On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 4:33 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> Since the original is under contract for eight more years, and Gus Johnson > can't be lent to CBS/WBD... three major conferences signed on... > > https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/fox-college-basketball-crown-2025-post-season-tournament-march-madness-1235959326/ > (link) > > It's not competing against March Madness, but it is taking a run at the NIT - the second-tier tournament that the NCAA now owns and has moved out of New York. If this takes hold, and that's a big if (a previous tournament called the Vegas 16 / Vegas 8 failed after a year or two), this may be a way for the major conferences to force tournament expansion or for more of their teams to get in at the expense of the so-called "mid-major" conferences. The NIT, perhaps in an attempt to head this off, already changed its rules for this year to ensure that more teams from power conferences were invited. They guaranteed two spots to each of the six strongest conferences, and dropped the rule that gave an automatic berth to any team that won its regular season championship but didn't qualify for the NCAA tournament. Assuming nothing else changes, that means next year men's basketball will have nearly 150 postseason spots open (68 in the NCAA, 32 in the NIT, 16 in this new thing, 16 in the CBI, 16 or so in the CIT). John -- John Edwards "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtMLUySQCsOtKnW2L3QQzpJ0vG-mqifV8cwzUh%2BuFs6S8tg%40mail.gmail.com.
