Actually, we need to bring in the heavy artillery here.
I can’t stress how stupid this all is.
We’re talking about ruining - yes ruining - the best thing in sports.
Spare me the argument ‘it’s just 2 or 4 more games, what’s wrong with that?’
We already have it!
There’s 30 regular season games.
There’s conference tournaments.
Conference tournaments are play-in games.
We hear it every single goddamn season, especially when it’s the garbage 8/9 game in the ACC.
Not to mention the whole expansion thing ruins even more of the regular season and conference tournaments.
It’s a battle I have with every person who says college basketball’s regular season doesn’t matter.
Wins and losses matter for seeding and to make a Tournament.
We don’t know who the bubble teams are.
And, yes, teams can ‘afford’ a loss, but that’s because they get wins.
You expand, even by 4 or 8, and those losses matter less and less.
No one wants that.
And the biggest thing?
We’re talking about adding teams who won’t win titles.
What’s so wrong with saying, hey, you’re average, you don’t get in?
You are costing fans what we love about the event and sport.
