Proposal For Changing Tournament

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Proposal For Changing Tournament 

Post#1 » by Old School » Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:09 pm

Instead of adding more teams, I like to see the Final Four become a round-robin tournament.
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Re: Proposal For Changing Tournament 

Post#2 » by ElectricMayhem » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:48 am

A round robin to decide the champion, or a round robin to decide who places in the championship game?

If it's a round robin to decide who places in the championship game, that's a lot of ado for just replacing a round.

If it's to decide the champion, that will lead to a lot of anti-climatic final fours. Let's say you've got a 2-0 team, 2 1-1 teams, and an 0-2 team. You've got an uninspired 0-2 team that's forced to trot out against the 2-0 team playing for a championship. Aside from that situation being unfair to the 0-2 team that's already lost out on the championship but has to play anyway, chances they will get drilled by the 2-0 team. Also, tiebreakers would likely decide the championship, and that's not right.

Would this system lead to more worthy champions? Sure, a little more than now. I don't think it's worth what would be sacrificed, though.

Edit: I just noticed the OP was from 2011. Good god this forum is dead.
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