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Topic: CBB - Apparently expanding the NCAAT to 76 from 68 teams is happening

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Re: CBB - Apparently expanding the NCAAT to 76 from 68 teams is happening
« Reply #70 on: May 05, 2026, 05:46:47 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on May 05, 2026, 12:01:34 AM
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Re: CBB - Apparently expanding the NCAAT to 76 from 68 teams is happening
« Reply #71 on: May 07, 2026, 04:58:02 PM »
ESPN posting their first 2027 Tournament projections featuring 76 teams - MEN’S BRACKETOLOGY
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Re: CBB - Apparently expanding the NCAAT to 76 from 68 teams is happening
« Reply #72 on: May 07, 2026, 07:08:07 PM »
I can't wait until it's 128 teams!!!!!  :72:
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Re: CBB - Apparently expanding the NCAAT to 76 from 68 teams is happening
« Reply #73 on: May 08, 2026, 01:00:38 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on May 07, 2026, 07:08:07 PM
I can't wait until it's 128 teams!!!!!  :72:
I'll just view it the same way I view the NBA now:  The first round of the playoffs exists to get down to the teams that should have been in the playoffs.  
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Re: CBB - Apparently expanding the NCAAT to 76 from 68 teams is happening
« Reply #74 on: May 08, 2026, 01:27:49 PM »
first two rounds
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Re: CBB - Apparently expanding the NCAAT to 76 from 68 teams is happening
« Reply #75 on: May 09, 2026, 01:31:31 AM »
'more' and 'better' are not synonyms.  This isn't difficult.  
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Re: CBB - Apparently expanding the NCAAT to 76 from 68 teams is happening
« Reply #76 on: May 10, 2026, 09:57:52 AM »
It's like the bowl thing.....letting in 5-7 teams.  Rewarding a 5-7 season.  At what point will the sport ever just look in the fucking mirror and realize it's broken?!?!  (itself, not the mirror)

You know what?  If you can't be certain you're going to have enough teams above .500, maybe you shouldn't be operating another bowl game.  How about that?
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Re: CBB - Apparently expanding the NCAAT to 76 from 68 teams is happening
« Reply #77 on: Today at 10:59:11 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on May 10, 2026, 09:57:52 AM
It's like the bowl thing.....letting in 5-7 teams.  Rewarding a 5-7 season.  At what point will the sport ever just look in the fucking mirror and realize it's broken?!?!  (itself, not the mirror)

You know what?  If you can't be certain you're going to have enough teams above .500, maybe you shouldn't be operating another bowl game.  How about that?

I was wondering about this too. I don't remember when the 5-7 bowl team thing started, but I specifically remember a 5-7 Mississippi State going to the St. Petersburg Bowl back in 2016, and barely beating Miami OH.

This past year there was avid lobbying for a 17-16 Auburn team (7-11) to be selected for the tournament, so we're already getting close to a few loud voices advocating for losing teams in the tournament.

The only thing I like about lowering the bar on the Tournament is that it creates a clearer line for ridding yourself of a lower performing coach. Take Porter Mouser at Oklahoma. Five seasons at Oklahoma and only one tournament to show for it. On one hand, he's gone if those are his results with a 76-team Tournament. On the other, maybe he can string along his employment by qualifying for the opening round every year (his 2024 & 2026 teams probably qualify for a 76-team Tournament).
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