I think that it has a lot to do with the almighty dollar! if there was only 8 teams from each east/west make it, which is what I think it should be. ( even though we wouldn't have made it this year at 9th seed.) there would be 15 games, with 16 from each there's 31 games. Like Giles and Lee game it was packed $7 a ticket x 5-6,000 people not to mention half and half which was $1,000 and consessions, just tickets alone for that 1 game was atleast $35,000...... If all games could bring just that with 31 playoff games it would bring well over 1 millon into Va schools.