12 feels like way too many to me. I was always in favor of 8: five conference champions + top G5 + two at-large teams.
If you're gonna go for 12 you might as well just pull the ripcord and go to 16 and grab the biggest pot of cash you can. Also, I don't like teams getting byes in the pursuit of a title in college.
Lol the first round higher seeds gets to decide where to play their games. Looks like everything after that (quarters, semis, finals) is all exactly as it was before... just rotating between the NY6 spots. Let's just go ahead and dumpster the bowl system... its time has come and gone.