OT - Ivy League doing a 4 team tournament to determine the NCAA tourney bid

[Washingtonian]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...tseason-basketball-tournaments-2017/81581710/

The last Division I holdout on postseason conference basketball tournaments to decide an NCAA bid has acquiesced and will to join the other 31 leagues in 2017.

The Ivy League announced Thursday that it would hold men's and women's basketball tournaments beginning next year at the Palestra in Philadelphia, March 11-12.

The format will be different, however: Four teams, two semifinal games on the first day (Saturday) with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and No. 2 vs. No. 3 seed, followed by the championship game played the next day (Sunday). The winners will receive the automatic NCAA bids. The teams that finish with the best records from the 14-game, regular-season conference schedule will continue to be recognized as Ivy League champions.

 

[Five Two]

I think one-bid leagues really should re-think these tournaments. They play all season to determine who is the best team and then leave it up to a 3 day (or in this case, a 2 day) game of chance. Is Holy Cross really they best team in the Patriot League? Over the season, no. But it is very impressive they won all true road games to win their title. I know these conferences need the extra $$ and TV exposure, and college sports is all about the money.

 

[GMU92]

I think one-bid leagues really should re-think these tournaments. They play all season to determine who is the best team and then leave it up to a 3 day (or in this case, a 2 day) game of chance. Is Holy Cross really they best team in the Patriot League? Over the season, no. But it is very impressive they won all true road games to win their title. I know these conferences need the extra $$ and TV exposure, and college sports is all about the money.

You're not alone in that, there have been several prominent coaches who have opposed the conference tournaments entirely, including Bobby Knight (definitely an extreme personality, but prominent in college basketball nonetheless).

 

[Washingtonian]

I think one-bid leagues really should re-think these tournaments. They play all season to determine who is the best team and then leave it up to a 3 day (or in this case, a 2 day) game of chance. Is Holy Cross really they best team in the Patriot League? Over the season, no. But it is very impressive they won all true road games to win their title. I know these conferences need the extra $$ and TV exposure, and college sports is all about the money.

The only issue I would have with your logic is what if multiple teams tie for the #1 seed (the A-10 this year for example which I know will be a multi-bid league for years to come, CAA had 2 teams, etc.). I know tiebreakers come into play to determine seeding, but at least with the tournament, you have to prove you belong in the title game. Sometimes, it works out that 1 and 2 seed make it to the final, sometimes not.

 

[GMUgemini]

The only issue I would have with your logic is what if multiple teams tie for the #1 seed (the A-10 this year for example which I know will be a multi-bid league for years to come, CAA had 2 teams, etc.). I know tiebreakers come into play to determine seeding, but at least with the tournament, you have to prove you belong in the title game. Sometimes, it works out that 1 and 2 seed make it to the final, sometimes not.

Hasn't the Ivy played a tiebreaker game in the past?


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[Washingtonian]

Hasn't the Ivy played a tiebreaker game in the past?


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They have, I think last year or the year before was most recently.

 

[tarvis614]

unrelated to switching to a post season tournament, but interesting tidbit about this year's champion yale. apparently the team & school/students aren't all that fond of each other right now despite going back to the ncaas for the first time in a very long while.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab...captain-s-mysterious-expulsion-022123751.html