https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/2...

ACC coaches are pitching a 357 team tournament. All teams in. If nothing else, it would be a blast to watch it play out. Wow, it could get crazy.

cannot wait to bet the under on whoever emu plays. attendance: -247

The committee is tasked with determining if that 19-13 ACC team or that 19-12 SEC team or that 25-7 MAC team or that 29-3 America East team gets the last slot. in most years this would look like the ACC team has an advantage as long as the relative conference strengths are what they are in a normal year and the OOC schedules are about what we expect them to be. But some years the SEC might have proven itself to be better than the ACC. If the ACC expects to get more teams in the tournament than anybody else then really it is the ACC's job to prove that it is better than the other leagues by beating up on then in their OOC schedule.

Yeah, I know, blah. blah, blah, eye test, blah, blah. But it is much better to actually know these things based on on court wins and losses than by speculation. The last two season Ohio's football team passed the eye test better than all the other MAC teams but what did that earn them. To me if the ACC coaches don't want to fool with OOC games this year then where does that leave the committee in trying to justify letting most of the ACC teams into the tournament.

And at each level - sectional, district, regional, etc - play a consolation game before the 1 v. 2 game. More games the better, no?

68 teams left? or 64?

I thought those were "voluntary" pay cuts?

You don't believe everything you see in the newspapers or on the internet, do you? ;-)