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Basketball ad hoc rules committee could change the NCAA tourney forever

The rich get richer, eh?

College athletics, long the haunt of elite programs where decades worth of heritage, recruiting imbalances, and more than a few shenanigans create a stranglehold on a particular sport, could be getting significantly more lopsided in favor of the big guys.*

We turn our attention to basketball, where Duke, UNC, Kansas, Kentucky and their like can soon book semi-permanent hotel rooms in Winston-Salem, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis and other near-home venues if the competition committee approves the most recent proposal by the ad hoc rules committee:

The top-seeded team in the NCAA tournament will get a say in where it opens up March Madness in the future.