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@DRustyCabbage @NinHendogs @MVCsports There is a much better chance the league gets two bids by having one dominant team lose in the league tournament than it does because one team lost in a semifinal game rather than a quarterfinal game. This format hurts the league's multi-bid opportunities, it does not enhance it.

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@RealDerekHarper But only one team can win it, no matter how you Frankenstein the bracket. So how does the league get two bids by doing this?

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Someone please explain to me how the #ArchMadness new format helps the MVC get more bids, because try as I might, I cannot see how it could possibly impact that.

If anything, I think, it makes it harder.

[MVCBeat @BeatMvc]

@HuntFishGolf28 I can't think of a situation in the entire history of the MVC where playing a quarterfinal Arch Madness game has cost a team a bid.

I can think of several times the league got 2 bids because its best team built a great resume and lost in St. Louis, giving the league 2 NCAA bids.

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@xb7 So a better idea would be to ruin both tournaments for everyone at the same time.

[MVCBeat @BeatMvc]

Counter-proposal.

Leave the format as is.

Women play round 1 and round 2 simultaneously with the men on Thursday and Friday at SLU arena.

They jump in to Enterprise Center for the semifinals.

Everyone wins.

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@DRustyCabbage @NinHendogs @MVCsports So if that team had played Arch Madness in the format where the top two teams got a double-bye, would they have gotten a bid?

That is my point. How does this impact that?

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@NinHendogs @MVCsports And how does this help us get two bids? I don't get it. It doesn't impact your SOS, doesn't get you more Q1 wins, doesn't impact computer rankings much at all. How would this get an extra bid?

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@BBustersHoops It is no longer Arch Madness. Just the MVC Tournament.

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@aaron_wargo Nah, only nine fanbases seem upset. Murray and Belmont are happy to see the MVC get pulled down to the OVC's level.

[Dallas Hoelscher @DJHoelscher]

Does literally anybody want this? No

Does it help the Valley get more bids? No

Does it make the Tourney better? also No.

Great job everyone. An absolute DISGRACE, @MVCsports.

[MVCBeat @BeatMvc]

@bruinsdenBU @putmeincoach03 I have yet to see an explanation that lays out how this helps the MVC get multiple teams in the NCAAs. The way I see it, this actually makes it HARDER to get multiple teams in. The Valley's best bet at 2 bids these days is one really good dominant team that loses in St. Louis.

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It was unique, something you can't replicate, and something that needs years and years to build.

I don't know that they realize what they have, and how much damage they're doing to it.

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They built something really cool. Arch Madness became something that was special for a lot of people. A weekend you mark on your calendar every year and just hang out and watch basketball with people you enjoy. It became a cool community.......

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@dreamarlowe85 Plus, price is likely to go up with the women's games now included, which will include four games on Wednesday that no one other than the families of the student-athletes are going to attend. Why pay for that?

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@dreamarlowe85 And forget all-session passes. Those are going to crater. Why would you buy those in January when you don't know if you're playing Thursday or Saturday (or in some cases, whether you'll make it all)......

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Don't see how this helps get multiple bids either. I can see how it MIGHT help the top team get the one bid. In fact, I would say the MVC's best shot at multiple bids is actually having one really good team that loses at Arch Madness.

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@pmc3_83 @Matteberflus1 I have yet to see an explanation on how this helps get multi bids. I can see how it might help get the best team the one bid, but I dont see how it helps get multi bids. In fact, I'd say the MVC's best shot at multi bids is having one really good team that loses at Arch Madness.

[Patrick Cunningham @pmc3_83]

Bragging about your well-known tournament brand while simultaneously wiping away what makes it so great is certainly a choice.