CBS/Turner Sign 14 yr. deal, Tourney to Expand

[cycopath25]

What the heck channel is truTV?

They show Operation Repo, COPS, wild police videos, etc. I LOVE IT!

[VeloClone]

Couldn't agree more. Have 8 bubble teams play to be the 12 or 13 seed, the teams who won their conference tourney earned a bid, they shouldn't have to be included in the "play in" game. Save those games for teams who are still trying to play their way in.

You forget that there are many times conference tournament champions who would not even be a bubble team if they hadn't gotten hot and won their tourney.

How are you going to seed the mess if the play in game (I like to use that term because the NCAA hates it) does not happen at the 16 slot?

68 is much better than 96 in my book!

[cycopath25]

GIVE ME GUS JOHNSON OR GIVE ME DEATH!

[alarson]

GIVE ME GUS JOHNSON OR GIVE ME DEATH!

They just need to have gus on standby for when they do end of game whiparounds. Imagine multiple games going to the line with Gus Johnson going nuts for all of them!

[cycopath25]

They just need to have gus on standby for when they do end of game whiparounds. Imagine multiple games going to the line with Gus Johnson going nuts for all of them!

There would be so much awesomeness that the universe would self implode.

[Ms3r4ISU]

and every game to be televised.
NCAA to expand March Madness from 65 to 68 teams

Guess it's better than 90+...

[CysRage]

I can live with 68. So do the #1 seeds have a bye then?

[azn4cy]

I can live with 68. So do the #1 seeds have a bye then?

My guess would be that there would be a play-in game for all regions. #1 seeds would play the winner of each

[alarson]

My guess would be that there would be a play-in game for all regions. #1 seeds would play the winner of each

making the 16 seed upset even more unlikely.

[Al_4_State]

making the 16 seed upset even more unlikely.

If ISU ever gets a #1 seed, I'm putting $100 on the 16, regardless of who it is.


That way, I can't lose. $100 to avoid the embarrassment/heartbreak, and if we do what only ISU could, I'll have some cash to help ease the pain.

[bawbie]

making the 16 seed upset even more unlikely.

I don't think so.

Generally these teams have a long long layoff before the tourney, since their conf tourneys end early. So playing a warmup game shouldn't hurt their chances at the #1 seem.

Plus, teams that used to be #15 seeds will now be part of the 8 #16 seeds, improving the quality of the teams that a #1 seed will play in the first round.

So I think it would (very slightly) increase the odds of a #16 seed upsetting a #1 seed.

[jbhtexas]

http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/...ey-expand.html (CBS/Turner Sign 14 yr. deal, Tourney to Expand)

[cyclonenum1]

Interesting.

Turner getting into the fray. They don't do any CBB games now...do they? Will they start doing any regular season games...or just the tournament? Did not have time to read that lengthy release...did they say?

If Turner does only do the tournament, I hope they get some of the CBB announcers from ESPN and Fox to do the games or this will be like Fox having the BCS games and using a bunch of pro guys to do those games when they appear to barely know anything about the players and teams in college.

I like more games on TV...just want some announcers that are college guys to make it a better view.

[VeloClone]

Step back so you don't get any splattered on you when they drop the merge hammer.

[jdoggivjc]

What the heck channel is truTV?

It's what Court TV used to be (about the only thing I ever watched on that channel was Profiler reruns)