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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 28816, member: 173"]
The basic jist of what I keep hearing is eventually we'll get to 4X16 conferences, which will then break off from the NCAA.  I can see how this would be a bonanza for football...but seems like it would kill the interest in the tournament for hoops.

Hypethetically, if 64 schools broke away from the NCAA and reformulated the basketball tournament to include only themselves, what kind of impact would that have on the value of the tournament?  I would think that anything prior to a Sweet 16 match-up would not draw significant ratings; #15 Hampton upseting #2 Iowa State will get national interest; #15 South Carolina beating #2 UCLA just doesn't seem to me like it'll move the needle.

I'm trying to figure out the endgame; do the schools want to break away completely from the NCAA, or do they want to continue to have Olympic and Hoops as is while breaking away only for football?  If they want to break away completely I would think the basketball tournament value drops significantly, but would be more than made up for with a football playoff.  Curious to hear from TV folks what the value of the early NCAA basketball rounds are relative to the value of the entire package.
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