Changes to the NCAA Tournament

[Muskie]

L (http://But the most important note that Katz makes is that the Selection Committee is going to take their focus off of bracketing principles — keeping teams from the same conference from playing until the Elite 8, avoiding regular season rematches, etc. — and make protecting the seed of a team their priority. The only priority that will change a seed line is to keep BYU from having to play on a Sunday.)ink (http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/20/prioritizing-seeding-a-good-move-now-lets-get-the-names-of-the-rounds-right/)

But the most important note that Katz makes is that the Selection Committee is going to take their focus off of bracketing principles — keeping teams from the same conference from playing until the Elite 8, avoiding regular season rematches, etc. — and make protecting the seed of a team their priority. The only priority that will change a seed line is to keep BYU from having to play on a Sunday.
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I'm not sure I love this idea.

[paulxu]

Assume this is the link you meant:

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/blog/_/name/katz_andy/id/9491997/five-ncaa-tournament-tweaks-review-college-basketball

I liked this part.

Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman is the new chair, taking over from former Xavier AD and current Georgia Tech AD Mike Bobinski. No previous chair was as open, transparent and engaging as Bobinski on selections and seedings or even admitting some tough choices whether they were right or wrong. Wellman has huge shoes to fill and must be as open as Bobinski was last year to ensure there is no Wizard of Oz-like perception of the selection committee with someone/people hiding behind a curtain without any real conversation about the process, selections, seedings and bracketing.

I hope he's better at that than selecting a head coach.

[West is Best]

I'm not sure I love this idea.

I think I'm ok with it - with the rise of 16-team conferences, it's too much of a hassle to build a bracket around prior matchups.

[Muskie]

I think I'm ok with it - with the rise of 16-team conferences, it's too much of a hassle to build a bracket around prior matchups.

After thinking about it more, I get it. I just want to see how it plays out in practice.

[XU '11]

I agree to a degree but I hope they hang on to a few of the old principles. The biggest one I think they should keep is that the top 3 schools from a conference need to be in separate regions. I don't want to see in-conference match ups in the tourney but I realize its becoming impossible to avoid with the large conference numbers. However, the top teams in the same conference shouldn't meet before the Final Four.