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And with a doubleheader instead of just one playin game, this event certainly came off better than previous years. But anyone who has been to an NCAA tournament knows this was not the NCAA tournament. Though the stands were fairly full, it was mostly a local crowd not fans of UAB or Clemson which didn lend itself to much of an atmosphere. And while both games were entertaining, neither quite showcased the intensity or level of concentration teams typically play with when the lights come on last night. Speaking of the lights, they weren exactly up to snuff, either. Moments before UAB and Clemson tipped off, the University of Dayton Arena bowl went halfway dark, which made for an inauspicious debut of basketball on TruTV. But as hokey and contrived as this whole experience was, the worst part is that it fundamentally unfair. The answer to this logistical silliness, of course, is to get rid of the First Four. The real tournament starts with 64 teams, not 68. Adding more games and more teams didn change that. It only sent more teams home feeling like they didn quite make it to the main event.
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