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Cant trust em Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-10 11:10 AM
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Has anyone seen any good arguments in favor of NCAA Tournament expansion?
I sure haven't seen any.

Could you pass them my way, so hopefully I can get excited about the inevitable?
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JonLP24 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-10 11:15 AM
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1. Ok
Often times you have a team from a mid-major conference win the regular season conference title but lose a game in the tournament and someone else from that same conference gets invited rather than the team that won it in the regular season. Try to get more mid-majors in there. Also while this year you had Arkansas-PB or Lehigh make the tournament where they are teams with very low RPI and very low conference RPI, in expansion you would have North Carolina or Dayton, much better teams.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-10 12:33 PM
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2. There are a lot of good basketball teams. nt
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WilmywoodNCparalegal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-10 12:35 PM
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3. The only one I can think of ... $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
The tourney is fine as it is (see Cornell, Northern Iowa and Butler).
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-10 12:38 PM
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4. I agree...the expansion is all about money...some teams do get left out...
...but honestly, this year, was there any team that didn't make it that really had a legitimate shot?
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