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Let’s Expand the Playoff! Part 4 - The Playoff is not a meritocracy

College basketball features “March Madness”, the name given to the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament that decides the ultimate champion of a given basketball season. 8 teams are picked to play in four play-in games and those winners are part of the 64-team bracket. The 32 conference champions are automatically entered into the tournament and the other 36 teams are selected by a ten-person committee. Out of 350 teams, 19% are able to participate in the tournament.

College baseball, technically, has two tournaments to select their champion. 31 conference champions receive automatic berths while 33 teams receive at-large bids decided by a Division 1 baseball committee.