Players Era

[Dale]

An explanation of the Players Era Festival’s schedule and Syracuse’s potential matchups

The Players Era Festival, an 18-team event being held in Las Vegas, is not a traditional tournament with a bracketed field.

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St. John's basketball: Players Era Festival schedule fully explained

The St. John's basketball program will head to the Players Era Festival and try to navigate a very difficult schedule.

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Players Era Festival scores, schedule, and updates from college basketball’s $30 million event

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All reference pods.

Right, and the first two explicitly say that the championship game is pod winner vs. pod winner and the third-place game is pod runner-up vs. pod runner-up.

That said, I don't know what to believe now...other than to believe that Players Era really should have published the official rules in this regard.

 

[SatelliteCy]

I was thinking about the banner logo on their page. Not an Iowa State player or Coach in sight. I'm taking that to mean that ISU was never going to win the whole kielbasa. I sincerely hope I am mistaken.

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Pearl isn't even a current coach. Need CTJO to get more face time on TV.

 

[1TwistedCyclone]

Very glad Cyclones are playing well this week and feel like they can take down anyone in this field.

That said. Having things like point differential and an unclear path to name a champion, with the back drop of Vegas...just feels greasy. Real greasy.

 

[Erik4Cy]

Assuming the reporting about 1st/2nd from each pod is accurate, and ignoring further down tiebreak rules:

If St. John's beats Baylor:

• Iowa State goes to the championship game if Auburn beats Michigan by less than 8
• Iowa State goes to the third-place game otherwise

Looks like SJU is going to beat Baylor.

So, we need an Auburn win over Michigan by 1 to 7 points, right?

 

[ScottyP]

Looks like SJU is going to beat Baylor.

So, we need an Auburn win over Michigan by 1 to 7 points, right?

If Houston wins, would Iowa State play Houston for the third-place game?

 

[Dale]

Looks like SJU is going to beat Baylor.

So, we need an Auburn win over Michigan by 1 to 7 points, right?

Assuming the reporting that the championship game is pod winner vs. pod winner is correct, yep.

 

[Big_Sill]

Looks like SJU is going to beat Baylor.

So, we need an Auburn win over Michigan by 1 to 7 points, right?

If pods matter, yes. If they don’t, we need:

Houston to beat Tennesee by less than 14 (or Tennessee win by less than 3)

Auburn beat Michigan by less than 7

Gonzaga beat Maryland by less than 8 (or lose)

 

[Dale]

If Houston wins, would Iowa State play Houston for the third-place game?

The reporting out there says that for the champion game and third-place game, they are not reseeding based on avoiding regular season matchups. For the consolation games, they are rearranging schedules to avoid those.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

I'm watching ESPN's Terry's Chocolate Invitational. Disney is going to have to pony up a lot more money.

 

[isucy86]

Haven't read much of this thread and criteria to make championship game. But it seems like w/l record of opponents in event should be the 2nd criteria vs. point differential.

So criteria for being in the money game should be:

1. Team Has 2-0 record
2. Team's two Opponents have 2-2 record in event
3. Point Differential

If there aren't 2 or more teams whose opponents have 2-2 record, then bring teams whose opponents were 1-3 in event and then consider point differential.

 

[Raywswartz]

Very glad Cyclones are playing well this week and feel like they can take down anyone in this field.

That said. Having things like point differential and an unclear path to name a champion, with the back drop of Vegas...just feels greasy. Real greasy.

So i agree with you totally. Its just like college football except for the few years the computers picked the title game. Other than that it was more about front of jersey than what you actually did in the year.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

It is kind of ridiculous that ISU played in the most highly competitive and perhaps most anticipated game, not just in this tournament, but ALL WEEK... and we're going to get punished for it simply because it was two equally-matched high end teams and we could only get a 1-pt win as a result.

And it kind of happened 2 years in a row with Auburn last year.

 

[Erik4Cy]

If pods matter, yes. If they don’t, we need:

I feel like this should be established/confirmed by now? How do we (or the PE tournament) not know?

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

I have to give them credit. The confusing way the teams get seeded for the "championship" keeps eyes on the tv which in the end is what matters.

 

[Darius Bieber]

Everyone trying to figure out the matchups

 

[Dale]

I feel like this should be established/confirmed by now? How do we (or the PE tournament) not know?

Presumably PE knows...although it'd be kinda hilarious if they're playing it by ear with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake.

 

[bawbie]

It sucks that Kansas is 2-0 with a +21 point differential by beating Notre Dame by 10 and Syracuse by 11. That is not more impressive than our two wins.

 

[NorthCyd]

 

[Big_Sill]

Tv making it seem like pods don’t matter.

 

[Erik4Cy]

Presumably PE knows...although it'd be kinda hilarious if they're playing it by ear with hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake.

Wouldn't surprise me. Feels like the wild wild west of the new CBB landscape