This year's tournament may have signified that it's time to address an underlying issue that has been put off for far too long.
Even after Day 1, and perhaps before that, many were saying that the seeding was probably out of whack. And as the tournaments has progressed, that has only become more and more apparent.
Some could blame covid for not providing the scheduling sample sizes needed to more accurately seed teams. Some would also argue that preconceived biases and presumptions played a role in teams being under and over seeded.
So what should/could the committee do to go about changing the way they try to seed the NCAA Tournament? Or do you even think anything needs to change about the tournament?
One option I had entertained, is to go to either a true region-based tournament.....or a straightforward 1-68 seeded tournament, with no mix'n'mashing of the two in between (which absolutely happens, and you just have to look at the West region as a prime example).
I would, personally, like to at least see what a regionally-based tournament would look like, so in the following post I'm gonna redo the tourney field and seed the teams by their nearest region.
(side note- before I begin, I can already foresee one issue with the region-based tourney being the First Four games, and how you would go about seeding/pairing those teams).............
Even after Day 1, and perhaps before that, many were saying that the seeding was probably out of whack. And as the tournaments has progressed, that has only become more and more apparent.
Some could blame covid for not providing the scheduling sample sizes needed to more accurately seed teams. Some would also argue that preconceived biases and presumptions played a role in teams being under and over seeded.
So what should/could the committee do to go about changing the way they try to seed the NCAA Tournament? Or do you even think anything needs to change about the tournament?
One option I had entertained, is to go to either a true region-based tournament.....or a straightforward 1-68 seeded tournament, with no mix'n'mashing of the two in between (which absolutely happens, and you just have to look at the West region as a prime example).
I would, personally, like to at least see what a regionally-based tournament would look like, so in the following post I'm gonna redo the tourney field and seed the teams by their nearest region.
(side note- before I begin, I can already foresee one issue with the region-based tourney being the First Four games, and how you would go about seeding/pairing those teams).............