Welcome Guest! Create an Account login email: password: remember me: BASKETBALL Latest News News Archive Schedule/Results Multi-Media Recruiting FOOTBALL Latest News News Archive Schedule/Results Multi-Media Recruiting MESSAGE BOARD Message Home - Ohio Basketball - Ohio Basketball Recruiting - The O Zone - Ohio Football - Ohio Football Recruiting - Ohio Volleyball - Ohio Baseball - Ohio Olympic Sports... - General OU Discussion... - Website Feedback... - Posting Policy Edit My Profile Private Messages Logout CHAT LINKS site searchcontact usabout usadvertise with ushelp Message Board BobcatAttack.com Message Board Ohio Basketball Topic:  Is it time for MAC basketball to . . . Topic:  Is it time for MAC basketball to . . . Author Message bobcatsquared General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 5,761 Status: Offline     Is it time for MAC basketball to . . .    Posted: 2/16/2026 7:00:30 PM  . . . return the tournament field to 12 teams? And maybe allow for multiple byes for the top team(s)? The MAC went from a 12-team tourney to the current 8-field tourney in 2021, due to the pandemic. The change did away with first-round games being played on campus on Tuesday. If the MAC insists on sticking with the current format, I'd suggest doing away with each team's final game being played on Friday instead of Saturday. The MAC went with Friday finales because it gave teams playing on Tuesday an extra day of rest before the tournament. But with the first games being played on Thursday since 2021 there really isn't a need for Friday night games to end the regular season. Thoughts? Last Edited: 2/16/2026 7:06:06 PM by bobcatsquared Back to Top Bobcat Tattoo General User Member Since: 12/11/2022 Post Count: 214 Status: Offline     RE: Is it time for MAC basketball to . . .    Posted: 2/16/2026 8:53:23 PM  I’m with you on giving the top teams more byes, but I actually like the tourney having only the top 8. I’d enjoy seeing something like this: Tuesday - Game 1: 5 v 8 Game 2: 6 v 7 Thursday - Game 3: 4 v (Game 1 winner) Game 4: 3 v (Game 2 winner) Friday - Game 5: 1 v (Game 3 winner) Game 6: 2 v (Game 4 winner) Saturday - Championship Double byes for top 2 seeds, single byes for 3 and 4. Makes the regular season more important both for qualifying and for seeding, without being too insane (see 2025 Sun Belt bracket). *Edit: and I agree Saturday finales could be good (though Spring Break negates some of that). Teams could play early afternoons and then have 3 and a half days until the Tuesday night tournament games. Last Edited: 2/16/2026 8:55:24 PM by Bobcat Tattoo Back to Top GoCats105 General User Member Since: 1/31/2006 Location: Seattle, WA Post Count: 7,730 Status: Offline     RE: Is it time for MAC basketball to . . .    Posted: 2/16/2026 9:22:40 PM  They just changed from the double bye format not too long ago amd it was terrible from what I remember. I'm fine adding the whole league to the tournament but double byes? No thanks. Back to Top Showing Replies:   1 - 3  of 3 Posts Jump to Page:   1 View Other 'Ohio Basketball' Topics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               WHO'S ONLINE There are 232 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com 228 Guests 4 Registered Users:   Cats5, Buckeye to Bobcat, greencat, shabamon There are no other users looking at this page.

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