It's all about the money.

Do people want this? No. But will it make the product better? Also no. 

5 hours ago, DragonFire said:

Do people want this? No. But will it make the product better? Also no. 

But you can bet your bottom dollar people will be watching it. If people are going to watch it, then TV will put it on and pay for it. 

My question is this: What good is the regular season? And for the love of all that is holy, why have a conference tournament? You are taking 76 teams. Before you know it, it will be 84, then 96, then 108, after that it will be all D-1 teams in the tournament. 

11 hours ago, Big East Zebra said:

But you can bet your bottom dollar people will be watching it. If people are going to watch it, then TV will put it on and pay for it. 

My question is this: What good is the regular season? And for the love of all that is holy, why have a conference tournament? You are taking 76 teams. Before you know it, it will be 84, then 96, then 108, after that it will be all D-1 teams in the tournament. 

BEZ, you are 100% correct.

Hey with going to 76 teams we (Kentucky) will have a better shot at making the tournament.?‍♂️?

One thing that has probably pushed this forward is that of the last 8 First Four play-in games, 7 have been really good games. Additionally at least two of the First Four have advanced to at least round of 32 over the last three years.

If they are going to let more teams in then they need to make one other change.   The conference regular season champ gets the automatic bid.   As it is now, adding 8 more teams isn't getting the MEAC regular season champ in (if they lose in the conference tourney.). It's just adding more middle to bottom tier Big XII, ACC or Big10, et al teams in.

Done Deal!

 

2 hours ago, Jumper_Dad said:

Done Deal!

 

What a surprise! LOL