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re: Conference Auto Bids

Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:18 am to
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
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Posted on 5/12/24 at 10:18 am to
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the ACC the only conference with a basketball tourney back in the day? Then, other conferences started holding one for the TV money and exposure.
I wonder if the small conferences make enough from the tournament to make up for more money if they win a game in the NCAA s.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
22892 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 12:30 pm to
If the team was really deserving enough all season, they’d get an at-large bid
Posted by TigerSooner
Member since Nov 2023
1583 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 12:55 pm to
Not in the Southland, or any other 1 bid league. That's why the rule needs to be changed.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
22892 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 4:07 pm to
quote:

Not in the Southland, or any other 1 bid league
Every league is a 1 bid league. Half the field is at-large bids
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
49622 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 4:26 pm to
quote:

Every league is a 1 bid league. Half the field is at-large bids


This
Posted by TigerSooner
Member since Nov 2023
1583 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 4:40 pm to
Not the Southland. The NCAA has to make sure half a dozen Pac, Big, Big 12, and SEC teams get in.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
22892 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 4:53 pm to
quote:

Not the Southland. The NCAA has to make sure half a dozen Pac, Big, Big 12, and SEC teams get in.
A quick glance at Mcneese’s schedule shows they went 1-10 against teams from those conferences.

0-10 vs RPI top 25, 2-10 vs RPI top 50

18-18 non-conference record

Maybe if yall had actually beaten a few decent teams all year, you’d be in a better position for an at-large bid
Posted by TigerSooner
Member since Nov 2023
1583 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 7:39 pm to
While that's a good point, I have a hard time buying into it when all 13 SEC teams made it (only 1 conference tournament champion too, remember?).

Yall go ahead and keep down voting my facts tho, lol.
Posted by TigerSooner
Member since Nov 2023
1583 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 8:42 pm to
Cleveland State, 22-24 record.
Southeast Missouri State, 28-24 record.
Northern Colorado, 27-24 record.

All in NCAA tournament.

40 win and Southland Conference regular season champion McNeese left out.

But yep, this system of having conference tournament champions receive the auto bid is totally fine. Nothing to see here. Just move along (oh, but by all means down vote this post first).
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
49622 posts
Posted on 5/12/24 at 9:45 pm to
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all 13 SEC teams made it


That blows my mind… talk about a meaningless regular season
Posted by TigerSooner
Member since Nov 2023
1583 posts
Posted on 5/13/24 at 6:14 am to
EXACTLY!! THIS!! ALL DAY!! THE SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY ASININE.
Posted by castorinho
13623 posts
Member since Nov 2010
83424 posts
Posted on 5/13/24 at 7:46 am to
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Are conferences required to have tourneys? I could have sworn back in the day some conferences did just send their regular season winner. At least in basketball, not sure about baseball.
Boils down to money generated by tourney I think.
Posted by YeahYeah
Member since Jun 2016
2248 posts
Posted on 5/13/24 at 7:55 am to
quote:

That blows my mind… talk about a meaningless regular season

quote:

EXACTLY!! THIS!! ALL DAY!! THE SYSTEM IS COMPLETELY ASININE.

How did you miss the sarcasm?
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
22892 posts
Posted on 5/13/24 at 8:51 am to
All 13 teams making it is a bit much. But the bottom 3 were 22-6, 26-6, and 24-8 in non-conference games.

Mcneese was 18-18 out of conference. If you play in a weak conference, then you don’t have room to complain about being left out if you couldn’t win non-conference games. SEC is stacked and even the bottom feeders were winning 75-80% of their non-conference games
Posted by Speckhunter2012
Lake Charles
Member since Dec 2012
6816 posts
Posted on 5/13/24 at 9:20 am to
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All 13 teams making it is a bit much. But the bottom 3 were 22-6, 26-6, and 24-8 in non-conference games.

Mcneese was 18-18 out of conference. If you play in a weak conference, then you don’t have room to complain about being left out if you couldn’t win non-conference games. SEC is stacked and even the bottom feeders were winning 75-80% of their non-conference games


This. McNeese Softball is getting close to taking that next step. I am a fan and would love for them to have gotten at-large bid.

They are not afraid to play anyone. However, they need to be more competitive against that upper tier to have had a stronger argument for at-large.
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