Should the NCAA consider reseeding?

Mar 23, 2017 22:13:43 GMT pk9 said:

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.

No, the NCAA shouldn't consider reseeding.  Besides making it impossible to fill out a 64-team bracket before the tournament, reseeding creates 2 major problems:

1. Currently, #2 plays #15 and #7 plays #10 on the same day at the same arena.  The winner of the 7/10 game knows that in 2 days they'll play at that same arena against the winner of the 2/15 game.  Reseeding means that the winner of the 7/10 game may have to play #3 or #4 or some other seed.  But #3, #4, and all other seeds are at some other location.  So the winner of the 7/10 game may have to travel to another location for their 2nd-round game.

2. Currently, the 1st round is divided into 2 days.  16 games on Thursday and 16 games on Friday.  At the end of Thursday's games, each of the 16 Thursday winners knows that they'll be playing on Saturday at the same arena and knows who they'll be playing.  Reseeding means that some teams might not know who or where they'll play their 2nd-round game until the end of Friday's games.  So some teams may have to get on a plane on Friday night and travel to another location to play a Saturday morning game.

Not only would the teams have to travel, but any parents, alumni, and fans of the team that went to the game would also have to make last-minute travel and hotel arrangements for the 2nd-round game.  Also, if a team played on Thursday and they're reseeded to play a team that played on Friday, does the game get played on Saturday or Sunday?