Because 20 years ago, it was an eight-team league.    From Wordnik.com.  [ESPN's Jay Bilas talks Virginia Tech basketball] Reference

Those appearances came in eight-team NCAA Tournaments.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball - Syracuse vs. Texas] Reference

In our eight-team AL-only league, we had eight claims for.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Warning: All-Star labels might expire] Reference

Considered to be the favorite in the eight-team tournament.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Men's Basketball - Miami (Fla.) vs. Memphis] Reference

Readers proclaim '89 Niners the champions in eight-team pool.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

The Americans were part of an eight-team field that includes.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - American team to forgo Fed Cup finals] Reference

Even a theoretical eight-team playoff would solve little this season.    From Wordnik.com.  [The BCS Doomsday Scenario] Reference

The World Cup, now in its 34th year, will field two eight-team pools.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Francona to call the shots for Team USA] Reference

Russia and Spain complete the eight-team field for the Nov. 7-11 competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Germany replaces USA in Fed Cup] Reference

The Chicago White Sox didn't finish in the top half of the eight-team American.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Have-nots hardly born yesterday] Reference

Belgium is the only country in the eight-team event with two players in the top 10.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Henin, Clijsters carry Belgium in Fed Cup opener] Reference

He will not be present for any of the three contests in this eight-team tournament.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Men's Basketball - Utah vs. American-Puerto Ri] Reference

"I would love to see a playoff system, yeah, an eight-team playoff system," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beamer, Harbaugh give their final pre-game remarks] Reference

His greatest legacy was the Dixie Classic, an annual eight-team tournament in Raleigh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carolina] Reference

That has never happened, for either league, in the history of the eight-team postseason.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fix Baseball Contest Results:] Reference

Suddenly, Morgan is having to discuss the viability and future of the eight-team league.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - WUSA going through sophomore slump in attendance, ratings] Reference

The 1916 team was last in hitting, pitching and the eight-team American League standings.    From Wordnik.com.  [© Baseball Hall of Fame ...] Reference

The eight-team tournament needed a school to meet Missouri two nights later in Kansas City.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Tournament's great stories hold special place] Reference

Gardner-Webb was the only eligible Big South team to miss the eight-team tournament this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Big South Conference] Reference

Almost everything about the eight-team league was designed to be edgy, unlike that stodgy old NFL.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five Leagues That Didn't Make It] Reference

The WNIT title was the first for Cal (24-13), which finished second in 1987 in an eight-team field.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stallworth leads California past Miami (Fla.) in WNIT title game] Reference

A combination of reader nominations and analysis from USA TODAY's NFL team produced the eight-team field.    From Wordnik.com.  [Niners edge Steelers, wear ultimate NFL crown] Reference

Japan, Mexico and Venezuela also usually field standout squads from the eight-team international bracket.    From Wordnik.com.  [Batter up! U.S. teams look to extend LLWS streak] Reference

The 1-15 New England team emerged from the eight-team bracket to defeat the Buccaneers 'winless expansion squad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Worst team crowned: '90 Pats edge '76 Bucs] Reference

Stanford (3-0), the favorite of the eight-team tournament, will play Georgia (2-2) in the championship on Saturday.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Men's Basketball - Stanford vs. Memphis] Reference

Stanford (2-0) is favored to win the three-game, eight-team tournament and will face the victor of the contest between Miami.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Men's Basketball - Old Dominion vs. Stanford] Reference

The movement was called the Continental League and had it succeeded it would have brought a new, eight-team league to the majors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Shapiro: Break Up The Royals; Damn (the) Yankees] Reference

The Huskies, picked to finish seventh in the eight-team Big East, ended the conference's seven-game bowl win streak dating to 2005.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

The eight-team league, which plays a 126-game split schedule that ends in mid-September, was also celebrating the major league debuts of.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com] Reference

Cuba (2-1) and Japan (3-0) were the two gold medal favorites heading into the eight-team tournament — the United States didn't qualify.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Big win for Japanese] Reference

The Bruins, who lost at Arizona for the sixth straight time, are in danger of failing to qualify for the eight-team conference tournament.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball - UCLA vs. Arizona] Reference

WNC has lost eight straight games and is fifth in the eight-team conference.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nevada Appeal - Top Stories] Reference

The eight-team event moves next year to a new 24,000-seat stadium in downtown Omaha.    From Wordnik.com.  [statesman.com - Highschool] Reference

The winner of the eight-team tournament will book another berth for the 2011 Asian Cup in Doha.    From Wordnik.com.  [Zee News : India National]

It would result in the development of a 16-team conference, broken into two eight-team leagues.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fond du Lac Reporter Latest Headlines]

Whittell High finished in its eight-team Ice Breaker golf tournament on Thursday at Genoa Lakes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tahoe Daily Tribune - Top Stories] Reference

Road to Backbreaker mode starts you off in an eight-team league, and in a nod to Natural Motion's.    From Wordnik.com.  [GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features]