No matter how hard the NCAA tried to make Dayton look and feel like a regular firstround site the same court, the same highdefinition video boards and even the same announcing crew that will call the Final Four you either in the field of 64 or you not. Everything else is halfway to the NIT. Nobody will admit this, of course. For UAB coach Mike Davis, who has not been to the NCAA tournament before, halfway will do. you have been there when our name came across the screen you have seen a group of guys that were so excited to be a part of it, Davis said. had no problem being in this game. This is your best time of your college career to be a part of March Madness. This wasn March Madness, however. It was March Mildness, no matter how the NCAA tried to dress it up. When the NCAA expanded from 65 to 68 this year, adding three atlarge teams, there was a huge debate about which teams should have to play their way into the regular bracket. Some advocated determining all the No. 16 seeds in Dayton. Others argued that the last eight atlarge teams should play each other, with the four winners feeding in as No. 12 seeds.