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How do you expand the brackets only "a little" and include every team which "should" be in? Who decides who "should" be in?
In other words, where is the cut off point? If you take 68 then why not 69? If 75, why not 76?
Seems like an argument for having to take every D1 team!
I would rather see a qualifying system over the course of the season. Set it up so that a certain number of teams out of each conference qualify from their conference regular season. (How many could be based on a formula from the conference's RPI. The numbers need to be set up prior to the season though.) Then give the conference tournament champion an automatic berth.
Additionally, give the champion of some preseason and in-season tournaments a bid. The bracket buster idea should evolve into a mini tournament in Feb from which a mid major or two can earn a berth.
All discretion from a selection committee should be taken out of it. You either qualify or you don't.
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