Only 15 of 18 teams will make Big Ten Tournament next year

[Sean Miller Fan]

Will use same format as the current ACC. With the ACC going to 18 for a few years until FSU and others leave, I wonder what format they'll use. If it were me, I'd do:

Monday: 16 vs 17 and 15 vs 18
Tuesday: 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, 3 vs 14, 4 vs 13 then a day off for the winners
Wednesday 5 vs 12, 6 vs 11, 7 vs 10, 8 vs 9
Thursday: quarters
Friday: semis
Saturday: championship

Big Ten also staying at 20 games. I'd imagine the 4 Pac 12 schools will play each other twice every year and the other 14 teams once. So 7 midwest/east coast road games that you can get done in 3 trips. Thu/Sun, Wed/Sat then maybe a Wed/Sat/Mon

 

[BballinsiderfromPitt]

Will use same format as the current ACC. With the ACC going to 18 for a few years until FSU and others leave, I wonder what format they'll use. If it were me, I'd do:

Monday: 16 vs 17 and 15 vs 18
Tuesday: 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, 3 vs 14, 4 vs 13 then a day off for the winners
Wednesday 5 vs 12, 6 vs 11, 7 vs 10, 8 vs 9
Thursday: quarters
Friday: semis
Saturday: championship

Big Ten also staying at 20 games. I'd imagine the 4 Pac 12 schools will play each other twice every year and the other 14 teams once. So 7 midwest/east coast road games that you can get done in 3 trips. Thu/Sun, Wed/Sat then maybe a Wed/Sat/Mon

For once, we agree. Stupid when you leave any team out of the conference tournament. Let those teams get a chance to make the NCAA's too. Never know what could happen re:injuries, guys coming on late, suspensions etc.

 

[curtis0620]

18 team tournament format:

Monday 15-18, 16-17
Tuesday 9-16, 10-15, 11-14, 12-13
Wednesday 5-12, 6-11, 7-10, 8-9
Thursday Quarterfinals
Friday Semifinals
Saturday Final

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

For once, we agree. Stupid when you leave any team out of the conference tournament. Let those teams get a chance to make the NCAA's too. Never know what could happen re:injuries, guys coming on late, suspensions etc.

Its not about making the NCAA's. A team who finished 16-18 will never win it. But what purpose does leaving them out do? If you dont want to rent an NBA arena an extra night, play it at a local college arena or YMCA for that matter.

 

[wbrpanther]

18 team tournament format:

Monday 15-18, 16-17
Tuesday 9-16, 10-15, 11-14, 12-13
Wednesday 5-12, 6-11, 7-10, 8-9
Thursday Quarterfinals
Friday Semifinals
Saturday Final

This. Top four right to the quarters.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

18 team tournament format:

Monday 15-18, 16-17
Tuesday 9-16, 10-15, 11-14, 12-13
Wednesday 5-12, 6-11, 7-10, 8-9
Thursday Quarterfinals
Friday Semifinals
Saturday Final

18 team tournament format:

Monday 15-18, 16-17
Tuesday 9-16, 10-15, 11-14, 12-13
Wednesday 5-12, 6-11, 7-10, 8-9
Thursday Quarterfinals
Friday Semifinals
Saturday Final

That's the most likely scenario but I like mine where the top 4 seeds play 13, 14, 15/18, and 16/17 on Tuesday then get a day off. Those top seeds barely have to break a sweat and can play their bench a lot then you get a day off but are already in tournament mode. Also better for TV and attendance to get Duke and UNC an extra game in most years.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Those top seeds barely have to break a sweat and can play their bench a lot then you get a day off but are already in tournament mode.

Yeah, there's no way that a bottom feeder like, say, Georgia Tech could ever beat one of the top teams in the league like North Carolina or Duke.

 

[TD_6082]

Its not about making the NCAA's. A team who finished 16-18 will never win it. But what purpose does leaving them out do? If you dont want to rent an NBA arena an extra night, play it at a local college arena or YMCA for that matter.

Something similar has happened before. Georgia Bulldogs finished last in the SEC back in 2008 & won the SEC tournament.

 

[Voice of Danno]

Will use same format as the current ACC. With the ACC going to 18 for a few years until FSU and others leave, I wonder what format they'll use. If it were me, I'd do:

Monday: 16 vs 17 and 15 vs 18
Tuesday: 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15, 3 vs 14, 4 vs 13 then a day off for the winners
Wednesday 5 vs 12, 6 vs 11, 7 vs 10, 8 vs 9
Thursday: quarters
Friday: semis
Saturday: championship

Big Ten also staying at 20 games. I'd imagine the 4 Pac 12 schools will play each other twice every year and the other 14 teams once. So 7 midwest/east coast road games that you can get done in 3 trips. Thu/Sun, Wed/Sat then maybe a Wed/Sat/Mon

So you want your best teams to play 4 games in 5 days and then give them three days off and then play in the Thurs Sat games. Big Ten plays their championship on Sunday afternoon. Recipe for failure.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Yeah, there's no way that a bottom feeder like, say, Georgia Tech could ever beat one of the top teams in the league like North Carolina or Duke.

Neutral court and that 16 seed played a day before, not that that matters a ton. But you'd only see the 1-2 seeds lose maybe once every 20 years. The 3 and 4 seed may lose once every 10 years.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

Neutral court and that 16 seed played a day before, not that that matters a ton. But you'd only see the 1-2 seeds lose maybe once every 20 years. The 3 and 4 seed may lose once every 10 years.

Yeah, I agree, I mean how long has it been since we've seen a ACC bottom feeding team go on the road and beat a team that finished tied for first in the conference and later went on to make the Final Four in that same season?

I'll bet it's been at least 339 days since that happened. Maybe even 340.

 

[Fredact]

I'd not stretch it to 6 days. Just play 5 games on the first 2 days. Yeah, that game starts at 9:30am, but so what.

Tuesday: 9-18, 10-17, 11- 16, 12-15 , 13- 14
Wednesday: 4-13, 5-12, 6-11, 7-10, 8-9
Thursday quarterfinals 1-8, 2- 7, 3-6, 4-5
Friday semis
Saturday finals

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

I'd not stretch it to 6 days. Just play 5 games on the first 2 days. Yeah, that game starts at 9:30am, but so what.

Tuesday: 9-18, 10-17, 11- 16, 12-15 , 13- 14
Wednesday: 4-13, 5-12, 6-11, 7-10, 8-9
Thursday quarterfinals 1-8, 2- 7, 3-6, 4-5
Friday semis
Saturday finals

This is pretty creative.

3 teams get a double bye
5 teams get a single bye
10 dont get a bye and have to win 5 in 5
Nobody has to win 6 in 6.

When the Big East had 13 teams in the 90s and 2000s, they used to do 5 games the 1st day. 11 AM, 1:30, and 4. Then the 2nd session did 7:30 and 10. But really the ACC wouldn't need 2 sessions for that first day and can just do GA seating like they already do for the current 3 game slate. Its lightly attended anyway. So pay 1 price and go to 1 or 5 games. 11, 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9

 

[curtis0620]

I'd not stretch it to 6 days. Just play 5 games on the first 2 days. Yeah, that game starts at 9:30am, but so what.

Tuesday: 9-18, 10-17, 11- 16, 12-15 , 13- 14
Wednesday: 4-13, 5-12, 6-11, 7-10, 8-9
Thursday quarterfinals 1-8, 2- 7, 3-6, 4-5
Friday semis
Saturday

 

[curtis0620]

Five games are a lot to play at one site

 

[MarshallGoldberg]

Five games are a lot to play at one site

Yeah at some point you're running into facilities management problems. These are mostly part time jobs, that's a lot of bathrooms to clean, security guard overtime to pay etc.