><div>16<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Murray State</div><div>
</div><div>1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Duke</div><div>2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Villanova</div><div>3<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Baylor</div><div>4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Purdue</div><div>5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Texas A&M</div><div>6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Notre Dame</div><div>7<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Richmond</div><div>8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>California</div><div>9<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Louisville</div><div>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Saint Mary's</div><div>11<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Old Dominion</div><div>12<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Utah State</div><div>13<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>Mississippi State</div><div>14<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>UAB</div><div>15<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>William & Mary</div><div>16<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-spacere"> </span>South Florida</div><div>
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</div><div>I like it. Every first round game would still be interesting. Also 23 of the 64 teams come from outside the BCS conferences, so there's plenty of chances for mid-majors to do well. Also a higher % chance of top 3 seeds going down for sure.</div></div>

 

[Woof Man Jack]

Well damn, I agree. Put the 64 best in and watch the tourny play out. I know it's exciting to see the early round upsets that always happen from one of those Valpo type teams, but jeez...that tournament bracket you came up with would create the same type of excitement.

 

[JimC1097]

The fact that some of these teams that got bids because they won their southwest-north-mid-american-ohio conference tourney is a shame.

 

[Ol Blue.sixpack]

because nobody watches it the way they have it set up now.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

tourney and get both, with an extra weekend of march madness.

 

[Woof Man Jack]

because nobody watches it the way they have it set up now.

No doubt its widely watched and exciting now, but damn...you don't think tweaking it could lead to improvements?

 

[SLUdog]

under this system in 1997. No SWAC team or Houston would be in this year.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

The good mid-majors are the ones who pull off the upsets, and they would still be in under this system. It's the SWAC teams that never even come close we're getting rid of.

 

[TheBigDA]

If you are going to keep the current format with the automatic bids, I say you set the bracket and how ever many teams with an RPI below 64 get matched up with however many teams in the high seeds. If you have 8 teams left out with RPI of 64 of below they will be matched up with all four 15 seeds and all four 16 seeds. Matchup based on RPI and S curve. Meaning the lowest RPI team gets the last 16 seed.

 

[MSUArrowCS]

March Madness is the antithesis of the bowl system. Every team controls their own destiny because every conference has an automatic qualifier. If you don't win a championship, it's because you lost at some point. That's pretty cut and dry.

What they need to work on is an objective formula for determining at-large bids and maybe even seeding. Then they'd at least have a leg to stand on and the coaches would know exactly why certain decisions were made.

 

[MSUArrowCS]

But I do agree they could pretty easily come up with a formula for at-large bids and seeding. Just factor in RPI + some notion of who you've beaten.

 

[TheBigDA]

those 15 and 16 seeds for the right to be in the tourney. You then truly start the tourney with the 64 best teams in the country.