Wednesday, September 9, 2020
The ACC wants to have everyone make the NCAA Basketball Tournament
I'm not necessarily against this idea -- but I will support it only if it's done through a series of District, Regional, and National Tournaments that tracks the KHSAA Sweet 16.
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UK would be in a region that covers the states of Kentucky and Tennessee. There would be four districts. One district would feature Louisville, Western, Murray, Austin Peay, and UT-Martin. Another would feature Kentucky, Morehead, Eastern, and Northern Kentucky. Another would feature Memphis, Vandy, Belmont, Lipscomb, and Tennessee State. And the other would feature Tennessee, ETSU, MTSU, UT-Chattanooga, and Tennessee Tech.
ReplyDeleteEach district would make its own decision about where the tournament is played.
ReplyDeleteThe regional tournament would circulate back and forth between Kentucky and Tennessee. In odd years, the tournament would be held at either Rupp Arena or the Yum Center. In even years, the tournament would be held in Memphis, Nashville, or Knoxville.
ReplyDeleteThe finalists in each district tournament would advance to regionals. The winner of the regional tournament would be in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
ReplyDeleteThere's no seeding in the district tournaments; you have to play who you draw. So if Vandy draws Memphis in the first round of the district tournament, for one of those teams that will be the last game of the year.
ReplyDeleteBased on how Ken Pom had everyone ranked, here's how the 2020 regional would have set up:
ReplyDeleteDistrict Champs:
(9) Louisville
(29) Kentucky
(59) Memphis
(56) ETSU
District Runners-Up
Murray St. (136)
No. Kentucky (144)
Belmont (109)
Tennessee (68)
Now you want to keep your district winners from the same state separated until you reach the final, so the regional draw would look like this:
ReplyDeleteLouisville v. Tennessee
Memphis v. No. Kentucky
Kentucky v. Belmont
ETSU v. Murray St.
Aye.
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