Going back to best of 3 would also regenerate the money lost by smaller
home arenas than those used for the most part in regionals.. It would also
seem that adding 1 extra week that effects 4 teams is a lot less school
time lost than having 64 teams travel in week 1 of the B-Ball tourney.
Getting a chance to get teams that you might never otherwise get to come to
your building would be nice.. A Lynah crowd with Michigan in the building
for a playoff weekend would sure be interesting...


> > Craig Powers writes:
> >
> > > A fourth idea, suggested by Jack McDonald of QU, is for the first round
> > > to be played at the site of the better seed, followed (I presume) by
> > > two regionals with two teams each advancing.
> >
> > That's appealing, but it would add an extra week to the tournament.  I
> doubt
> > the NC$$ would approve it.
>
>do you return to the best-of-three format for the first round, or play
>just one game? Seems like a lot of travel for only one game if there are
>east-west matchups in the first round (and west-west matchups too, but
>we're used to it!)
>
>     --david