March Madness Might Be Changing

[unihorn]

Heard from an insider who was told by a college basketball coach that the Power 5 is going to remove itself from the NCAA and take March Madness with them. Big East will be a part of this, but doesn’t know about the AAC schools. Says source is usually spot on. Sounds like most of the conferences are on conference calls today discussing this.

 

[NoNCAAWinsSince1992]

Heard from an insider who was told by a college basketball coach that the Power 5 is going to remove itself from the NCAA and take March Madness with them. Big East will be a part of this, but doesn’t know about the AAC schools. Says source is usually spot on. Sounds like most of the conferences are on conference calls today discussing this.

I will believe it when I see it. March Madness is just a name. Even if you don’t have P6 teams, you can have a 64 team Championship with the rest of the teams. Probably bring it down to 32. Would be a junior championship, but I don’t see this happening at all.

 

[MinerInWisconsin]

I will believe it when I see it. March Madness is just a name. Even if you don’t have P6 teams, you can have a 64 team Championship with the rest of the teams. Probably bring it down to 32. Would be a junior championship, but I don’t see this happening at all.

There has been a number of articles by sportswriters and the like as well as "in the know" fans on various message boards. There may be another power play by the power 5 conferences or they may actually leave. They pretty much have things their way now in football and would likely want to keep the "buy a win" relationship with us peons but in basketball, they firmly believe that even though they get the most teams in the tournament, they are getting screwed due to the ncaa keeping so much of the money from the big dance and that money should be theirs. They don't like the idea that they are being used to cover the costs of all the small fry in the ncaa. Whether they just try to grab more money or really leave remains to be seen.

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/paul-finebaum-power-5-ncaa-break-away-espn-get-up/

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...or-the-power-five-to-break-away-from-the-fbs/

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2020/03/28/what-if-power-5-split-from-fbs

 

[NoNCAAWinsSince1992]

There has been a number of articles by sportswriters and the like as well as "in the know" fans on various message boards. There may be another power play by the power 5 conferences or they may actually leave. They pretty much have things their way now in football and would likely want to keep the "buy a win" relationship with us peons but in basketball, they firmly believe that even though they get the most teams in the tournament, they are getting screwed due to the ncaa keeping so much of the money from the big dance and that money should be theirs. They don't like the idea that they are being used to cover the costs of all the small fry in the ncaa. Whether they just try to grab more money or really leave remains to be seen.

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/paul-finebaum-power-5-ncaa-break-away-espn-get-up/

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...or-the-power-five-to-break-away-from-the-fbs/

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2020/03/28/what-if-power-5-split-from-fbs

“May”. That’s why I put, I’ll believe it when I see it.

If they do, the leftovers should work together and not schedule them. If San Diego St can’t play in the “real” NCAA tournament with the big guys, they shouldn’t play them in the regular season. Nobody wants to see the big guys beat up on each other and have 2 15-15 teams play in the first round of the tournament.

The Sweet 16 games and above would get high ratings, but the first two rounds would be boring and not as successful as they are now.

 

[unihorn]

There has been a number of articles by sportswriters and the like as well as "in the know" fans on various message boards. There may be another power play by the power 5 conferences or they may actually leave. They pretty much have things their way now in football and would likely want to keep the "buy a win" relationship with us peons but in basketball, they firmly believe that even though they get the most teams in the tournament, they are getting screwed due to the ncaa keeping so much of the money from the big dance and that money should be theirs. They don't like the idea that they are being used to cover the costs of all the small fry in the ncaa. Whether they just try to grab more money or really leave remains to be seen.

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/paul-finebaum-power-5-ncaa-break-away-espn-get-up/

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...or-the-power-five-to-break-away-from-the-fbs/

https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2020/03/28/what-if-power-5-split-from-fbs

Exactly — this would essentially be the end of the NCAA.

No doubt there’d be a second tournament organized for everyone else.

 

[utep2step]

Heard from an insider who was told by a college basketball coach that the Power 5 is going to remove itself from the NCAA and take March Madness with them. Big East will be a part of this, but doesn’t know about the AAC schools. Says source is usually spot on. Sounds like most of the conferences are on conference calls today discussing this.

uni, I am not trolling you, but all sorts of "we will take our ball elsewhere to play" scenarios have been going on since the mid nineties-early two thousands and they have yelled at mid majors to "show me the money!" if you want to play with us in bowls, tournaments, on our field, etc..

The NCAA then comes in with a diamond necklace, a box of chocolates, red roses and prophylactics in their wallet and nothing happens and the mid majors then see another hurdle to jump over just to sit at the table looking like Lloyd and Harry from Dumb and Dumber.

 

[unihorn]

uni, I am not trolling you, but all sorts of "we will take our ball elsewhere to play" scenarios have been going on since the mid nineties-early two thousands and they have yelled at mid majors to "show me the money!" if you want to play with us in bowls, tournaments, on our field, etc..

The NCAA then comes in with a diamond necklace, a box of chocolates, red roses and prophylactics in their wallet and nothing happens and the mid majors then see another hurdle to jump over just to sit at the table looking like Lloyd and Harry from Dumb and Dumber.

Just relaying what I heard. If it happens, maybe UTEP can get into the Tier 2 tourney.

 

[Autograph Boy]

I heard from from an insider who was told by a college basketball coach that the above is false.

I laugh when people on here think they're hotshots with "insider information".

 

[unihorn]

I heard from from an insider who was told by a college basketball coach that the above is false.

I laugh when people on here think they're hotshots with "insider information".

Even if untrue, I thought it would make for an interesting conversation.

 

[NoNCAAWinsSince1992]

Even if untrue, I thought it would make for an interesting conversation.

Would you watch a “mid-major” tournament over the “elite”? How many people do you think would travel for these games?

 

[unihorn]

Would you watch a “mid-major” tournament over the “elite”? How many people do you think would travel for these games?

Absolutely. If UTEP got in, I’d be fired up.

 

[Autograph Boy]

Would you watch a “mid-major” tournament over the “elite”? How many people do you think would travel for these games?

Exactly. People love March Madness because of the Cinderella teams.

 

[NoNCAAWinsSince1992]

Absolutely. If UTEP got in, I’d be fired up.

What if they weren’t? I assume you still watch the NCAA Tournament when UTEP and the Whorns aren’t playing correct?

 

[NoNCAAWinsSince1992]

Exactly. People love March Madness because of the Cinderella teams.

That’s what makes it. Nobody wants to see an average Nebraska team make it and play a highly ranked UNC team in the first round.

 

[unihorn]

What if they weren’t? I assume you still watch the NCAA Tournament when UTEP and the Whorns aren’t playing correct?

I’m kind of hurt and offended you’d call us that.

 

[Hot For Keitha]

Would you watch a “mid-major” tournament over the “elite”? How many people do you think would travel for these games?

It would be hard to get jazzed up for a mid major tourney, at least compared to NCAA, but eventually we'd get used to it.

You're right that March Madness wouldn't be the same, but sports media would just hype those mediocre Nebraska-types, try to turn them into Cinderellas.

 

[utep2step]

The tournament is fair, but not perfect, revenue friendly for all d1 conferences (can't say that for FBS make up, its the opposite), and the bracket gives any crappy d1 basketball program a honest chance if they win their conference tournament, but it can exclude the conference champ. It has play in games! My lord, why screw with it or sabotage it?! The P5 schools need the NMSU's, UTEP's and Saint Mary's (CA.) more than we need them. Scheduling would be a freaking nightmare for them.

 

[NoNCAAWinsSince1992]

The P5 schools need the NMSU's, UTEP's and Saint Mary's (CA.) more than we need them. Scheduling would be a freaking nightmare for them.

The mid/low majors would need to have an ironclad alliance and not take games from Ohio St and USC. Arkansas-Pine Bluff still needs money games and UTEP doesn’t pay as much as the P6 schools do. If the “poor” schools won’t accept games from the power schools, then they can strong arm them.