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In response to "These two I agree with, but the solution is not to shorten the greatest sports tournament, but to end the regular season earlier and to schedule...." by Name Withheld By Request

IIRC they *used* to play 2 days in a row, travel, 2 days in a row, then alternate travel and one game.

in the 70s, the first round may have even been 3 games.

and re: 4x7, with so many bad teams, you're getting a *lot* of crappy games and many people losing interest by the end of the second round



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