ACC coaches propose that every single team in Division 1 make the 2021 NCAA Tournament.

[Cusesky8214]

I agree with most of the replies here but honestly at this point I just want to watch our guys place this year. Idc what that looks like or how the Tournament shakes out as long as there's a season to play this year ill be happy.

 

[Alsacs]

I agree with most of the replies here but honestly at this point I just want to watch our guys place this year. Idc what that looks like or how the Tournament shakes out as long as there's a season to play this year ill be happy.

You are going to see bubbles for nonconference play. IMO
Then hopefully conference play.

I was reading we could see Syracuse playing 8-9 teams at the Mohegan Sun in Connecticut in a bubble there.

 

[Cusesky8214]

 

[pfister1]

This is dumb and I don’t agree with it. Makes a regular season where players are theoretically risking their health almost inconsequential and meaningless.

Also makes Conference Tournaments even more inconsequential than they already are.

 

[Bayside44]

It's what two more games. If there's every something not to be rigid about...

 

[Cusesky8214]

 

[Col. Bleep]

As usual with major college sports today...the idea is probably all about the $$$.

This gives lower ranked schools and conferences a piece of the action. A little charity from the big boys.

Dan Wolken in USA Today summarizes it this way:

"...perhaps most important, it would incentivize many of the smaller schools who are facing a financial crunch to actually play the season. Under the current circumstances in Division I, where teams at the lower end desperately need non-conference games against major conference opponents to fund their programs, that’s no guarantee. There is some concern that dozens of schools could simply opt out of the season — and may have trouble returning."

Wonder who will be the final 86th seed.

 

[Cusesky8214]

 

[City of Cuse]

Coach K coming into ACC coaches meeting drawing up a play on "options" for the tournament like..View attachment 187569

I like that play. Looks like the old screen low and have someone sneak in after them for a 5 footer/layup. Works all the time.

 

[DonLightfoot]

To be short and sweet - I don't care for the idea.

As long as I get to see the boys play this season I will be happy, regardless of what the post season brings (even if it is not to my liking).

 

[cuse10]

It's all about recouping the money that was lost from 2020.

 

[dasher]

Who the hell are you? You have been a ACC coach for about 5 minutes.

 

[Todoubled23]

I like that play. Looks like the old screen low and have someone sneak in after them for a 5 footer/layup. Works all the time.

Unfortunately for Duke, this was the play drawn up on the final possession at home tied with SFA. Needless to say it was not executed well LOL

 

[Todoubled23]

Who the hell are you? You have been a ACC coach for about 5 minutes.

slick Rick chiming in from Iona is even more hilarious to me

 

[malpearl31]

Every team already gets a chance into the tournament via their own conference tournament.

I've always kinda thought the same thing... every D1 team is sort of in the NCAA Tournament already (or at the very least, theoretically capable of winning the national title) if you think of the MEAC Tourney and the SWAC Tourney and all of the other crappy conference tournaments as qualifiers.

Which is way different than D1 FBS College Football - where something like 50% of the schools (probably more) have zero chance of winning the title, even if they win all of their games.

I'm fine with expanding things this year, given the circumstances. Just give me 25-30 SU Hoop games, please, I don't care what has to be done to make that happen... I'm dying over here.

 

[Alsacs]

I've always kinda thought the same thing... every D1 team is sort of in the NCAA Tournament already (or at the very least, theoretically capable of winning the national title) if you think of the MEAC Tourney and the SWAC Tourney and all of the other crappy conference tournaments as qualifiers.

Which is way different than D1 FBS College Football - where something like 50% of the schools (probably more) have zero chance of winning the title, even if they win all of their games.

I'm fine with expanding things this year, given the circumstances. Just give me 25-30 SU Hoop games, please, I don't care what has to be done to make that happen... I'm dying over here.

Yeah I can see a one year expansion of the tournament because all teams won’t play the same amount of games.

It’s just stupid to advocate for 340 teams in the tournament. It’s ludicrous.

 

[Eric15]

This is the stupidest idea I have ever heard.

It would be like if you poured yourself a glass of your favorite beer, and then added a gallon of water to it.

 

[City of Cuse]

This is the stupidest idea I have ever heard.

It would be like if you poured yourself a glass of your favorite beer, and then added a gallon of water to it.

This isn't even close to the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

There is potential, for 1 year only, that it could be like pouring ice cold coors lights (rocky mountains blue as alexandra daddario's eyes) on top of even more ice cold coors lights on the hottest, Adam Sandler/Chris Farley pool party type hot day.

 

[MSOrange]

This is the stupidest idea I have ever heard.

It would be like if you poured yourself a glass of your favorite beer, and then added a gallon of water to it.

You've been on the off topic board so I know that's not true.

 

[kcsu]

slick Rick chiming in from Iona is even more hilarious to me

Next head coach of SU

 

[OrangeXtreme]

This is the stupidest idea I have ever heard.

It would be like if you poured yourself a glass of your favorite beer, and then added a gallon of water to it.

It would be like pouring yourself a glass of beer, then pouring yourself 350 more glasses of beer.

 

[Todoubled23]

Next head coach of SU

Him and weits could do some damage

 

[Reilly35]

So would the NCAA make money back from the lost tournament last season or is it a way of screwing the NCAA??

 

[Reilly35]

UMBC was technically #188 and beat overall #1 UVa in 2018.

 

[Cusefan0307]

So coach ratface wants to start the season in January and doesn't want to play non-league games. That's what it boils down to. It makes zero sense.