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Subject: Re: Participation Trophies: You Get A Trophy! You Get A Trophy! Author: Ivy Inquisitor (ILT revision) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 14:41:48 03/07/25 Fri In reply to: An Observer 's message, "Participation Trophies: You Get A Trophy! You Get A Trophy!" on 10:46:20 03/07/25 Fri An Observer: I agree with your opinion on not allowing all eight in the ILT. As for many conferences the regular season has been debased to the point it’s gloried 4 month exhibition. Staying at four keeps some regular season significance. One revision I’d love to happen is byes for top teams . For example top seed automatically advances to the conference championship game, #2 a QF bye and #3 and # 4 play the QF game. This year I believe Ivy Woman’s basketball deserves 2-3 NCAA Tournament slots. Two could be reasonable but three is unlikely. Good thing The WNIT has 64 selections. This year for the men one bid is fair. If Yale doesn’t win the Ivy Madness Tournament, then there’re deserving of the NIT. No matter whomever gets the Men’s bid I expect them to make some noise in the tournament just as HYP has done so for a decade now. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> Subject: Re: Participation Trophies: You Get A Trophy! You Get A Trophy! Author: Brown Fan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 08:56:12 03/08/25 Sat An Observer, despite cheering for a team that likely won't make Ivy Madness this year, I couldn't agree with you more. This season would have been beyond boring without the tournament. I could see a better argument for a six-team tournament, with the top two seeds getting a first-round bye. At least in that circumstance there would be incentive and competition. However, I think it would dilute the current drama for finishing 3d and 4th, as those teams now would be guaranteed a place in the tournament. Thus, I think the current system is a better solution. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]