[Cider Jim]

Longwood LOST to Winthrop. The Eagles are in the championship game!

[Purple Haize]

NCAA rules give conference champions automatic bid. That's the number one rule for getting into tournament.

The 4 teams that go to Dayton should be the last 4 at large teams to get in.

The winner of BSC tournament has as much right to be in tournament as SEC or ACC champion.

NCAA rules also say that after the automatic bids from conference championships have been determined the selection committee completes the field by choosing at large teams and then seeds the entire field. It's only you that thinks one rule is somehow more valid than another. Just being a conference champion doesn't mean you are good, especially when it is determined by a post season tournament which can be won by a team with 20 losses.

Are you off your meds? do you have an issue according them? Because you've agreed with me a lot recently and I am a little worried for you

[JK37]

NCAA rules give conference champions automatic bid. That's the number one rule for getting into tournament.

The 4 teams that go to Dayton should be the last 4 at large teams to get in.

The winner of BSC tournament has as much right to be in tournament as SEC or ACC champion.

I am in 100% agreement with ballcoach here. But the kicker is this: the low-major conferences whose champions might get a first round game in Dayton (not called a play-in anymore) - they LIKE it! Gives them a winnable game, and why is that important? Because a win earns their league an extra share of the revenue sharing for the next seven years.

[JK37]

BJ, you're tellin us how it is done. Ballcoach is laying out a plan for a way of doing it which he thinks is better.

You've got to develop a way to disagree without being disagreeable, or get off the board.

[PAmedic]

BJ, you're tellin us how it is done. Ballcoach is laying out a plan for a way of doing it which he thinks is better.

You've got to develop a way to disagree without being disagreeable, or get off the board.

Well said brother

Thank you

I'd vote for option B

[Purple Haize]

BJ, you're tellin us how it is done. Ballcoach is laying out a plan for a way of doing it which he thinks is better.

You've got to develop a way to disagree without being disagreeable, or get off the board.

Well said brother

Thank you

I'd vote for option B

Bullies. Both of you.

[g-webb1994]

[BJWilliams]

Belmont punches the first ticket to the dance, Murray State will have to sweat out the next week

[ATrain]

Belmont punches the first ticket to the dance, Murray State will have to sweat out the next week

Murray State isn't getting in. The OVC isn't the MVC or even the old CAA.

[ATrain]

BJ, you're tellin us how it is done. Ballcoach is laying out a plan for a way of doing it which he thinks is better.

You've got to develop a way to disagree without being disagreeable, or get off the board.

Well said brother

Thank you

I'd vote for option B

+1

[Purple Haize]

BJ, you're tellin us how it is done. Ballcoach is laying out a plan for a way of doing it which he thinks is better.

You've got to develop a way to disagree without being disagreeable, or get off the board.

Well said brother

Thank you

I'd vote for option B

+1

U
Why you bullyin' bro?

[thepostman]

I don't want BJ to stop posting. I find him entertaining. Just for all the wrong reasons.

[jack_sparrow81]

North Florida ended up being decent after all, taking the A-Sun Championship this weekend. One thing that needs to change is the tournament format for our conference. Go back to having the having the 1 through 4 seeds having home court advantage for the quarterfinals and the semifinals/championship being played at the highest seed from there. There must have been a benefit from a revenue stand point when the format was like this. How much longer do we have to play in Myrtle Beach?

[BJWilliams]

I think this was the last year of the first contract under this format I believe

[WinthropEagleFan]

They added an extra year to the deal over the summer, so next year's tournament will be in Conway too.

[ballcoach15]

A tournament championship game should never be played on home court of one of the teams playing in title game. That's an unfair advantage. Play at a neutral site.

[JK37]

If that team earned the home court through seeding or winning a bid to host, I have no problem with it.

[Cider Jim]

The ACC tournament is often held in Greensboro (or Atlanta); with all due respect, I'd like to see the Big South tournament held every year in the Conway/Myrtle Beach area. What's not to love about the beach in March???

[ATrain]

The ACC tournament is often held in Greensboro (or Atlanta); with all due respect, I'd like to see the Big South tournament held every year in the Conway/Myrtle Beach area. What's not to love about the beach in March???

B/c Myrtle Beach can be cold in March. We did a missions trip to MB one year in March for Spring Break, we left Lynchburg in the snow (but it was 70's by the time we got to MB), and we had 2-3 days of good weather then it got rainy and cold the rest of the day.

[ballcoach15]

Greensboro would be good for BSC, except arena would have lot of empty seats, but at least it would be a neutral court. I do not like for anyone to have home court advantage. It isn't fair to all the other teams.

[thepostman]

A tournament championship game should never be played on home court of one of the teams playing in title game. That's an unfair advantage. Play at a neutral site.

It is fair, you have all season to get that privilege

[VAGolf]

A tournament championship game should never be played on home court of one of the teams playing in title game. That's an unfair advantage. Play at a neutral site.

It is fair, you have all season to get that privilege

What are you talking about?

[thepostman]

A tournament championship game should never be played on home court of one of the teams playing in title game. That's an unfair advantage. Play at a neutral site.

It is fair, you have all season to get that privilege

What are you talking about?

I am talking about the way the Big South use to do it and reward the school with the best regular season record with home court advantage.

[ballcoach15]

Tournaments should be played on a neutral court. Regular season records should be for seeding purposes only.

Come tournament time playing field/court should be level, with no team having an advantage pertaining to the venue.

[g-webb1994]

I am talking about the way the Big South use to do it and reward the school with the best regular season record with home court advantage.

If they did that this year, the games would have been in a 800 seat high school gym with very little media capability.