UMRBLOG'S MODEST PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE THE NCAA TOURNEY
Modest Proposal One: go to 68 teams and four play in games, all in Dayton;
Modest Proposal Two: No team with an automatic berth can be placed into the play-in round;
Modest Proposal Three: No regular season champion can be placed into the play-in round;
Modest Proposal Four: At Least one Big East Team, one A-10 team and one Mo. Valley Team must play in the play-in;
Modest Proposal Five: At least one Gonzaga player will be drug tested at every TV time out;
Modest Proposal Six: The Committee Picks four one seeds, who play the play-in winners in the first round. This is the only seeding;
Modest Proposal Seven: All other brackets are filled by pulling names out of a hat and filling in blanks in a predesignated order, No geography. No seeding. Totally Random.
Modest Proposal Eight: Billy Packer can talk about anything he wants except the ACC. During any game involving an ACC team, Packer will be placed in Time Out.
Modest Proposal Nine: We return to the OLD "One Shining Moment"--Good Night, Luther.
Modest Proposal Ten: Jim Nantz is replaced by anybody, as long as that person really LIKES basketball!
Modest Proposal Eleven: UMRBlog gets to see the Bracket Lady's picks before he submits his!
Happy Brackets, Everybody!
posted by UMRBlog @ 09:18
1 comments
1 Comments:
UMR,
Totally agree with No. 1 and I bet that happens sometime in the next decade. However, instead of being pegged as 16 seeds, they're slotted in as No. 12 seeds.
Nos. 2-3 are also on point. The only caveat being a team with a losing record should be included. Had no problem with Coppin State being in the opening game this year. I said if the Illini had won on Sunday they should have been Dayton-bound.
No. 4: Don't know if we need to point the finger at certain leagues, but the Villanovas and Illionis States of the world would be in the play-in round this year.
No. 5: Weren't Adam Morrison's insulin shots enough a few years back. (BTW, whatever happened to him. He and JJ have certainly made their marks in the Association.)
No. 6: Another interesting concept.
No. 7: Could you imagine the live coverage of that. It would kind of be like when the names are pulled out of the hat for the World Cup groupings (or so I'm told).
No. 8: Give us more Ian Eagle and Jim Spanarkel!!! (Kidding.)
No. 9: Can't even remember the old one, the new one sickens me.
No. 10: Two words: Bill Raftery. "Send it in, Jerome!"
No. 11: Just give up. You know you're beat.
Love it when you opine on sports. The legal talk is usually way over my head.
Thanks for the entertainment.
Post a Comment
<< Home