EAST
1-Kentucky
16- Play in Game Winner (Arkansas Pine-Bluff vs Lehigh)
8-UNLV
9-Clemson
5-Butler
12-Wake Forest
4-Baylor
13-Murray St.
6-Richmond
11-Cornell
3-Villanova
14-Ohio
7-No.Iowa
10-Louisville
2-Ohio St.
15-Vermont
WEST
1-Duke
16-ETSU
8-Oklahoma St.
9-California
5-Michigan St.
12-Siena
4-Vanderbilt
13-Houston
6-Xavier
11-Illinois
3-New Mexico
14-Sam Houston St.
7-Gonzaga
10-Old Dominion
2-West Virgina
15-North Texas
MIDWEST
1-Kanas
16-Robert Morris
8-Notre Dame
9-UTEP
5-Maryland
12-Washington
4-Purdue
13-Oakland
6-BYU
11-Miss St.
3-Temple
14-Montana
7-Texas
10-Georgia Tech
2-Georgetown
15-UC Santa Barbara
SOUTH
1-Syracuse
16-Winthrop
8-Florida St.
9-Missouri
5-Tennessee
12-Minnesota
4-Wisconsin
13-New Mexico St.
6-Texas A&M
11-San Diego St.
3-Pittsburgh
14-Wofford
7-Marquette
10-St.Mary's
2-Kansas St.
15-Morgan St.
-Robert Bosco
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
The Thought of NCAA Tournament Expansion Really Bursts My Bubble!
I absolutely HATE this expansion talk! I know today's society (especially TV networks) are all about the money but what it should be about is the fans!
We all love how the bracket looks right now, and when they extended it to 65 teams most of us were mad but it didn't ruin the complete structure of it. Can you imagine what a 96 team bracket would look like? It will probably be more than just the orginal 1 page or the font would be too small to read the team names, i mean its a disaster in the making.
Also, Who wants to see such BAD teams in the tournament? Just think about this, today Joe Lunardi of ESPN said that if the field was 96 two of the last four teams in would be Arizona and UNC (both of whom have had ugly seaons non deserving of a bid). Expanding the field would not make the competition level go up at all, it would only make for round 1 and 2 upsets causing round 3 and 4 blow outs!
I just don't see the point of ruining the most perfect thing in sports. If they add those extra teams, yes that would mean more games, but that means adding more days. And personally for me, I can't take any more vacation days than i already do now to get the first Thursday and Friday of the tourney off. I am pretty sure that most of America would agree with me on that. Because when they talk about expanding they are talking about a possible Tuesday through Sunday run of games the following week. And those days would have the better games, since the first weekend would be seeds 33-96 playing! What a horrible and almost impossible to watch experience that would be.
I know its about money, but if they start messing with something that is as close to perfect in sports as can be, than what happens if they ruin it? What happens if people STOP watching and they start losing money! Then what? After a contract signed of 10+ yrs (which is the rumor) they wouldn't be able to do much,but wait those ten years out. How about lettting AMERICA vote! Let us tell these companies what we want! If they want to extend, then go to 68 with 4 play in games, to get 3 more bubble teams in and thats it! (but that's an argument for a different day) Nothing more, GOD i beg of you, let this whole expansion talk fall through and keep this beautiful tourney as it is!
- Robert Bosco (#1 fan of March Madness how it is now!)
We all love how the bracket looks right now, and when they extended it to 65 teams most of us were mad but it didn't ruin the complete structure of it. Can you imagine what a 96 team bracket would look like? It will probably be more than just the orginal 1 page or the font would be too small to read the team names, i mean its a disaster in the making.
Also, Who wants to see such BAD teams in the tournament? Just think about this, today Joe Lunardi of ESPN said that if the field was 96 two of the last four teams in would be Arizona and UNC (both of whom have had ugly seaons non deserving of a bid). Expanding the field would not make the competition level go up at all, it would only make for round 1 and 2 upsets causing round 3 and 4 blow outs!
I just don't see the point of ruining the most perfect thing in sports. If they add those extra teams, yes that would mean more games, but that means adding more days. And personally for me, I can't take any more vacation days than i already do now to get the first Thursday and Friday of the tourney off. I am pretty sure that most of America would agree with me on that. Because when they talk about expanding they are talking about a possible Tuesday through Sunday run of games the following week. And those days would have the better games, since the first weekend would be seeds 33-96 playing! What a horrible and almost impossible to watch experience that would be.
I know its about money, but if they start messing with something that is as close to perfect in sports as can be, than what happens if they ruin it? What happens if people STOP watching and they start losing money! Then what? After a contract signed of 10+ yrs (which is the rumor) they wouldn't be able to do much,but wait those ten years out. How about lettting AMERICA vote! Let us tell these companies what we want! If they want to extend, then go to 68 with 4 play in games, to get 3 more bubble teams in and thats it! (but that's an argument for a different day) Nothing more, GOD i beg of you, let this whole expansion talk fall through and keep this beautiful tourney as it is!
- Robert Bosco (#1 fan of March Madness how it is now!)
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