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Originally Posted by Bambi

The college basketball playoffs are an exhibition? In what way?

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A single elimination tournament that serves only to maximize the host network's profit margin by selecting more marketable teams in larger conferences or television markets instead of ones who've played superior competition.

It's extremely watered down and incredibly exploitative of the amateur athletes that play in it and a totally arbitrary way of crowning a "champion."

A true championship can only be claimed when the best teams play each other in two or three sets of a best-of-three series.