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NeCeAeAs BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

 

Such thinking as has boon done up to the present time with
respect to the NeCeAeA. Basketball Championship Tournament has beon
along these lines.

1, There should be a selection committec appointed in cach
N.CeAcAe Gistrict. This committeo would be charged with tho responsi=
bility of selecting the bost N.CeA,A. toam in that district. It soems
that wherever possible this selection should be made arbitrarily withe

out any playoffs.

2, Whon the tcams to represent ona district havo been selectod,
the teams representing tho four districts East of the Mississippi River,
that is, districts 1, 2, 3 and 4, will get together at somo desirable
point to play a four team straight climination tournament to decide the
toam which will go into the finals to moot a toam similarly selected
from the four districts West of the Mississippi. These two tcams would
play a final game for the NeC.AeA» Basketball Championship of America
at a place to be selocted lator. The reason for such a curtailed program
is to keep at a minimum the objections which will always be raised to

any postseason play by individual schools or conferences.

The plan bricfly outlined above, it is felt, comes closest
to eliminating such objections as time away from school, otce, and can

be carried out with a minimum of travel expenses