Ill flame wrote: ↑March 13th, 2021, 7:22 pm
After seeing how a lot of other 1 bid leagues do their brackets, I would like to see the A-sun change theirs to give the top couple of seeds byes next year. It makes so sense to me that the 8 seed has to win the same number of games as the 1 and 2 seed. It makes the regular season meaningless. There should be some sort of balance between the A-sun format and the WCC format.
What you are saying has some merit as things were this year, with a one-site tournament. Normally in the ASUN, a high seeding gives you home court for tournament games as well as playing a team with a worse record. Not meaningless at all IMHO. I think giving a bye to top teams is a good option when you have more teams, the way the BSC did the last few years we were there. With 11 teams next year, you could give byes to the top 5 and the bottom 6 would play for the 6-8 seeds. Of course I've been pretty vocal about believing teams not eligible for post-season should not be included, which would drop it back down to 9, and only the 8 and 9 teams would play an extra game.
Another thing I believe is pertinent is that while it sounds good to say you want to make the regular season important, let's not forget that determining regular season standings almost always involve tie-breakers. I'm not a big fan of placing more importance on those than is absolutely necessary.