March Madness is just days away, as 65 teams get ready to battle it out for the title. Well, only about ten teams have an actual chance at winning, but that doesn't stop fans from every school from hoping that their program is this year's cinderella story. Kids and adults alike fill out brackets, and stop all productive activity to follow their bracket as the tournament progresses.
Recently, the NCAA has proposed expanding the field from 65 to 96 teams. This would be mainly for financial reasons. More games means more commercials, as well as more tickets and merchandise sold. The only problem is, that many teams would water down the excitement of the tournament. If there were 96 teams, there would be a lot of mediocrity in the early rounds. Who wants to see a 19th seed play? With that many teams, even Georgia may have had a chance to make it this year, and we all know they are far from a competitive team. The early rounds would feature matchups between last place-caliber teams, and no one wants to see that. So, the NCAA should just keep the field at 65 teams and leave the excitement as it is.
Recently, the NCAA has proposed expanding the field from 65 to 96 teams. This would be mainly for financial reasons. More games means more commercials, as well as more tickets and merchandise sold. The only problem is, that many teams would water down the excitement of the tournament. If there were 96 teams, there would be a lot of mediocrity in the early rounds. Who wants to see a 19th seed play? With that many teams, even Georgia may have had a chance to make it this year, and we all know they are far from a competitive team. The early rounds would feature matchups between last place-caliber teams, and no one wants to see that. So, the NCAA should just keep the field at 65 teams and leave the excitement as it is.
But isn't the beauty of basketball that any team, no matter from where, has a chance to win any game? Or am I wrong in that?
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