NCAA Bracket Error

[Sun Tzu]

Surprised none of the tv buffoons noticed this:

There are 3 Big East teams in the South. They arent allowed to do this unless a conference has 9 teams and the BE has 8.

 

[gjn23]

wow

but hey. congrats to the comm, they did a great job!

 

[Mr. Poon]

Surprised none of the tv buffoons noticed this:

There are 3 Big East teams in the South. They arent allowed to do this unless a conference has 9 teams and the BE has 8.

I'm not surprised the buffoons missed it. reminds me of a few years back when no one noticed that BYU was put in a Friday/Sunday bracket.

 

[gjn23]

I'm not surprised the buffoons missed it. reminds me of a few years back when no one noticed that BYU was put in a Friday/Sunday bracket.

they're too busy congratulating each other on a job well done.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Where do you get the idea that's a rule?

 

[Sun Tzu]

Perhaps it changed but it was always a rule that teams from a conference cant meet until the elite 8. WVa and Marquette could meet in a Sweet 16 game as well.

Even if somehow the rule recently changed it still makes no sense to not spread the teams out unless you are trying to guarantee a conference team to advance.

 

[Mr. Poon]

Where do you get the idea that's a rule?

It is a rule. It is done so that conferences foes have less of a chance to knock each other out before the regional finals. It was put in so that there would be no conference biases in that one conference's teams selected were loaded in one region, lowering the chance of that conference having multiple Final Four teams.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

It's not now and never was a rule.

 

[Jinxbreaker]

They also can't have DUKE play a team with a winning record until the Final 4....I just don't get the love for Duke??

 

[Jinxbreaker]

Yes it was a RULE!!!!

 

[Sun Tzu]

It's not now and never was a rule.

Yes it was and may still be. I know they had to do revisions because of fear the Big East would get more than 8 teams.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

The only rule that ever existed re: seeding was the first three teams from a conference had to be put into different regions. That's it.

 

[Mr. Poon]

http://www.ncaa.com/graphics/champpage/Bracket_Prin-Proc_2009-10_07.07.09.pdf

It is a rule, look under section III.

 

[Sun Tzu]

The only rule that ever existed re: seeding was the first three teams from a conference had to be put into different regions. That's it.

You are simply wrong. No way to be nicer about it. If it changed it changed when the Big East went to 16 teams but it absolutely was a rule prior to that. In fact under the prior rules unless you had 8 teams in the top team from the conference could not have a fellow conference team in its bracket.

 

[Cie]

The only rule that ever existed re: seeding was the first three teams from a conference had to be put into different regions. That's it.

I know as a fact that a rule was in place that conference teams are not to meet until round of 8 unless 9 teams from the same conference make the field. I am not sure if the rule has been eliminated........

 

[Cie]

Bold print below provides some leeway for the commitee........


There shall not be more than two teams from a conference in one region unless a ninth team is selected from a conference.

Conference teams shall not meet prior to the regional final unless a ninth team is se-lected from a conference. If the committee is unable to reconcile the bracket after exhausting all reasonable options, it has the flexibility to waive this principle to permit two teams from the same conference to meet each other after the first round.

To recognize the demonstrated quality of such teams, the committee shall not place teams seeded on the first five lines at a potential ?home-crowd disadvantage? in the first round.

 

[Sun Tzu]

Cie there is no legit argument they had a bracket problem to force that...much less in 2 regions

 

[Mr. Poon]

Bold print below provides some leeway for the commitee........


There shall not be more than two teams from a conference in one region unless a ninth team is selected from a conference.

Conference teams shall not meet prior to the regional final unless a ninth team is se-lected from a conference. If the committee is unable to reconcile the bracket after exhausting all reasonable options, it has the flexibility to waive this principle to permit two teams from the same conference to meet each other after the first round.

To recognize the demonstrated quality of such teams, the committee shall not place teams seeded on the first five lines at a potential ?home-crowd disadvantage? in the first round.

Understand that but they essentially screwed the Big East in two regions.

 

[Cie]

Understand that but they essentially screwed the Big East in two regions.

No doubt about it......

 

[Trampled Underfoot]

It's not now and never was a rule.

It was a rule. I don't know if it still is, but I thought that was common knowledge.