Why does the NCAA #11 have to play the Play In game.

the 11 line is usually for the last 2 teams that get at large bids........so they "play in"

I think they don't want to eliminate four conference champions before the tourney. A little bone for the small-time programs.

When they added the four additional teams into the tournament they needed to add the extra round to allow them to play in to the tournament. Those 4 additional teams are at-large teams that would not have been accepted into the tournament if the field was limited to 64 teams.

Adding 4 teams requires 8 teams to play 4 games in the "first four" round. So they have the "last four" at large teams play two of the games (normally to become a pair of 11 seeds) and they also have 4 of the worst automatic teams play to become a pair of 16 seeds.

Louisville and Baylor in the NIT??? When did this happen.

splitty mcsplitterson wrote:

When they added the four additional teams into the tournament they needed to add the extra round to allow them to play in to the tournament. Those 4 additional teams are at-large teams that would not have been accepted into the tournament if the field was limited to 64 teams.

Adding 4 teams requires 8 teams to play 4 games in the "first four" round. So they have the "last four" at large teams play two of the games (normally to become a pair of 11 seeds) and they also have 4 of the worst automatic teams play to become a pair of 16 seeds.

It's stupid and goes to show how college-educated people dont know anything. So, they want to add 4 more teams...okay, great, but they should be playing the #16 seed teams, not any from the 11th seeds. Plain ass stupid!

Steve O wrote:

Louisville and Baylor in the NIT??? When did this happen.

It happened during the 2018 season.

Hope this helps.

Steve O wrote:

Louisville and Baylor in the NIT??? When did this happen.

C'mon man!...what did you expect when they ousted Slick Rick Pitino? One of the slickest coaches and he's gone and now Louisville is on a downward spiral!

What's up with this? wrote:

splitty mcsplitterson wrote:

When they added the four additional teams into the tournament they needed to add the extra round to allow them to play in to the tournament. Those 4 additional teams are at-large teams that would not have been accepted into the tournament if the field was limited to 64 teams.

Adding 4 teams requires 8 teams to play 4 games in the "first four" round. So they have the "last four" at large teams play two of the games (normally to become a pair of 11 seeds) and they also have 4 of the worst automatic teams play to become a pair of 16 seeds.

It's stupid and goes to show how college-educated people dont know anything. So, they want to add 4 more teams...okay, great, but they should be playing the #16 seed teams, not any from the 11th seeds. Plain ass stupid!

BLUF: Because those at-large teams are not the lowest ranked teams overall. It’s beacause of how the committee selects the teams:

Alan