A Sea Of Red

So I was looking at the conference tourneys, and I noticed this.
Maybe its not wierd to you but I find it wied but almost cool that the number 1 and 2 teams get 2 byes

ESPN.com wrote:BIG WEST
At Anaheim Convention Center Arena
Anaheim, Calif.
FIRST ROUND
Wednesday, March 12
Game 1: No. 5 UC Irvine vs. No. 8 Long Beach State (9 p.m.)
Game 2: No. 6 Cal Poly vs. No. 7 UC Riverside (11:30 p.m.)
SECOND ROUND
Thursday, March 13
Game 3: No. 3 Cal State Fullerton vs. TBD (9 p.m.)
Game 4: No. 4 Pacific vs. TBD (11:30 p.m.)
SEMIFINALS
Friday, March 14
Game 5: No. 1 UC Santa Barbara vs. TBD (ESPNU, 8:30 p.m.)
Game 6: No. 2 Cal State Northridge vs. TBD (ESPNU, 11 p.m.)
CHAMPIONSHIP
Saturday, March 15
Game 7: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner (ESPN2, 11 p.m.)

Yeah it's the same in the WCC with Gonzaga and St. Mary's getting byes to the semis. The Big East tourney next year will include all 16 teams. So the top 4 seeds will get 2 byes and the next 4 will get 1 bye, so 9-16 seeds will play the first round. If you didn't know, before this only the top 12 teams made the conference tourney. Hence! coaches got fired all the time for not making the tourney, now they will always make it.

sweetnahmah1 wrote:Yeah it's the same in the WCC with Gonzaga and St. Mary's getting byes to the semis. The Big East tourney next year will include all 16 teams. So the top 4 seeds will get 2 byes and the next 4 will get 1 bye, so 9-16 seeds will play the first round. If you didn't know, before this only the top 12 teams made the conference tourney. Hence! coaches got fired all the time for not making the tourney, now they will always make it.

The MEAC plays a first round game on the same day as a second round day - On paper it makes no sense

I don't understand that.