NCAA Expands March Madness To Include 4,096 Teams
Online universities and bible colleges will be among the thousands of teams vying to prove they are the best in the nation.
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Get ready for more madness.
The NCAA has announced
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it's expanding the men's college basketball
tournament to include 4,096 teams.
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We'll separate the contenders
from the pretenders
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in this hot and sweaty edition
of the Steam Room.
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This is the Steam Room
where only the strongest opinions
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can stand up to the heat.
Alongside OS and college basketball
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analyst, Joe Monticello,
I'm Tim Divan.
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And Joe, welcome to the Steam Room.
Are you ready to sweat out some answers?
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I'm ready Tim.
- Then close the door before the steam gets out.
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Steam Room begins now.
Joe is this a good move for the NCAA?
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Great move, Tim. I love this idea.
There are just so many quality teams out there
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that lost a tough game,
couldn't get over that five win hump,
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or haven't even played
a game yet this season.
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And it's great that the league
finally let them all in.
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Now, in addition, two and three schools
will be let in for the first time ever.
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Is this going to bring down the
level of play? - Absolutely not.
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Arkansas Tech had a great year.
So did Flagler, so did Emporia State.
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Let's turn up the heat and talk about Eckerd.
- Look out for Eckerd.
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They've got a full roster
and they're having practices.
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So, the league then will get to air next
are a couple thousand games,
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and we're gonna get college hoops
all the way through June. - June Madness.
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Are you kidding me? It's great. I mean,
but this, this is really for the fans. - Sure.
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I mean, they get to watch
up to 500 games a day
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on OSN2 and OSNU2.
- Time for some predictions.
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A central Kansas range has 300
technical and vocational colleges.
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Who's your pick for
the 637-678 match up?
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Well, I have to tell you. I really like
the Online University of Liverpool.
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Do you think they can
take the region?
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No, no, no. I think that's
going to go to the
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Xenon International
School of Hair Design.
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Oh, down at the peak it was
crazy for Xenon International.
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Unfortunately, they lost their star player,
Cody Beat, last year.
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He graduated and became a barber.
But, they still have a very talented core.
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And I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see
them show up in the fantastic 512,
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or maybe even
a tremendous 256.
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Alright Joe, let's feed the boiler and get
things even steamier.
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It's time for the Final Sweat.
Can you handle the heat? - I love the heat.
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Despite the NCAA's best efforts
to include everyone,
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there are still some teams
that got left out.
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Who's going to be
missed the most?
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Well, I would have loved to see
Oxnard California's Advanced
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Truck Driving School compete,
but unfortunately they didn't get
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their registration in for the
tournament in time.
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Their coach misplaced the application.
- Terrible. So, 4, 097 slots this year.
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Hey, why stop there, right?
Damnit I love college basketball.
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We know you do Joe Monticello,
and you have survived the Steam Room.
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Open up the door
and get yourself some air.
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Thanks guys for cutting
through the steam.
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