Your absolutely right I think it's all interconference politics and tv involvement.
Yes, there is something definitely wrong when the 6th seed has an easier road than the #1 seed to the semi’s. In fact, Penn St. has the easiest road of all to the semifinals. However, Texas as the 5 seed also has an easy road to the semifinals. So the top two seeds have one less game, but a tougher go than seeds 5 & 6. That’s ridiculous.
Also, IU is getting most of the criticism from this, but I bet you IU would beat Boise State by at least 3 TD’s if they played on a neutral field. BSU doesn’t have the 4/5 star line play that would give IU troubles, like OSU and ND did.
As most are saying, keep the AQ's, but byes are only for top 4 seeds.
Is Notre Dame not available for a top 4 seed? They were easily qualified this year. Boise and ASU should have been the lowest seeds
That is ridiculous. Any deserving team should be able to earn a top 4 seed….there is no reason for a Boise to be eligible and a Notre Dame to not be eligible
F ND!! If they want a top 4 spot, join a conference!! At least Boise played a conference championship game.
Ok…that has nothing to do with proper seeding. Clemson won the ACC and was seeded 12th. Boise wins the MWC and is seeded 3rd. It’s asinine
I’m not in disagreement about that but ND didn’t “deserve” crap.
You think Boise and Arizona State should be seeded ahead of Notre Dame or Texas or Ohio State?
Boise State will have the same problems IU faced, line play will be dominated by an ND, Texas, and OSU and they’ll likely be curb stomped. Penn St. is +11 in the early line, so why seed a team in the top 4 if they’re a 2 score underdog in their first game? Can you imagine an NCAA tournament #1 seed being the underdog before the Sweet 16? The tournament committee would catch hell if that were the case.
I like the 12 team format but the seeding needs fixed.
I do too, but right now there are maybe 5 of 6 programs that can actually win it all. A 12 team playoff is exciting, however there will always be several teams who can’t hang with the best. You really can’t imagine in football matchups like FDU/Purdue, where there could be an upset with a tiny program beating a major one. Football just doesn’t work the same as basketball.
One of those this year is Ohio State…they are seeded 8th. They need to do the seeding properly. Award the best teams and have a tournament. I’m probably in the minority but I think the first round games should be at the higher seeded teams stadium. Award the teams for having the better year.
I do not have a problem with top seeds playing at home, if it is truly seeded (no automatic seeding). But visiting team should get at least 25% of tickets
But also reward the lower seed (and fans) for getting in by splitting the tickets 50/50.
It was agreed by the conference commissioner’s but in a perfect world the seedlings should have been.
The ticket pricing at ND was unique because of so many IU fans wanting in. We drove the price up. Tickets for psu/smu were sixty bucks.
