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Topic: Does the MAC tourney format perpetuate the "mid-major" image?
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Posted: 5/14/2015 12:29 PM
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According to a PD article on the Horizon's revamp, it does. http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2015/05...
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Posted: 5/14/2015 12:57 PM
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Completely disagree. So because there are 4 games played at campus sites, none of which involve the top 4 seeds...and because the women's tournament is at the same place around the same time...we are viewed a small-time mid-major? I think what would perpetuate that more than anything is having games with virtually no attendance as those 1st round games would be.
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Posted: 5/14/2015 2:20 PM
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Have talked about this before but the problem with the Tournament is the extended byes coupled with an uneven 18 game regular season. I think we should mirror the PAC 12 who also have 12 teams and an 18 game regular season and go with a 12 team, 4 round play off where the top 4 teams get a single bye to the quarterfinals. The tournament would be wed-sat.
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Posted: 5/14/2015 4:03 PM
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I doubt most would ever bring this up when talking about why the MAC is a mid-major.

The MAC is a mid-major due to a long history of low funding of athletics and the dominant status of the Big 10 in the region.
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Posted: 5/15/2015 10:55 AM
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I think creating a scenario that has the best eight teams in Cleveland playing Thurs/Fri/Sat is best for the league and the fans. I'm not opposed to the double bye for seeds 1-2, but at that point, I've never felt seeds 3-4 deserve better treatment than 5-10.

There are ways to make it better than it is now, and still reward the top two teams in the league for having the best regular season.
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Posted: 5/15/2015 2:02 PM
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The Horizon stacked the deck for the regular season winner and top teams. Rightly so, as they are a one bid league like the MAC. Why take the chance that an 8th seeded team wins the bid, then gets a 16 seed and loses to a number 1 seed by 50? Dress it up any way you like. The Horizon and the MAC are mid-major.
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