I have a total bitch against the NCAA and how they select sites and where teams should go for the NCAA Mens's tourney. Ya'll can jump in here and give your 2 cents worth anytime and it's appreciated!
First most, if you have a region that's the SOUTH, why do you put 4 teams in Portland, Oregon or Seattle Washington, representing the opposite coast/region when you have a regional in Jacksonville, Fla which is in the South?
You have 4 regions and you have 4 #1 seeds, all 4 of those seeds should go to the region that is closest to them in my opinion, one to save on travel costs and two to give those teams a reward for being named a #1 seed.
Also you have 4 play in teams right? Why the hell would you not have 4 teams play for the 16th spot to play the #1 seed, instead you have a #11 seed with two teams having to play that out for the 11th seed spot? That makes totally no sense at all.
The extra teams that are added to the field of 64, all should have to play for the right to make the #16 seed spot in my opinion.
We all know that the NCAA is all about the all mighty dollar and not common sense and every year they screw over teams.
Yeah, we know they have to have good TV ratings, this and that and all that other BS, but we now have 4 different tv stations, all on cable, except CBS, that have opening round games on them, many pretty close to the same game start times, etc. We know the NCAA won't make money unless they have tv contracts and the tv stations ain't gonna make any money without any advertisers.
The NCAA needs to be disbanded and the people who know basketball need to be the ones making the selection sites well in advance and orchestrate the sites to blend in with their regions, for example, you have the East region and the finals will be played @ Madison Square Garden in New Yawk! Then you should have the other regional with 4 teams to be in close approximation so that it makes easier travel to that next round site. And so on and so forth!
What do you think?
Just my 2 cents!
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First most, if you have a region that's the SOUTH, why do you put 4 teams in Portland, Oregon or Seattle Washington, representing the opposite coast/region when you have a regional in Jacksonville, Fla which is in the South?
You have 4 regions and you have 4 #1 seeds, all 4 of those seeds should go to the region that is closest to them in my opinion, one to save on travel costs and two to give those teams a reward for being named a #1 seed.
Also you have 4 play in teams right? Why the hell would you not have 4 teams play for the 16th spot to play the #1 seed, instead you have a #11 seed with two teams having to play that out for the 11th seed spot? That makes totally no sense at all.
The extra teams that are added to the field of 64, all should have to play for the right to make the #16 seed spot in my opinion.
We all know that the NCAA is all about the all mighty dollar and not common sense and every year they screw over teams.
Yeah, we know they have to have good TV ratings, this and that and all that other BS, but we now have 4 different tv stations, all on cable, except CBS, that have opening round games on them, many pretty close to the same game start times, etc. We know the NCAA won't make money unless they have tv contracts and the tv stations ain't gonna make any money without any advertisers.
The NCAA needs to be disbanded and the people who know basketball need to be the ones making the selection sites well in advance and orchestrate the sites to blend in with their regions, for example, you have the East region and the finals will be played @ Madison Square Garden in New Yawk! Then you should have the other regional with 4 teams to be in close approximation so that it makes easier travel to that next round site. And so on and so forth!
What do you think?
Just my 2 cents!
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