(10-12-2023 09:12 AM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(10-12-2023 09:09 AM)Sicembear11 Wrote:  

(10-12-2023 08:35 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

(10-12-2023 08:31 AM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(10-12-2023 08:28 AM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:  

I saw that. I still think the A-10 will make the cut ultimately. IMO every FBS league, the Ivy League, and the multi-bid basketball leagues are the NCAA. Every body else for the most part is fluff.

Based on his quote, I'm nearly 100% in agreeance of who he'd bring with. The G5 for football scheduling, the Big East for obvious reasons, and the A10/MVC/WCC to help fill out the Cinderella spots for March Madness. Whether he'd want to go beyond those 13 conferences is anyone's guess. I don't think you'd a scenario where the cut-off is, say, 25 conferences leaving the HBCUs right below the cut line. It'll be somewhere in the 13-20 range.

If you bring that many then you are already missing the purposes of culling the ranks of D1. I think it will be a smaller number.

P4 + MWC/AAC and the Big East (assuming it doesn't get blown up and divided between the conferences). I'm imagining the larger jewels that don't fall into those groups will be absorbed in some way. Schools like Gonzaga and VCU might find homes in the MWC and AAC.

That group covers all states with a D1 FBS presence and markets of relevance. The only states without a school would be the same as they are now: Alaska, Delaware, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Vermont.

I expect the first changes will be ensuring a larger unit percentage going back to NCAA tourney appearances and winners. This will leave less money for other NCAA championship and tournament ventures, but that is the first and most direct redirection of revenue that can occur.

The NCAA tournament is a massive money maker and even more important than the CFP to the major schools. The format (at least 64 schools) needs to be maintained and there needs to be 12-16 Cinderellas to keep max audiences.

I think as far as the Floridas and USCs and Texas' and Ohio States and North Carolina's are concerned, Florida Atlantic and South Carolina and Rice and Ohio U and Temple are plenty Cinderella enough for them.