I had one more thing that I wanted to mention that I'd do if I were in charge of this thing, that really didn't belong as part of my reply to TheRob's question.
The play-in game sucks. It's worthless. Nobody watches it except the people at UD Arena who have nothing better to do because it's Dayton on a Tuesday.
First of all I think it was a stupid idea in the first place. I know first and foremost it's a money grab - but do they really think that it solves anything as far as bubble teams? All they did was shift the complaint. Instead of the insanity of the 65th best team in the country bitching about not getting a shot at the national championship
it's now the 66th best team.
Also, I think it's insulting to the teams they've been selecting to participate. The teams that they put in the "play-in" game have already played their way in actually, but winning their conference tournament.
My first choice would be to get rid of it. However if they must continue with it, I think it should be a matchup of two at-large teams. Give the teams that win the conference tournaments their due and make the teams that want a shot at The Dance despite being 5 games over .500 and going one-and-out in theirs fight over a spot.
Let's say Florida and Minnesota were the last two teams in. Why not have them face off for the distinction of being a part of the real field? Set it up so the winner gets the 11-seed and plays #6 Xavier. It would be more fair and a hell of a lot more interesting.
