Post by pk9 on Mar 23, 2017 22:13:43 GMT
Because like I said - the bracket is designed to keep the 1 safe from the big bad 2s and 3s, not the big bad 8s and 9s. It is not designed to make things any easier than that.
Then why is the overall #1 scheduled against the winner of the #66/#67 play in game? Surely if they don't care about the #1 playing the #8 instead of a #13, they wouldn't care about which #16 seed they play?
I'm saying you're trying to solve a problem that isn't a problem. And you want to do that by changing a system that has worked for decades with tremendous fanfare.
But they change the system all the time. Originally there were no seeds at all. Then they were placed in brackets by geographic location. It was only after they expanded that teams could play anyone outside their region before the final four.
The point is, they are always looking to make it better.