There are currently 351 Divison I NCAA Basketball programs in 32 Conferences. If you eliminate all the schools with losing records in any given year, while giving the top 68 schools selected a "Seeding", all the NCAA would have to do is expand the Tourney by one or two more games, and everyone could participate. Even if you allowed all the 283 teams to play each other (351-68=283) that would equate to 141 games on college campuses, dropping to 70 or so games after that...so two more games would need to be added for full participation. Dropping schools with losing records* or less than a .400 winning percentage** would probably add just one more game. Just a thought, but then the Big Boyz might lose their Conference Tournies or other perks. Why not include every one?
*There were 194 teams with a record above 50.0% in the 2017-18 season (194-68= 126 added teams gets you to 63 more games after the first round and gets you to one more game)
**If you want to be more inclusive, there were 260 schools with a 40% winning percentage (260 -68= 192 added teams results in 81 more games. This could be unwieldy, but the "committee could play with it. Just a "thought" from an Old F*rt.
Last edited by Bat'71; 07-12-2018 at 10:42 AM..
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