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Message: [QUOTE="CU44SE, post: 5270438, member: 2196"] I said this in the past 2 years. Consolidate NCAA to 96 teams. Get rid of conference championships. Add 24 teams to the playoffs. First 3 rounds are home games. (Won’t happen because of bowl games and money, so it would be first 2 rounds.). Then there would be the next 24 teams would be the “NIT” tournament you talked about. Same setup. Get rid of bowl games completely, but they could filter in as the quarters and semis for both tournaments. The other 48 teams in the Div 1 would be done for the year. Replaces the pointless bowl games. Obviously there would be opt outs of the “NIT” tournament. But you could play younger guys and these games would not count towards eligibility. Get players more experience and act as a ramp up to next year. Maybe even incentivize like the basketball NIL tournament they have now. And kids would get paychecks for each week they advance in both tournaments. [/QUOTE]