Jay Bilas' Plan to Reward Regular Season, Not Conf. Playoffs

[jocoshock]

I have a better, but completely unrealistic idea. Limit the number of bids from any conference to 2 bids. Give the automatic bids to the regular season conference champ and exempt them from the conference tournament. The winner of the conference tourney gets the second bid. The remaining two bids go are chosen from a lottery of the highest ranked teams from each conference that did not win the regular seaon or conference championship.

The field goes back down to 64, assuming 31 conferences with two bbids each.

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The best of the rest go to the NIT. You could even have an NIT vs. NCAA championship game if you wanted.

[choida]

I just can't believe that we were second to last team in... Mind boggling, how the f@ck can that be even possible... I know we're in but damn

[ShockdaWorld]

I just can't believe that we were second to last team in... Mind boggling, how the f@ck can that be even possible... I know we're in but damn

One letter, one number, one word, one reason. P5 Bias

[Shockers5150]

I'm all for it. Conference tournaments are a money grab that screw good teams.

[shoxlax]

I'm all for it. Conference tournaments are a money grab that screw good teams.

Except the jury is out on whether the mid majors actually make money.

Give me a Valpo with a chance to win a game or two

[Keyser Soze]

There are plenty of at-large teams. You don't have to do all that much very special to get an at-large as it is.

[ShockerEngr]

I just can't believe that we were second to last team in... Mind boggling, how the f@ck can that be even possible... I know we're in but damn

I do wonder if we were truly the second to last in, or just slotted in that spot due to resume. In other words if the cut line was 4 spots higher, would we still be in in the same spot, for all the reasons given before?

We'll never know, but I wouldnt be surprised

[DUShock]

I like it.

[wusphlash]

I do wonder if we were truly the second to last in, or just slotted in that spot due to resume. In other words if the cut line was 4 spots higher, would we still be in in the same spot, for all the reasons given before?

We'll never know, but I wouldnt be surprised

Agreed. I think Dayton was a committee compromise from day 1. Had to put us in a slot that warranted first 4.

[ShockerFever]

There are plenty of at-large teams. You don't have to do all that much very special to get an at-large as it is.

See Syracuse, Vanderbilt, and Tulsa.

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

I have a better, but completely unrealistic idea. Limit the number of bids from any conference to 2 bids. Give the automatic bids to the regular season conference champ and exempt them from the conference tournament. The winner of the conference tourney gets the second bid. The remaining two bids go are chosen from a lottery of the highest ranked teams from each conference that did not win the regular seaon or conference championship.

The field goes back down to 64, assuming 31 conferences with two bbids each.

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The best of the rest go to the NIT. You could even have an NIT vs. NCAA championship game if you wanted.

No no no no no. Did I say no? Well, no.

None of us want to see the Monmouth's unfairly treated at the hands of Syracuse, but if you think eliminating West Virginia, Iowa State, Miami, Cal, and Duke (among others) this year would have made for a better tournament, then I don't know what to say other than I think you are crazy. Limiting conferences to 2 bids would destroy a great thing. Let's not let imperfections cause us to lose sight of how cool the current product still is.

[Cdizzle]

No no no no no. Did I say no? Well, no.

None of us want to see the Monmouth's unfairly treated at the hands of Syracuse, but if you think eliminating West Virginia, Iowa State, Miami, Cal, and Duke (among others) this year would have made for a better tournament, then I don't know what to say other than I think you are crazy. Limiting conferences to 2 bids would destroy a great thing. Let's not let imperfections cause us to loose sight of how cool the current product still is.

Agreed. I would not mind seeing some sort of conference win% minimum (like >.500), but beyond that the only thing that is really needed is more competence on the selection committee.

[1972Shocker]

One thing you can can't on is that whatever would be adopted would at worst have a neutral impact on the P5 teams and more than likely would skew the playing field even more in their favor.

You can already see that in the "moving targets" the Coach Cal ranted about the other day. The adopt something, the good non-5's adjust to their advantage. The powers that be don't like that. Move the target.

[OTR Shockfan]

Well I kinda lean towards a cut off in all conferences of say 40%. No matter how huge you mega conference is.
You can only send the top 40% to the dance.
The top 4 of the 10 team conferences , top 5 of 12 teams , etc etc. those are the ELIGIBLE teams to dance.
And then if you want you can also give ONE but only ONE a bid if they pull the upset and win the conf. tourney.
Barring that there is NO way any team that is .500 in league should dance, and I would even make that cut off .600

I hate the football bowl eligible crap because the whole idea all you have to do is win what 6 games??? get real ,,that's
why there are too many bowl games. makes goin to the "ma and pa's gas station bowl" a big whooopee. If you can't have
a winning record, you shouldn't be rewarded. ,,damn everybody gets a ribbon syndrome.

[Jamar Howard 4 President]

Barring that there is NO way any team that is .500 in league should dance, and I would even make that cut off .600

Did you really just suggest that the 2011 National Champions (UConn) should have been barred from the tourney because they weren't worthy to be in the field? Same for Iowa State, Michigan, Colorado, USC, Oregon St, Providence, and Butler this year?