1. I hate this
2. I wish this would’ve been in place last year in the Missouri Valley for the Sycamores.
[College football realignment has become a cash grab. The Big Ten and the SEC don’t just want all of the football money, they want basketball money too, which is why they’re pushing to expand the NCAA Tournament. The logic is simple. The more teams from your league that make the Big Dance, the more money they make.
The financial equation is different for small conferences. For leagues like the Sun Belt Conference, they will only get one automatic qualifier, barring something extraordinary. To maximize the money they make in the NCAA Tournament, they need their best team in the field to potentially pull off a March Madness upset.]
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2. I wish this would’ve been in place last year in the Missouri Valley for the Sycamores.
[College football realignment has become a cash grab. The Big Ten and the SEC don’t just want all of the football money, they want basketball money too, which is why they’re pushing to expand the NCAA Tournament. The logic is simple. The more teams from your league that make the Big Dance, the more money they make.
The financial equation is different for small conferences. For leagues like the Sun Belt Conference, they will only get one automatic qualifier, barring something extraordinary. To maximize the money they make in the NCAA Tournament, they need their best team in the field to potentially pull off a March Madness upset.]
Sun Belt Conference Unveils the Weirdest Basketball Bracket You've Ever Seen
If you are a Sun Belt team who wants to make it to the Big Dance, you better be good in the regular season or you don't stand a chance.
