NCAA Going To 96 Teams

[onthewhat]

Format:

Opening Round (96 teams to 64 teams): Thurs-Fri
1st Round (64 to 32): Sat-Sun
2nd Round (32 to 16): Tues-Weds
3rd Round (16 to 8): Thurs-Fri
4th Round (8 to 4): Sat-Sun

Final Four: Sat
Champ Game: Mon

[onthewhat]

Players will miss 2 weeks of class yet are considered student athletes

[2daBank]

[Brock Landers]

fukking stupidity

[onthewhat]

The top 32 teams will get a bye, I can't add.

[seaborneq]

Kentucky shouldn't miss the big dance no matter who they recruit now.

[ZetaPsi808]

onner this is only in the developmental stages.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/tournament/2010/news/story?id=5047800

[Brock Landers]

April fools

you fuk

[LT Profits]

Something doesn't add up. If the Opening Round cuts the field from 96 to 64, shouldn't only the top 32 teams get byes?

[2daBank]

Something doesn't add up. If the Opening Round cuts the field from 96 to 64, shouldn't only the top 32 teams get byes?

i was just trying to figure out how the hell this would work as stated in 1st post

[onthewhat]

LT you are right, my bad with the math.

Not official yet, not April fools. It will happen within 2 years. Depends on the TV contract scenario.

[onthewhat]

The format in the first post is correct.

[onthewhat]

This was discussed at the NCAA press conference today. Columns should be coming out later today about it.

[LT Profits]

April fools

you fuk

No they really have been talking about this for a couple of months.

[2daBank]

its no joke its gonna happen and it sucks

[krk1030]

This is dumb, all this does is let big name schools that are having down years in.

[Brock Landers]

No they really have been talking about this for a couple of months.

i meant that it was already decided and the format...thats a joke

[onthewhat]

Here are journalists talking about it on Twitter

http://twitter.com/espn4d

http://twitter.com/dgoneil1

http://twitter.com/GaryParrishCBS

[onthewhat]

i meant that it was already decided and the format...thats a joke

It's a done deal if they can get the TV scenarios worked out.

Big Ten commissioner already said he thinks it will happen for next year

[LT Profits]

Format:

Opening Round (96 teams to 64 teams): Thurs-Fri
1st Round (64 to 32): Sat-Sun
2nd Round (32 to 16): Tues-Weds
3rd Round (16 to 8): Thurs-Fri
4th Round (8 to 4): Sat-Sun

Final Four: Sat
Champ Game: Mon

Are you sure it isn't:

Opening Round (96 teams to 64 teams): Tues-Weds
1st Round (64 to 32): Thurs-Fri
2nd Round (32 to 16): Sat-Sun
3rd Round (16 to 8): Thurs-Fri
4th Round (8 to 4): Sat-Sun

Final Four: Sat
Champ Game: Mon

Not that it matters too much, but as I posted it, tourney would start on what is now Play-in Tuesday.

[Domer]

The NIT is going to become even more abysmal. But with more obscure teams that's good for bettors I guess.

[whatsgood5]

Not a fan of this...

[Brock Landers]

This is terrible, the opening round game is a total waste of time, these games will be more of the same. Why bother with conference championships now?!

[Brock Landers]

only thing it does is give people more games to be on LOL

Vegas is in favor

[BettingWizard]

one positive is more games to bet from.....

[onthewhat]

Not more games to bet from nitwits

They are taking the NIT games and putting them in the NCAA Tourney

[onthewhat]

Are you sure it isn't:

Opening Round (96 teams to 64 teams): Tues-Weds
1st Round (64 to 32): Thurs-Fri
2nd Round (32 to 16): Sat-Sun
3rd Round (16 to 8): Thurs-Fri
4th Round (8 to 4): Sat-Sun

Final Four: Sat
Champ Game: Mon

Not that it matters too much, but as I posted it, tourney would start on what is now Play-in Tuesday.

http://twitter.com/GaryParrishCBS/status/11438557682

[MC PICKS]

Yeah brock, veags is definitly licking their f**king chops over this.

[Brock Landers]

This is all horseshit till we see a REAL announcement when its happening and what is the format.

NIT take the teams left after this that don't make it, basically a combo of this stupid CBI and College insiders tournament

[MC PICKS]

Maybe the CBI will go under. NIT will probably survive, just be an even shittier tourney to watch.

[LT Profits]

NIT will be defunct.

[LT Profits]

Maybe the CBI will go under. NIT will probably survive, just be an even shittier tourney to watch.

No the NCAA currently has ownership of the NIT. The teams that would go to the NIT currently will be the teams seeded 65-96 in the new format and the NIT will cease to exist.

[LT Profits]

http://twitter.com/GaryParrishCBS/status/11438557682

Note the "?" at the end of that. We shall see. Only difference is that if tourney starts Tuesday, brackets are due sooner.

[Snowball]

the NCAA has owned the NIT for a number of years already...

i don't have a problem with it, and i often despise change.

why not do it this way.. i think it's better to have one tourney
and let bubble teams have a shot.

the regular season will obviously mean less, that's the only concern to us.

[pavyracer]

They need to downsize it to 48 teams with the best 16 getting a bye round:

Thursday - Friday: 32 to 16
Saturday - Sunday: 16 + 16 bye to 16

Then the next weekend Sweet 16, Elite 8 and finally Final 4