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Originally posted by Predatory Primates View Post
Your scenario points out exactly the opposite of your conclusion. Regionalization is what hurts the quality of the d2 playoffs. It always has. The counterbalance to that is the fact that they let so many teams in that it really doesn't matter.
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Originally posted by Brandon View Post
It's bad enough that the best 28 teams in the country don't get it. Enough should be done to ensure that the best seven in each region do.
I mean it used to be 16 teams period.
I kind of look at the current setup as an attempt to still get those 16 in and 12 extra slots for playoff welfare.
I have never seen "get the best 28 in" as a stated goal of the NCAA. It would be great if it was, though.
I'm kind of playing devil's advocate here, but I truly don't t believe that the goal has ever been to get the best 28.Last edited by Predatory Primates; 11-21-2022, 08:33 PM.
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Originally posted by Predatory Primates View Post
It could obviously be better, but I can't remember many seasons when a truly legit team was left out. Can you?
I mean it used to be 16 teams period.
I kind of look at the current setup as an attempt to still get those 16 in and 12 extra slots for playoff welfare.
I have never seen "get the best 28 in" as a stated goal of the NCAA. It would be great if it was, though.
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Racy can provide that lip service all he wants to save face with the ADs and presidents. He knows what’s causing the MIAA to suffer, and that’s the silo. But he is bound by the conference and the presidents to paint the MIAA in the best light possible. It’s that or he wouldn’t have pushed for a vote on OOC games in 2019.
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Originally posted by Predatory Primates View Post
There were no regions when it was 16. Pitt was NAIA until 88. They went d2 my sophomore year in college.
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Originally posted by Predatory Primates View Post
It could obviously be better, but I can't remember many seasons when a truly legit team was left out. Can you?
I mean it used to be 16 teams period.
I kind of look at the current setup as an attempt to still get those 16 in and 12 extra slots for playoff welfare.
I have never seen "get the best 28 in" as a stated goal of the NCAA. It would be great if it was, though.
I'm kind of playing devil's advocate here, but I truly don't t believe that the goal has ever been to get the best 28.
Best 28 is not the goal. The goal is the best teams in the region, but from what I gather, there are misses in all sports from time to time.
2007 Carson-Newman was 10-1
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Originally posted by Inkblot View Post
I believe strict regionality started in the early 90's; 1991 is the last year that it clearly wasn't followed (the CIAA had teams in two different brackets).
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