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Post by n00b on Jan 4, 2023 18:34:56 GMT -5
I disagree. It would water down the level of accomplishment that is making the NCAA tournament, but the matchups become nothing but better. In the opening round, low level automatic qualifiers wouldn’t get obliterated by overall Top 10 teams (check the scores of Texas-Fairleigh Dickinson, Wisconsin-Quinnipiac, Nebraska-Delaware St, etc.). Instead, they’d either be playing each other or at large teams outside of the Top 44. Then the round of 64 would be closer to having the ACTUAL 64 best teams. In my bracket, that could be Texas v North Carolina, Wisconsin v Colorado State, and Nebraska v LMU instead of those absolute mismatches they actually had. Fair point. I can buy that - to a degree. Admittedly, I also find matches like the Mt West semifinal to be highly entertaining. Two teams of similar talent, with a loser-goes-home degree of intensity is very intriguing to me, even if neither team is in the Top 50. But that might not be everybody’s cup of tea. |
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Post by staticb on Jan 4, 2023 18:37:13 GMT -5
It's wonderful, of course, that more schools and more student athletes would be able to play in the tournament. But if this happens to D1 VB in the near future, there will be some very unappealing first round matchups. They could do it like they do in basketball where the last at-larges are the ones who get half of the play-in games. (And those teams have done quite well in the tourney after winning the play-in too) |
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Post by hammer on Jan 4, 2023 20:17:56 GMT -5
It's wonderful, of course, that more schools and more student athletes would be able to play in the tournament. But if this happens to D1 VB in the near future, there will be some very unappealing first round matchups. I disagree. It would water down the level of accomplishment that is making the NCAA tournament, but the matchups become nothing but better. In the opening round, low level automatic qualifiers wouldn’t get obliterated by overall Top 10 teams (check the scores of Texas-Fairleigh Dickinson, Wisconsin-Quinnipiac, Nebraska-Delaware St, etc.). Instead, they’d either be playing each other or at large teams outside of the Top 44. Then the round of 64 would be closer to having the ACTUAL 64 best teams. In my bracket, that could be Texas v North Carolina, Wisconsin v Colorado State, and Nebraska v LMU instead of those absolute mismatches they actually had. No more cupcakes for the Kitty Lions? That may not be popular in Happy Volley. |
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Post by trojansc on Jan 4, 2023 21:53:58 GMT -5
I disagree. It would water down the level of accomplishment that is making the NCAA tournament, but the matchups become nothing but better. In the opening round, low level automatic qualifiers wouldn’t get obliterated by overall Top 10 teams (check the scores of Texas-Fairleigh Dickinson, Wisconsin-Quinnipiac, Nebraska-Delaware St, etc.). Instead, they’d either be playing each other or at large teams outside of the Top 44. Then the round of 64 would be closer to having the ACTUAL 64 best teams. In my bracket, that could be Texas v North Carolina, Wisconsin v Colorado State, and Nebraska v LMU instead of those absolute mismatches they actually had. Fair point. I can buy that - to a degree. I think we’d get a lot of more exciting 1st round matches. I would have loved to see UCLA, Michigan and Northwestern playing against other bubble-ish teams in the 1st round. |
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Post by vbruh on Feb 6, 2023 15:02:18 GMT -5
Is there an update on whether the NCAA has either accepted or declined unlimited official visits for PSAs, but only one visit per school, unless coaching change? This was a recommendation from the subcommittee, ending the 5 school limit currently in place?
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Post by n00b on Feb 6, 2023 18:28:04 GMT -5
Is there an update on whether the NCAA has either accepted or declined unlimited official visits for PSAs, but only one visit per school, unless coaching change? This was a recommendation from the subcommittee, ending the 5 school limit currently in place? This was tabled. No decision on it yet. |
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