Death of the Mid-Major

Leave it up to Duke to effectively destroy March Madness by killing the cinderella story, stomping all over the little guy, and giving the NCAA committee exactly what they want. With the tournament expanding to 96 teams imminent there will not be much hope left for teams from non-power conferences to make a great run for the title. It's sad that it's all about the money rather than the love of the game. Oh no, North Carolina didn't make it in, let's expand it so they can rake us in more cash! The expansion would not be so bad if 1) the selection committee actually knew how to seed properly, 2) the refs knew how to officiate properly, and 3) if the bias towards power conference teams wasn't so obvious. Only against against a Horizon league team could Duke blatantly elbow someone in the face twice and not get a call against them. But back to the expansion, who do you think this will help: Coastal Carolina, a 28-7 team that won the Big South but did not make the tournament because they did not win their conference tourney, or a terrible 18-16 Connecticut team? What, you never heard of Coastal Carolina? I guess the NCAA has to put UConn in the tournament even though they would get smoked. Butler winning would have given mid-majors hope, and it would also help recruits who might not start for Kentucky play for Siena instead, believing that if they can put a good TEAM together, then just maybe a championship run isn't so far-fetched. However, Duke basically spit on all of our hopes and dreams. Now, maybe they'll prove me wrong and help out the good mid-majors by expanding instead of putting in average power teams just because of their name.

And maybe they'll change the BCS into a playoff system...