Off Golf Topic, Tune in

[JohnBarry]

7pm EST, Old Dominion University vs William and Mary in the CAA Championship game, in Richmond VA!! Yes, taking off early to go support our team with a group of 6 friends! Will be on ESPN2 at 7pm, tune in, ODU might surprise a few teams in the NCAA this year (they are already in, a 10 seed predicted before the Tournament Started)

 

Gerald Lee, watch him!

[mudfish]

I'll be watching... I love March Madness... Especially this year with Syracuse most likely grabbing a number one seed, I'll be watching just about every game I can...Plus now that CBS streams all of the tournament games online I'll be watching at work too...

[mudfish]

Looks like I'm not getting any work done this year come tournament time...

 

CBS just released an iPhone app the plays every game but the final live ... I can even watch the games while I drive... that might not be the best idea though...

[Moecat]

What do you all think about the possibility of making the tournament open to 96 teams?

[GolfSpy Dave]

thanks for the heads-up. I should be home from lab in time to catch the 2nd half.

[mudfish]

What do you all think about the possibility of making the tournament open to 96 teams?

 

 

I know Boeheim from Syracuse is pushing hard to get 96, and in 34 years of coaching he has made the Tourney 30 times, so he has selfish need to push for it...

 

He had a good point last week: when the 64 team bracket was set up there were 100 teams in the NCAA, now there are 350... Making the tournament is a one and done situation, and ANYONE can have a good run, even some teams that may not have been one of the top 64...

 

Look at some of the great teams that have emerged lately that no-one had ever heard of, and not are regulars...

 

Gonzaga

Davidson

Cornell

 

I'm sure there's more, but I don't think 96 teams would be that bad...

 

Here is the article:

 

http://blog.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2010/02/syracuse_coach_jim_boeheim_con.html

 

While the NCAA considers whether to expand the annual college basketball tournament to include more teams, possibly as many as 96, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim continues to be one of the most vocal supporters of the movement.

 

On the Colin Cowherd show on Tuesday, Boeheim said 'now more than ever' an expansion is necessary.

 

"See, yesterday (Monday), Connecticut was out of the tournament, and they still may be out, but they're a team that can win games in the tournament. That's why we need an expansion," Boeheim said.

 

The NCAA tournament currently includes 65 out of 358 Division I college basketball teams. Coach Boeheim argues that with automatic bids, the tournament doesn't include all of the best teams in the country. "If we expand it to 96, one weekend give 32 teams off, let 32 teams play the next 32 - the last 32 - you'll come out after one weekend with the 64 best teams in the country and play the rest of the tournament."

 

In 1985, the field was expanded from 48 teams to 64, and a 65th team was added in 2001, when the number of automatic bids went from 30 to 31.

 

The NCAA has met with conference commissioners, university presidents and athletic directors to discuss the possibility of another expansion, but no decisions have been made yet. "It's just a series of ongoing dialogues with interested parties, but nothing definitive to even analyze at this point," said NCAA senior vice president Greg Shaheen earlier this month.

[jamo]

What do you all think about the possibility of making the tournament open to 96 teams?

 

The only downside I really see with that is that it could become May Madness unless they get creative with the scheduling.

[Addicted2Golf]

I will be watching my Sundevils. ASU needs to make a splash in the conference tourney or they might be NIT bound this year. Man, how the mighty PAC has fallen!

[GolfSpy Dave]

I will be watching my Sundevils. ASU needs to make a splash in the conference tourney or they might be NIT bound this year. Man, how the mighty PAC has fallen!

Do not say N*T our loud.

GO DEVILS!!!

[MmmmmmBuddy]

It has really hurt having this be the final year for hoops at historic McArthur Court. The PIT was truly one of the great placed to watch a college basketball game. I am just glad that I got to take the daughter to a few before she was shuttered. make me kinda sad

[Matt Saternus]

What do you all think about the possibility of making the tournament open to 96 teams?

 

I am NOT in favor of this at all. Look at the absolutely mediocre teams that get in now. If you're on the bubble and you miss out, you should have won more games. Adding in another 32 (actually 31) lower tier teams from major conferences or middle tier mid majors will not make the tournament better. The teams that they will be adding do not have a realistic chance of winning. To me, expanding the field feels like what they're doing in high school sports (at least in IL) where they keep adding classes so they can have more state champions. It sounds like a nice idea that you're letting more teams in/having more teams win state titles, but you're devaluing that accomplishment in the process.

 

I will be watching my Sundevils. ASU needs to make a splash in the conference tourney or they might be NIT bound this year. Man, how the mighty PAC has fallen!

 

I'll be pulling for ASU. I loved Herb Sendek when he was at NCSU, probably my favorite opposing coach (he gave me one of my favorite ACC tourney stories), and I felt like he got a raw deal from the university and their fans. I was happy when he quit instead of getting fired.

[JohnBarry]

ODU with the big win, a 9 or 10 seed most likely. I hope it's on the East Coast, never been to an NCAA Tournament game, and yes, MGS and March Madness together combine for little work getting done.