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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 5102656, member: 5685"]
Can’t compare the NBA.

First the NBA is generally chalky. And if a lower team makes a run they have a star. Neither is the case in the NCAA, especially the P5 schools.

People like the NCAAs for the randomness. The NBA has a series. That makes it easier for the best teams to move on. Which helps crown a true champ. In a one off anything can happen. It is also easier for a team to get hot and make a run.

In the NBA everyone has to earn a playoff seed with their record within the same league. In the NCAAs only the conf tourney champs earn a spot. The rest are chosen by humans. Same with the seeding. If your conference is perceived to be better it helps you make it and your seeding.

The 12th best team in the ACC can make the NCAAs over the 9th best team. Or the 12th best can have a lower seed than the 9th but have a better path to the Final Four. Neither can happen in the NBA.

Lastly the NBA expanded  purely for a money grab. Not as a better way to crown a champ. Also they know it will have little impact on who becomes champ. So there is little risk. Which is not the case in the NCAAs.

In a way the NCAAs start Tournament week. Everyone has the chance in a playoff to move on.

Edit

I forgot to mention in the NBA you have a home court advantage for the higher seed. How many upsets happen in the NCAAs if there were home court?
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