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<blockquote data-quote="still5-0vstarheels" data-source="post: 131137322" data-attributes="member: 1678058">Not sure why you are digging in on this. Kind of like TVZ where your opinions are passed on as fact. In 2011, the NCAA field expanded to 68 teams and the last 8 teams playing for four spots making the field into 64, which is called the first round and so on. The former first round is called the second round, the second round is called the third round, and the Sweet Sixteen is the same, but it is technically the fourth round in the current format, etc.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_basketball#cite_note-13">[13]</a>In 2016, the field did not expand, but the round numbers changed again. The first four games containing the last 8 teams is now referred to as the first four. Consequently, the first round does not start until the first four games are out of the way and the field is narrowed to 64 teams. So after the first four games the first round starts instead of that being the second round. The Second is now when there are 32 teams left, the sweet sixteen is the third round, and so on.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_basketball#cite_note-14">[14]</a>Have a happy and safe New Year.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="still5-0vstarheels, post: 131137322, member: 1678058"] Not sure why you are digging in on this. Kind of like TVZ where your opinions are passed on as fact. In 2011, the NCAA field expanded to 68 teams and the last 8 teams playing for four spots making the field into 64, which is called the first round and so on. The former first round is called the second round, the second round is called the third round, and the Sweet Sixteen is the same, but it is technically the fourth round in the current format, etc.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_basketball#cite_note-13'][13][/URL] In 2016, the field did not expand, but the round numbers changed again. The first four games containing the last 8 teams is now referred to as the first four. Consequently, the first round does not start until the first four games are out of the way and the field is narrowed to 64 teams. So after the first four games the first round starts instead of that being the second round. The Second is now when there are 32 teams left, the sweet sixteen is the third round, and so on.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_basketball#cite_note-14'][14][/URL] Have a happy and safe New Year. [/QUOTE]

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