It’s 16 teams. Why the byes and double byes. Just seed 1-16 and all teams have to play four to win it. Let the higher seeds play on day one so they get a day two rest to award them if they win. It’s still a five day tourney and the same number of games played.
What’s the reasoning for the tourney setup?
- Thread starter trueblujr
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It’s to reward the performance in the regular season. Playing fewer games in a back to back to back type of setup is a big reward.
I think that would be fun but it might hurt the SEC come NCAA tournament time if the best teams just played 3-4 games straight
You wouldn’t have that. You’d have the exact same number of games each day. Winners on day one get a day off on day two. That’s why you play the top four seeds on Wednesday to reward them under the assumption they win.