Baseball Toaster: The Griddle : You're going to need a bigger bracket

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2	Philadelphia	73	59	.553	E1
3	Arizona	68	64	.515	W1
4	Milwaukee	77	55	.583	C2
5T	St. Louis	73	60	.549	C3
5T	New York Mets	73	60	.549	E2
7	Florida	67	65	.508	E3
8	Houston	66	66	.5	C4
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	65	67	.492	W2
10	Colorado	62	71	.466	W3
11	San Francisco	58	73	.443	W4
12T	Cincinnati	58	74	.439	C5
12T	Atlanta	58	74	.439	E4
14	Pittsburgh	57	75	.432	C6
15	San Diego	50	82	.379	W5
16	Washington	47	85	.356	E5

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Rank	Team	W	L	PCT	Division
1	Los Angeles Angels	80	51	.611	W1
2	Tampa Bay	79	51	.608	E1
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4	Boston	76	55	.58	E2
5	Minnesota	74	58	.561	C2
6	New York Yankees	70	61	.534	E3
7	Toronto	68	63	.519	E4
8T	Texas	65	68	.489	W2
8T	Cleveland	64	67	.489	C3
10	Detroit	64	68	.485	C4
11	Baltimore	62	70	.47	E5
12	Oakland	60	72	.455	W3
13	Kansas City	56	76	.424	C5
14	Seattle	50	82	.379	W4

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You're going to need a bigger bracket

2006-05-31 09:05

by Bob Timmermann

Slightly off topic of baseball, but you can find baseball in basketball.

There is a proposal to expand the NCAA men's basketball tournament from 65 to 80 teams.

It might not be as much fun to see who wins the Atlantic Sun and Big South tournaments now.

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Comments

2006-05-31 09:15:19

1. Humma Kavula

What would this bracket look like? Some teams would have to get 1st-round and even 2nd-round byes, right?

2006-05-31 09:17:03

2. Bob Timmermann

The plan would be to have a lot of play-in games.

2006-05-31 10:37:40

3. Humma Kavula

Ah, of course. We all remember that barn-burner between Monmouth and Hampton.

The NCAA Tourney: now with more teams you've never heard of than ever!

2006-05-31 10:44:32

4. Ali Nagib

I think they would give the 1-4 seeds a bye, and then have 5 play 20, 6-19, 7-18, 8-17, etc. If you have more teams in "play-in" games than not, it's really a bye. (No one does this, but you could technically call the first round of the NFL Playoffs "Play-in games").

On an editorial note, I don't really think that this is a good idea. Even considering that they're going to have to add at least 1, probably 2 or 3 auto-bids in the next 10-15 years (as they add more teams to D1 that form up new conferences), going to 80 teams still means increasing the number of at-large teams from 34 to almost 50. Even if the NIT dies a slow death, do we really need to add those teams to the Big Dance? I have no problem with adding more play-ins for #1 seeds as D1 grows, but we shouldn't need to go above 68 teams for at least 20 years.

2006-05-31 10:45:12

5. Bob Timmermann

Actually this would more likely mean that every team with a winning record in one of the power conferences would get a bid.

Billy Packer would fulfill his dream of seeing every ACC team in the NCAA tournament. Even in its expanded role.

All 14 (?) teams from the Big East will go.

Washington State? Pack your bags you're going to the dance!

2006-05-31 11:47:49

6. Ali Nagib

There are actually 16 in the Big East right now (don't get me started on the problems with that) but we're really not talking about adding EVERY team from the major conferences...more like 1-2 per conference, plus a handful of stray mid-majors.

2006-05-31 16:00:30

7. Eric Enders

Two words: Hell no.

2006-05-31 16:05:39

8. joejoejoe

I want it to go back to 64 teams. The play-in game is like sacrificing a virgin to King Kong.

2006-05-31 16:53:41

9. Bob Timmermann

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What if there were a guaranteed UTEP slot?

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