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NCAA tournament expansion - BostonCard - 04-30-2026

Looks like we are headed to a 76 team tourney.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/ncaa-tournament-expansion-big-dance-march-madness-bracket-winners-losers/#

The concept of restraint seems foreign.

BC

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - fullmetal - 04-30-2026

All driven by the almighty $$$

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - stopandpop - 04-30-2026

(04-30-2026, 11:43 AM)fullmetal Wrote:  All driven by the almighty $$$

The game has been ruined.

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - Papa John - 04-30-2026

But isn't this good news for not-great teams like Stanford?

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - BostonCard - 04-30-2026

I mean, generically, having an opportunity for more at large teams will benefit mediocre major conference teams the most, as the article notes.  We probably would have been in the tournament under a 72 team tourney as we were on the wrong side of the bubble in most pre-tourney bracketology assessments.

Not sure what being 14 seed would have accomplished.

BC

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - jacket3ree - 04-30-2026

I'm ready for June Madness!!!!

The Sweet 1,024

Online University of Liverpool. Best fight song ever.

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - martyup - 04-30-2026

(04-30-2026, 06:53 PM)jacket3ree Wrote:  I'm ready for June Madness!!!!

The Sweet 1,024

Online University of Liverpool. Best fight song ever.

If you want June basketball madness, just come to Hoopfest in Spokane being held on June 27-28.

422 half courts -- 24,000 players from 6,000+ teams -- 45 city blocks shut down -- 250,000 people in attendance

https://www.spokanehoopfest.net/

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - BostonCard - 04-30-2026

(04-30-2026, 06:53 PM)jacket3ree Wrote:  I'm ready for June Madness!!!!

The Sweet 1,024

Online University of Liverpool. Best fight song ever.

Lol

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - PalmTree - 05-01-2026

(04-30-2026, 07:03 PM)martyup Wrote:  If you want June basketball madness, just come to Hoopfest in Spokane being held on June 27-28.

422 half courts -- 24,000 players from 6,000+ teams -- 45 city blocks shut down -- 250,000 people in attendance

https://www.spokanehoopfest.net/

Let's do this - a two day tourney would save me two lost weekends of viewing time! Forget zone D - Imma betting on the team with the best No-Doze D!

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - JohnR34231 - 05-01-2026

(05-01-2026, 03:01 AM)PalmTree Wrote:  

(04-30-2026, 07:03 PM)martyup Wrote:  If you want June basketball madness, just come to Hoopfest in Spokane being held on June 27-28.

422 half courts -- 24,000 players from 6,000+ teams -- 45 city blocks shut down -- 250,000 people in attendance

https://www.spokanehoopfest.net/

Let's do this - a two day tourney would save me two lost weekends of viewing time! Forget zone D - Imma betting on the team with the best No-Doze D!

My son played in the Spokane tourney once, Said it was a lot of fun.

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - 82lsju - 05-01-2026

how long until a "deserving team" with a losing record gets an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament?

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - Papa John - 05-01-2026

(05-01-2026, 09:18 AM)82lsju Wrote:  how long until a "deserving team" with a losing record gets an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament?

Not quite the same, but the SMU men's team made the tournament this year with an 8-10 conference record (20-13 overall) as an at-large 11-seed. They lost to Miami (OH) in the first-four round.

(On a related note, Stanford finished with a 9-9 conference record and defeated SMU 95-75 in February.)

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RE: NCAA tournament expansion - 82lsju - 05-01-2026

(05-01-2026, 10:02 AM)Papa John Wrote:  

(05-01-2026, 09:18 AM)82lsju Wrote:  how long until a "deserving team" with a losing record gets an at-large bid for the NCAA tournament?

Not quite the same, but the SMU men's team made the tournament this year with an 8-10 conference record (20-13 overall) as an at-large 11-seed. They lost to Miami (OH) in the first-four round.

(On a related note, Stanford finished with a 9-9 conference record and defeated SMU 95-75 in February.)

of course I would not let any team in the tournament that had a below 0.500 in their conference unless they won their conference tournament championship

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