Road to Reno Minus One

[oldrunner]

There is a very good chance that one of our member schools basketball teams will be on an NCAA post season ban come March. How the BSC chooses to handle the NCAA bid tournament will impact other teams as well. We would be going from a 12 team tournament to 11. Do they change the format, leave it the same, leave the seeding as it falls, or change the seeding to favor the higher seeded teams?

My choice would be to leave the format the way it is, seed all 12 teams as the finished the regular season, and leave the advantage to whomever would have played them first. If the banned team were to finish in the top 4, one team would get an easy trip to the championship game. If the banned team finished between 5 and 8, a lower seeded team would get a pass to the semifinals. If they finished in the bottom 4, things wouldn't be much different than if they were there.

The league could also choose to automatically seed them 12th, giving a 5th team a first round bye, and seeds 1 to 4 with less of an advantage.

Whatever they do, they are bound to get criticized. The BSC needs to be prepared to make a relatively quick choice in the matter. They wouldn't want to spring something on everyone.

 

[thescout]

my guess is that top 5 eligible teams get a bye bottom 6 teams duke it out....leaving 8 for round 2

 

[oldrunner]

my guess is that top 5 eligible teams get a bye bottom 6 teams duke it out....leaving 8 for round 2

In that scenario, which of the top 4 seeds would you pit the 5 seed against in the semifinal round? Do you mess with the original bracketing and reseed the second round? It does matter how you deal with the seed the banned team would have had.

 

[thescout]

BSC becomes an 11 team conference for seeding .... UNC. BSC. finish is voided... top 5 get a bye.

 

[n.ogdencat]

Is UNCO getting hammered with a major probation?

 

[oldrunner]

Is UNCO getting hammered with a major probation?

There has been no official announcements yet. The rumor mill at UNCO is that there was a major academic fraud violation and that the coaches wife was directly involved. The speculation is that there will be major penalties and a probable post season ban. I'm sure that the BSC is just waiting for a final dispensation from the NCAA.

I feel that the only fair thing to do is insure that the 5 seed plays the 4 seed in the second round. With that in mind, the 3 seed should not be matched with anyone higher than the 7 seed, the 2 seed with the 8 seed, and the 1 seed with the 9 seed or lower. To me the 4 seed is getting a raw deal because they will be the only one playing a fresh team and that team will have plenty of time to prepare for them. Who ever has to play the 5 seed is getting the short end of the deal. :twocents: