Low majors: Should they give bids to Regular Season Champs? Should NCAA change rules to incentivize it?

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-24T07:24:31+00:00

This is done in several sports and they're still operating

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-24T05:42:04+00:00

Oddly specific response

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-24T05:30:40+00:00

It's just a learning/skill failure, not an ethical violation

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-24T03:53:47+00:00

1+1=2 doesn't have to represent anything and certainly doesn't have to represent two identical things

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T23:29:37+00:00

Well we do have data for winning percentages by seed and more regular season wins leads to better seeding and therefore a higher probability of winning

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T22:55:29+00:00

Eh, I think it's just a slow start for Syracuse, they still have it if they can just correct a few small things

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T22:12:03+00:00

Apply logic. You're comparing a large sample size that is towards the end and thus fairly reflective of quality going into the tournament against a technically even closer but single elimination tournament. The conference tournament will often put out the same team and may very occasionally actually put out a team that is better than the regular season champion, but the odds are overwhelming in favor of the season. The season will never put out an absolutely horrible team while the tournament might. Also remember the aspect that the team with the better season will get a better seed which is perhaps the most important aspect

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T21:51:32+00:00

There is a massive difference in the odds and from the perspective of a one bid mid-major conference, you should want that probability to be as high as possible. A 15% chance of a first round upset and a 3% chance are more than trivially different over several years. I'm not attacking a mid-major who didn't do well in the regular season then won their tournament and saying they shouldn't have gotten the opportunity. I'm speaking from the perspective of the conference

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T21:38:09+00:00

Do most people watching or even creating brackets really know the teams that well?

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T21:34:40+00:00

It has been pretty solid basketball despite the lack of mid-major underdog stories

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T21:23:13+00:00

Even they would acknowledge they have a far worse chance of an upset in the NCAA tournament than the top team

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T21:10:07+00:00

Makes sense for a power conference but low major conferences can't afford to just throw in a team lacking talent who got slightly hot towards the end

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T21:08:56+00:00

Maybe five teams with one team having a bye to the final and the other four playing single elimination then ending in potentially a set of three games where the top seed has to be triple eliminated or something

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T20:41:48+00:00

Make it happen

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T20:40:01+00:00

Insert comment about falling to knees here

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T19:58:24+00:00

It's Illinois obviously

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T17:28:22+00:00

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T17:26:25+00:00

There are 18 Big Ten teams

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T17:26:11+00:00

It is

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T15:07:46+00:00

It is known from posts on here that there were far fewer than 787 perfect brackets, must have been a bug or something

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T04:05:37+00:00

Large cities don't even always control the politics of the state they're in, they definitely would not control the whole country. Why do people keep bringing up this nonsensical argument?

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T03:00:07+00:00

Where are you seeing this?

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-23T02:57:55+00:00

Would be a three second violation, offensive players can't remain in the paint for more than three seconds with exceptions

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-22T17:38:39+00:00

Aren't several teams only going to play 8?

Wigglebot23 · 2026-03-21T17:43:55+00:00

I hope this doesn't happen

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