Originally Posted by
SilkyJ
Thanks for posting, this seemed to slip through the cracks this wknd, or at least it did for me. Can someone explain how what they are doing for the "First Four" is now different. From the article:
Are they literally saying that when you received your vote to be in the field was the determinant of whether or not you played in the "First Four." i.e. if Texas was "voted" in at 3pm EST, but then NC State (or whomever) lost in the ACC finals at 5pm, so then they received their at large bid at 5:30pm, then that was the reason they were in the First Four as opposed to Texas? It seems clear that moving forward it will be the 4 lowest seeded at large teams, which is great, but I'm just confused on how they did it before. Also, does this mean they get rid of the 2 16 seed "play-in" games? They really should do that too...
Silky, I am heartened that you understood the quote you posted, which means that it is probably logical. But I, for one, have no idea what the difference between the two approaches actually means.
Kindly,
Sage
Sage Grouse
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