This is just for fun. I know this will never happen with the current regulations, but I just wanted to see what people thought about this idea.
12 Team Tournament: 8 East, 4 West
East: 6 Conference Winners plus 2 At-Large
West: 3 Conference Winners plus 1 At-Large
*I don't care what system is used for At-Large as long as it's a known metric*
Keep the time-frame we're using this season with two full weekends before the championship.
East: Rank the teams between 1-8
West: Rank the teams between 1-4
First Weekend:
@E1
E1 v E8
E4 v E5
Winners play the next day
@E2
E2 v E7
E3 v E6
Winners play the next day
@W1
W1 v W4
@W2
W2 v W3
Second Weekend:
Remaining two East teams @ higher seed
Remaining two West teams @ higher seed
Third Weekend:
Best two-out-of-three Championship Series
East Winner v West Winner @ Campus site (Alternate East/West every year)
In my opinion nothing beats championship games played on campus. I know it limits traveling fans, but the atmosphere is unreal.
So, just as an example using the current rankings and higher seeds, this tournament would look like:
East:
@Oswego
Oswego v Curry
Norwich v Williams
@Elmira
Elmira v Mass-Dartmouth
Plattsburgh v Castleton
West:
Hamline @ St. Norbert
UWS @ Adrian
*I've flipped the rankings of Castelton/Williams and Hamline/UWS to avoid 1st round intra-conference match-ups. Also there is no 500 mile rule because we will be saving money by playing a total of 6 games at only 2 sites in the east on the 1st weekend.
12 Team Tournament: 8 East, 4 West
East: 6 Conference Winners plus 2 At-Large
West: 3 Conference Winners plus 1 At-Large
*I don't care what system is used for At-Large as long as it's a known metric*
Keep the time-frame we're using this season with two full weekends before the championship.
East: Rank the teams between 1-8
West: Rank the teams between 1-4
First Weekend:
@E1
E1 v E8
E4 v E5
Winners play the next day
@E2
E2 v E7
E3 v E6
Winners play the next day
@W1
W1 v W4
@W2
W2 v W3
Second Weekend:
Remaining two East teams @ higher seed
Remaining two West teams @ higher seed
Third Weekend:
Best two-out-of-three Championship Series
East Winner v West Winner @ Campus site (Alternate East/West every year)
In my opinion nothing beats championship games played on campus. I know it limits traveling fans, but the atmosphere is unreal.
So, just as an example using the current rankings and higher seeds, this tournament would look like:
East:
@Oswego
Oswego v Curry
Norwich v Williams
@Elmira
Elmira v Mass-Dartmouth
Plattsburgh v Castleton
West:
Hamline @ St. Norbert
UWS @ Adrian
*I've flipped the rankings of Castelton/Williams and Hamline/UWS to avoid 1st round intra-conference match-ups. Also there is no 500 mile rule because we will be saving money by playing a total of 6 games at only 2 sites in the east on the 1st weekend.
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