<![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game - Deadspin Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/deadspin.com.png <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game - Deadspin Comments]]> http://deadspin.com Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:28:20 EDT Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:28:20 EDT http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4745672 Have the two biggest busts in their conference tournaments, say, Tennessee and Duke, have to do the play-in game. It would stop teams that are "assured" of a spot in the Big Dance from taking their little dances off.

IchiroSuzukiSamurai

]]> 11:368593:c4745672 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:28:20 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4744322 @Brazil Thrill: And yet all three of those have more representation in Congress then Washington D.C.

/needlessly political

PrinceMyshkin

]]> 11:368593:c4744322 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:14:39 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4743758 @TheTick: That'll never happen, mustn't violate the integrity of the 34 at-large bids... (boot to the Mountain West Conference's collective head for that)

drjayphd

]]> 11:368593:c4743758 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:20:53 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4741641 I just thought of this to solve the problem. College basketball...bowl games!!! duuuuuude...

Laser Guided

]]> 11:368593:c4741641 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:28:54 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4741091 @Windier E. Megatons: Then make four play-in games for the four 12 seeds. Since the 11-12 seeds are usually reserved for the last 4 teams to make it (usually power conference players), take 8 bubble teams and let them play for the right to dance. Everyone wins, (obviously not everyone, but still) with the smaller conferences getting their time to shine and those that feel shunned get the chance to play for a chance.

THE hoi polloi

]]> 11:368593:c4741091 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:55:32 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4741090 It's not a "play-in" game. In theory, either team *could win the national championship. Ohio St. cannot. Hence, they are both in.

thesepretzels

]]> 11:368593:c4741090 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:55:28 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4740734 They should make the play-in game between the last two at large teams. How about Villanova vs. St. Joe's as a nice Big 5 play-in game.

HugsFromHarold

]]> 11:368593:c4740734 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:36:30 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4740573 Make the play-in game between the worst (by record) conference winner against the worst (by record) at-large bid. Vote no to the NCAA Tourney backdoor bandits.

GreatOdensRaven

]]> 11:368593:c4740573 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:28:35 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4740472 @metsarethe...:

It's a fine idea that would be better if it included a play in game featuring the Washington Generals.

Philistine

]]> 11:368593:c4740472 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:23:43 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739964 Let's just skip the regular season all together and have and 364 team tourney thay everyone can be in...

metsarethe...

]]> 11:368593:c4739964 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:59:17 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739791 They should get rid of the play-in game and find a way to exclude an ACC team -- one of these years Billy Packer's head will actually explode as a result and we'll finally be rid of him once and for all.

Yinka Double Dare

]]> 11:368593:c4739791 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:54:07 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739738 They should merge the two second class-citizen teams into one almost first class-citizen team. Or both play-in teams should just play to a scoreless tie and see what that elitist tourney committee does then. Dicks.

Patchy Drizzle

]]> 11:368593:c4739738 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:52:36 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739650 @Brazil Thrill: Which happen to border Midwestern on either side.

Hubert Humphrey Methadone

]]> 11:368593:c4739650 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:50:18 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739638 Lets just extend it one weekend and invite 256 of the 341 D1 schools to the dance.
Then we can all opine about who's gonna be the first 1 to lose to a 64
/ulterior motive- WMU would be in
//They would still get beat by Coppin State




Al Czerviks Ride

]]> 11:368593:c4739638 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:49:45 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739511 @Brazil Thrill: I'm fighting the urge to regurgitate all of the useless shit I learned while researching the Coppin State capsule.

Storming the Floor

]]> 11:368593:c4739511 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:45:57 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739481 @Riddler: maybe because they deserve to be in the play-in game. Its like affirmative action for basketball teams. Im sorry, make up whatever conspiracy you want, but the two lowest rated teams are, not too suprisingly, HBCUs this year.

*I say not suprisingly because those conferences are often producing the lowest ranked team to make it in

Steve Trachsel, Ace

]]> 11:368593:c4739481 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:45:01 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739469 @Dan Serafini: I prefer Oregon

Storming the Floor

]]> 11:368593:c4739469 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:44:37 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739460 If the NCAAs had any stones, they'd revert back to the old format of no at large bids.

The Teufel Shuffle

]]> 11:368593:c4739460 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:44:18 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739426 @UkraineNotWeak: ESPN is lobbying for this same concept with regard to the upcoming baseball season. Despite the traditional notions of the National League vs American League, the Yankees and Red Sox will simply get it over with and play for the Championship.

FightTiger

]]> 11:368593:c4739426 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:42:52 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739391 The NCAA tournament is welcome to keep pulling this kind of crap all it wants... just as long as I don't catch the MLB shoehorning in any playoffs contenders via half-assed one-game playoffs that result in the winner getting their asses handed to them by a stronger team after going through all that.

Wait...

futuremrsrickankiel

]]> 11:368593:c4739391 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:41:13 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739387 What is the point of the play-in game again? Oh yeah- so a deserving team like Villanova can get in, and end all the "my team should have been in" arguments.
Job done, then.


Al Czerviks Ride

]]> 11:368593:c4739387 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:40:55 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739375 @TheStarterWife:

Why don't we just have Duke and Crolina play for the championship every year because those are the only two teams people care about. At least that's what ESPN tells me.

UkraineNotWeak

]]> 11:368593:c4739375 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:40:28 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739372 At least this year they avoid the controversy of sticking to HBCUs against each other. Nothing awkward about doing that every year or anything.

"Hey, let's have the two non-competitive historically black schools square off against each other to see which of them gets to lick the boots of a #1 seed."

Nope, not awkward.

It's no wonder Mount St. Mary's is pissed. They've been dropped to the level usually reserved for the FAMU / Alcorn State / Norfolk State's of the world.

/ 2008 Democratic campaign'd
// Bill Clinton'd
/// Ferraro'd



Riddler

]]> 11:368593:c4739372 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:40:12 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739343 Why exactly dont they have 4 play in games? You got one already, whats 3 more? Then you can include the regular season winners of these little conferences as well, and give more of the cinderallas a chance to play on the big stage.

What did Cinderalla do when she got to the ball?

Gagged.

crazyjoedavola

]]> 11:368593:c4739343 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:38:54 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739337 @TheStarterWife: Maybe they could call it the Basketball Championship Series, and give it a fancy acronym to match that name.

Brazil Thrill's Shot Was Blocked By KG

]]> 11:368593:c4739337 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:38:34 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739332 @HebrewHammer: they were bitching cause they brought in a couple big screens to watch the selection show and had set up a whole on-campus event out of it. kinda spoiled that.

Steve Trachsel, Ace

]]> 11:368593:c4739332 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:38:27 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739329 Coach of Mount St. Mary's is definitely complaining about the wrong thing. It's a total joke that Mount St. Mary's is even IN the play-in game. RPI of 159, 18-14, winners of the 23rd-ranked RPI conference, meanwhile Mississippi Valley State gets a pass at 15-15, RPI of 228, winners of the 31st-ranked RPI conference. Same thing happened last year with Niagara and Jackson State. People bitch to no end about snubs, but this stuff is just as bad, if not worse.

Kelvin Sampson's Rollover Minutes

]]> 11:368593:c4739329 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:38:22 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739326 @The Teufel Shuffle:

Do you think people in Dayton wake up screaming each morning because they realize they live in Dayton?

UkraineNotWeak

]]> 11:368593:c4739326 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:38:18 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739325 "Once they realized they were still holding hands, both young men realized that they couldn't keep their relationship a secret much longer and that sooner or later it would be revealed."

Weed Against Speed

]]> 11:368593:c4739325 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:38:17 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739309 Coppin Afeel State - now there's a school we can support.

suntastic

]]> 11:368593:c4739309 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:37:25 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739293 The guy on the left appears to be imitating some Lil Jon saying or another.

suntastic

]]> 11:368593:c4739293 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:36:46 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739283 Did you know Raheem DeVaughn went to Coppin State?

If so, can you be sure I just didn't make that name up?

ArkansasFred

]]> 11:368593:c4739283 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:36:24 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739263 "Coppin State" sounds like their mascot should be the "Ol' Prospectors."

Carlton_Whitfield

]]> 11:368593:c4739263 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:35:30 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739261 No play-in games? Why not just reduce the field to 32 teams? Or better yet, 16? Wait, too many. Four teams, just play with four teams, no play-ins.

You know what, fuck this all. Just start with two teams that are arbitrarily voted on by a bunch of reporters and coaches and then just call that the national championship.

TheStarterWife

]]> 11:368593:c4739261 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:35:26 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739244 I'm pretty sure if you find out you're in the play in game 90 minutes beforehand or if you find out during the actual Selection Show, you get the same result: the feeling of not actually being in the tournament. So who cares?

HebrewHammer

]]> 11:368593:c4739244 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:34:35 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739243 How about you just enjoy playing in front of a larger audience that you ever have before, and maybe even winning a game before UNC eats your lunch?

OchentaYcinco

]]> 11:368593:c4739243 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:34:34 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739242 They have to keep the play-in game. What else am I going to do tomorrow here in Dayton? I guess I could kill myself for you know...living in Dayton.

Lindsay Lohans Left Boob

]]> 11:368593:c4739242 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:34:33 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739239 They could have given the spots to the two worst teams to get in, regardless of how. But that would have made it two HBCU and everyone would have shit a brick.

Steve Trachsel, Ace

]]> 11:368593:c4739239 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:34:28 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739216 I didn't know there was a state named Coppin. Must be right next to the states of Appalachian and Portland.

Brazil Thrill's Shot Was Blocked By KG

]]> 11:368593:c4739216 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:33:30 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739205 Well it's a good thing you're not paid to be a fan, isn't it Milan?

ArkansasFred

]]> 11:368593:c4739205 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:32:51 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739203 C'mon, who doesn't love a trip to Dayton right now? Pansies.

The Teufel Shuffle

]]> 11:368593:c4739203 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:32:44 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739190 All those guys look like they're Coppin something.

goathair

]]> 11:368593:c4739190 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:32:03 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739173 @TheTick: This is what should happen, but never will because the last at-large teams are usually major-conference teams who will generate a lot more money by their guaranteed inclusion.

Windier E. Megatons

]]> 11:368593:c4739173 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:31:28 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739157 @SEXY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: Next you're going to say they should have their own schools! You're a rabid anti-dentite!

FightTiger

]]> 11:368593:c4739157 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:30:56 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739143 The fuck is a Coppin State?

Triple B

]]> 11:368593:c4739143 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:30:43 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739145 @TheTick: That's my position as well.

Andrew

]]> 11:368593:c4739145 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:30:43 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739109 I have just placed a small bet on Coppin State over Mt. St. Mary's. Nothing like a win being taken for granted.

Sir Hotbod Handsomeface

]]> 11:368593:c4739109 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:29:20 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739107 Good luck to Martin Lawrence and Coppin State!

Tobias Funke

]]> 11:368593:c4739107 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:29:16 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739086 @Doyle McPoyle: I didn't know Martin Lawrence was a Coppin State fan!

/had to be done'd

Pittsburgh Sports and Mini Ponies

]]> 11:368593:c4739086 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:28:32 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739059 They could solve all of this by making sure the play-in game was between the two 'worst' at-large teams. If your conference gets a bid, you should be in the 64.

TheTick

]]> 11:368593:c4739059 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:27:21 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739038 Why don't you just give them separate drinking fountains while you're at it, Chandler?

SEXY ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

]]> 11:368593:c4739038 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:26:31 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739025 Logic.
Pssshhhhht!
Please.



FightTiger

]]> 11:368593:c4739025 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:26:06 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739009 Or just drop the last crappy at-large team. Like Arizona or Villanova.

Dan Serafini

]]> 11:368593:c4739009 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:25:17 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4739006 Wah wah wah you informed us too early, thus making traveling plans easier while spoiling the giddyness that would certainly have accompanied the feeling of surprise!

Rob Iracane

]]> 11:368593:c4739006 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:25:12 EDT <![CDATA[Um, It May Be Time To Eliminate That Play-In Game]]> http://deadspin.com/368593/um-it-may-be-time-to-eliminate-that-play+in-game#c4738995 I didn't know Darryl Strawberry was a Coppin State fan! Although I suppose he could just be too coked up to know where he is.

Doyle McPoyle

]]> 11:368593:c4738995 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:24:54 EDT