>     As things stand, with 12 of 45 making next year's tourney, that will
>     result in a ratio of 26.7% NCAA qualifiers.  16 of 45 would be 35.6%.
>     I don't know how many DivI basketball teams there are - does anyone
>     know, so we can see the ratio in hoop?  It seems to me that the NCAA
>     is reluctant to go over the magic 1/3 ratio.
 
 
There are 296 Div. I basketball teams, since there is 64 in the tournament
that makes 21.6% of the teams. If you count the 32 teams in the NIT that
would make 96 total or 32.4% of the teams.
 
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