Why College Basketball’s “Play-In” Game Should Be Abolished

Posted by Uncle Popov on March-16-2010 Add Comments

The so-called "Opening Round" game tonight saw Arkansas-Pine Bluff get by Winthrop 61-44. 

But it is not part of the NCAA tournament.

Oh, the NCAA and the powers that be will attempt to convince you otherwise, calling tonight’s game the “opening round.”  But most fans—and even most analysts—call it what it really is: a play-in game. 

And if you really want to get down to it, the game between the Eagles and the Golden Lions is the “You Don’t Belong” Game.

Last year, prior to the play-in game between Alabama State and Morehead State, ESPN radio host Dan Patric...

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