Originally posted by Chuck Norris
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There is absolutely no financial incentive. For the NCAA tournament, all team expenses are paid for by the NCAA. For the others, each game is hosted by one of the two teams and they bear the cost. NCAA money is divided by "shares" that flow through the conferences. Each conference gets a share for each team that makes the tournament then those shares are amplified the further their team(s) make it in the tournament. Then the conferences divide up the money amongst their member schools. The system is built to reward the major conferences that can get multiple teams in the tournament, especially multiple teams past the second round.
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