Posted by MikeT23 on 3/16/2018 12:47:00 PM (view original):
Posted by topdogggbm on 3/16/2018 12:30:00 PM (view original):
Posted by MikeT23 on 3/16/2018 11:56:00 AM (view original):
Is 64 perfect? How many double digit seeds will move on? 3-5? A case could be made for 32. Or even 16.
I'm ok with this also. My point is, it's been a simple 64 for a long time. If they want to add teams, why just 4? It's goofy. 32 would be fine by me. But the Cinderella stories bring revenue and people root for the little guy (i personally don't). So i don't see 32 happening. And I'm not saying it should either. I just think the additional 4 teams is pointless. For the overall appeal.
The addition of the four was to generate revenue/attention for two extra days. Plus 68 gets roughly 20% of the teams into the post-season. Which is still very low in the major sports. I think the next lowest is 30%(MLB).
Obviously with the revenue/attention. But I've never paid attention to the percentage of teams in postseason. That's a good point. I guess my eye just looks for balance.
For example, i see the 64 teams in, and i look at the added 4 teams tiny lil bracket and its just weird to me. But, if the tournament was say, 96 teams, and the first round was all the teams battling for the 9-16 seeds, I'd fill out my bracket happily and not think anything about it. And for the percentage of post season teams, that would still be under 30. I'm not sure how beneficial that would be for the sport. But it wouldn't make me raise my uni-brow when looking at the format.