define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); broadcast rights – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Wed, 08 May 2013 23:34:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court So What If Turner Broadcasts the Final Four? 68 Beats 96 Any Day… http://rushthecourt.net/2013/05/08/so-what-if-turner-broadcasts-the-final-four-68-beats-96-any-day/ http://rushthecourt.net/2013/05/08/so-what-if-turner-broadcasts-the-final-four-68-beats-96-any-day/#respond Wed, 08 May 2013 19:45:33 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=97162

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Whenever someone brings up the possibility of a 96-team NCAA Tournament, reaction is unanimously predictable. Folks cringe, unnerved at the idea of seeing the regular season devalued at the expense of more Tournament games involving fewer quality teams. Bubble discussion would cease to be anything remotely close to riveting; when losing conference records and +100 RPI figures (and even uglier tempo-free profiles) are perfectly qualified for at-large admission, the enterprise breaks down. Opening-round byes for top seeds would feel inauthentic. Nobody wants a 96–team NCAA field. Maybe the NCAA, for [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2013/05/08/so-what-if-turner-broadcasts-the-final-four-68-beats-96-any-day/feed/ 0