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Old Mon Mar 14, 2011, 01:34pm
jbduke jbduke is offline
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Originally Posted by rockyroad View Post
So why not just let those last "at-large" teams and the lowest seeded teams all into the tournament, and give the 4 #1 seeds a bye in the first round, and they don't have to play until Saturday or Sunday?

Because the math/bracket doesn't work out that way. If you give the top four teams a bye, then the other sixty-four teams play each other and you're left with thirty-six teams.
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