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Post by Werebeaver on Jun 19, 2022 17:41:52 GMT -8
Zero chance of that happening. Why would the NCAA want a team chosen for the tournament when they could be horrible by the time the tournament comes around in May? Not a chance... That would be the last of the issues. The NCAA assigns one guaranteed tournament spot to the conference. It is entirely up to the conference how they determine THEIR automatic representative. As long as it doesn’t violate any NCAA rules, the NCAA has no say. And if, say, the #8 seed in the current tournament setup somehow managed to win the tournament, there’s no guarantee that they wouldn’t be horrible in the tournament. How does that old saying go; “That’s Baseball”. |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jun 19, 2022 17:53:09 GMT -8
I don't want to belabor this proposition because, obviously it has no chance of happening, it's more of a thought exercise. But, if the primary purpose of the conference regular season (aside from deciding who gets the conference championship trophy) were to determine which 3 teams are to be excluded from the 8 team tournament, then I don't see that as a substantial argument against. Let's say that there were a March tournament, played immediately prior to the start of the conference season. And let's say the team that won (and received an automatic NCAA bid) went on to finish 11th in conference. How would that be appreciably different from an 8th place team winning a conference tournament played at the end of May? All the non-conference tourney winners in either case would still be eligible for at-large bids based on their non-conference + conference records and RPI's. As far as I know there is no minimum or maximum quota on at-large bids from any individual conference. Like I said, it's not going to happen, the contracts are signed and sealed, so late May in Scottsdale it is. The Conference of Champions doesn't need (or want) my advice. I was mulling this more. The other issue is that, playing it early, it would not count as a "postseason tournament." It would therefore reduce the number of games that could be played for the rest of the season by the maximum number that could be played. It would therefore negate much of the positives that a conference tournament gives you RPI-wise. If that’s the way the rules are stated, then you’re probably right. I don’t know the specific language of those requirements; or whether the conference might have a chance of successfully appealing the interpretation. In either case, it’s not going to happen. That’s a given. Another given is that if OSU had won the conference tournament I probably would have never floated this scenario. |
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