I like it for all of the reasons and what-ifs listed below...however
my concern is the 16 groups of 3. 3 per group is unbalanced.
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
A1 v A2 A1 v A3 A2 v A3
A2 has the advantage of a longer break between games. A1 and A3 both play back to back games.
They should change the setup to 12 groups of 4 and bring back the balance of Group Play. From there take the winner from each group (12) and pull the 4 best 2nd place teams to fill out the 16-team knockout.
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In response to this post by HokieJamie)
Posted: 01/10/2017 at 3:45PM