Check out the B1G Baseball Bracket

[615dawg]

I think I like this format.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Kinda cool, but I honestly like ours better. To me a conference tourney is supposed to give a team a last ditch shot at making postseason. Keeps folks motivated. That B1G one, while eliminating 6 already, virtually assures that one of the top 4 take home the title.

 

[00Dawg]

And that #'s 1 and 2 should easily get to the semis. Their first game is game four for their opponents....wow.

 

[85Bears]

West coast dominating the cold weather states

 

[Willow Grove Dawg]

UCLA, USC, & Oregon trying like HE!! to make the Big 10 give a damn about baseball

 

[615dawg]

And that #'s 1 and 2 should easily get to the semis. Their first game is game four for their opponents....wow.

I like it. People crap on the Sun Belt basketball format but its genius and other conferences are following. Your best teams should be rewarded.

 

[DawgNsuds]

Nice that it's played in Omaha, might give a team an advantage if they make it to the World Series, certainly couldn't hurt

 

[ZombieKissinger]

I don’t mind bad conferences setting up tournaments to get the best teams in, but I like good conferences having opportunities for the worst teams to get in

 

[patdog]

Good lord, that's complicated. And potentially 6 games for your #5 seed. I like the SEC format better. Although I'd like a traditional 16-team single elimination with no byes even better.

 

[johnson86-1]

I think I like this format.

What is the purpose of this bracket design? To let some weaker teams get the opportunity to get some wins against other weak teams (which I guess would presumably still be better RPI wise compared to their typical OOC schedule? Or is it a chance to give the good seeds one more easy win against a lower seeds #3 (or worse) pitcher, which will look better RPI-wise thant it actually is, even if it ends up being a pretty mediocre RPI game regardless? Or is it just to make sure the top 4 seeds have a cakewalk to the semis? I just don't get the point. Make the first two rounds single elimination. If are going to go a mix of single and double elimination, it seems like hte double elmination should be in the later rounds.