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Post by nyhuskyfan on Mar 29, 2021 9:44:39 GMT -5
Let me start with this, this is an off the wall idea.
ESPN re-seeding the tournament after every round has given me an idea.
The tournament committee seeds all 64 teams then has a draft each round where the top seeded team get to pick it's opponent from the remaining teams that are ranked in the bottom half. You go on down the line like this until number 32 gets whoever is left. We can do this before the start of every round.
I know this is far fetched, I'm not suggesting it would ever work, but it would be pretty freaking cool and maybe it could be a format in one of those 8 team preseason tournaments.
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Post by phil on Mar 29, 2021 15:28:13 GMT -5
Let me start with this, this is an off the wall idea. ESPN re-seeding the tournament after every round has given me an idea. The tournament committee seeds all 64 teams then has a draft each round where the top seeded team get to pick it's opponent from the remaining teams that are ranked in the bottom half. You go on down the line like this until number 32 gets whoever is left. We can do this before the start of every round. I know this is far fetched, I'm not suggesting it would ever work, but it would be pretty freaking cool and maybe it could be a format in one of those 8 team preseason tournaments. That's a fascinating concept. Won't happen, but think of the fun when the overall top seed picks their opponent, and that coach motivates their team talking about the disrespect. It also puts a weird spin on the school year team picking, where you don't want to be picked last. Here, picked first is the most disrespect and being picked last is a mark of honor. |
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Post by swash on Mar 29, 2021 15:51:00 GMT -5
Let me start with this, this is an off the wall idea. ESPN re-seeding the tournament after every round has given me an idea. The tournament committee seeds all 64 teams then has a draft each round where the top seeded team get to pick it's opponent from the remaining teams that are ranked in the bottom half. You go on down the line like this until number 32 gets whoever is left. We can do this before the start of every round. I know this is far fetched, I'm not suggesting it would ever work, but it would be pretty freaking cool and maybe it could be a format in one of those 8 team preseason tournaments. A small number of tournaments have explored similar veins. Interestingly, it rarely falls as chalk would predict. Top teams often will take on someone tougher overall to play a team they haven't seen yet, or to avoid playing against a particular star. Specific strengths might come into play as well, I'd rather play a tough Defensive team that doesn't score much than an Iowa who tries to outscore you. I have never seen it in basketball, but I have in Soccer. I think it was even proposed Nationally as the format for an 8-team BCS College football playoff bracket a couple of years back The thing I like best about the idea is how much motivation a squad has if they were hand-picked as the worst remaining team? The downside is that there is a necessary lag ... nobody can decide until everyone finishes their first round games, then you need time for all of the decisions to be made and recorded before you can schedule the next round. The NCAA's would last four weeks at a bare minimum, and likely five or six in order to preserve the desirable (and lucrative) TV slots. You're right is it unlikely, but still fun to think about |
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