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Why do they have a wild card game in March Madness?

April 26, 2017card madness WILD

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Why do they have a wild card game in March Madness?

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Stiletto Jen: The Wild Card, or “Play In” game determines the No. 64 team for the tournament. Personally, I think one year the Selection Sunday Panel were unable to pick between two teams for the final spot so they made the teams play to win. In reality, in 2001, the Mountain West Conference was added to the NCAA and rather then mess up their 64 team system, the bottom two teams have to play for it—kinda like the dance-off on DWTS.