MAC SPRING Meetings

[Zippy87]

3 hours ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Did the format accomplish that goal or did the teams? 

 

The 2 seed hasn't missed a Championship Game yet in the current format. See my previous post for who the 1 seeds were that missed. 

 

Both. But winning three games when everyone has equal rest vs winning two games with one or two less games than your opponent is a pretty clear advantage for the higher seed. 

[RoyalBlu]

If the conference tournament is designed to make money ... the current format accomplishes that.

 

If the MAC wants to reward the regular-season Champion, either don't have a tournament ... or seed the regular-season champion direct to the MAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP game.

 

No in between bullshit.

 

The rest of the league fights to play the champion. For the well-rested champion, it's one game, win or go home.

 

Think of the crowd - both in the arena and on TV - on Saturday night to see if a rested undefeated Miami could finish the job, no matter what MAC team they played.

 

[ZippyRulz]

Or give all the Wagon Wheel points and trophies to the regular season champs and just let the MAC tourneys be for advancing to the NCAA tourneys.

 

[GP1]

I think the MAC BB tournament is a really good event for Cleveland. I wouldn't want to see it go away. 

 

I would like to see the better regular season teams rewarded. 

 

I'll throw this idea out. I'm not even sure how I feel about it. What if instead of a tournament in Cleveland, the MAC had a best of three championship series in Cleveland between the first and second place regular season teams?  Potentially three straight days? Winner goes to March Madness.