Iowa State playing in Vegas 2025

[nfrine]

Don’t they typically limit these tournaments to one team per conference?

With the addition of Baylor, there will be 3 B12 teams.

 

[dafarmer]

Yea !
And the stupid Sukeyes think they are trying to capitalize on what WE HAVE in KC . They have a terrible MBB team …. No one will go watch them….. not even their own dum ass fans .

I am surprised Beth doesn’t have them wear wigs and Iowa 22 uniforms next year.

 

[Gunnerclone]

I am surprised Beth doesn’t have them wear wigs and Iowa 22 uniforms next year.

Who’s excited for Indiana Fever night at Carver for a men’s game?

 

[NWICY]

Looks like there is proposed NCAA legislation on that right now

"(c) Participation is limited, by conference, to one team per conference and, by institution, to not more than once in the same event in any four-year period, except that two teams from the same conference may participate in the same three-contest (eight-team) event, provided the two teams are on opposite sides of the bracket and the same conference is not represented by two teams more than once in the same event in a four-year period. Only one conference may have two teams participate in the same threecontest (eight-team) event annually"

NCAA rule ignore it. That's what the SEC and B1G do.

 

[ClubCy]

Yea !
And the stupid Sukeyes think they are trying to capitalize on what WE HAVE in KC . They have a terrible MBB team …. No one will go watch them….. not even their own dum ass fans .

How does this have anything to do with what this thread is about??

Can you post one thing about something other than Iowa? If you can’t, just go over the Caitlin Clark thread and **** off there.

 

[ClubCy]

Don’t they typically limit these tournaments to one team per conference?

This isn’t a typical tournament.

 

[CoKane]

@brentblum Did you do this

 

[Jkclone15]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Blum say the NIL budget for WeWill this year was $6-7 million? This event is going to pay for half the basketball team, incredible.

 

[CoachHines3]

i don't know what goes into getting an invite to this event, but it's big time that we got one. tells you where otz has taken/is taking this program.

 

[Cyclonsin]

i don't know what goes into getting an invite to this event, but it's big time that we got one. tells you where otz has taken/is taking this program.

It also looks like an invite one year can lead to multiple consecutive years. I don't think it can be overstated how huge getting a foot in the door to this event is.

That said, my travel budget for next fall is going to be devastating between this and Ireland.

 

[brokenloginagain]

Love that we're going next year already.

And one new little NIL tourney in vegas is going to destroy the maui classic unless they also step up with some $$$.

When have you ever seen a school like Baylor DECLINE maui to go to vegas??

 

[Gunnerclone]

It also looks like an invite one year can lead to multiple consecutive years. I don't think it can be overstated how huge getting a foot in the door to this event is.

That said, my travel budget for next fall is going to be devastating between this and Ireland.

Defending champ has to be invited back to defend their title right?

 

[Malty Flannel]

so we are in Maui this year, correct? Or did we pull out of Maui to join the Vegas tournament?

 

[ClubCy]

so we are in Maui this year, correct? Or did we pull out of Maui to join the Vegas tournament?

2024 and 2025 are different years.

 

[Cyclonsin]

Defending champ has to be invited back to defend their title right?

7 of the 8 teams competing in 2024 are back for 2025. The only one who isn't returning is Oregon, who's currently committed to play in Maui. They're expanding the field for 2025 with the goal of forming a tournament with international-style group play to set up a single elimination tournament.

 

[Thomasrickj]

Damn! I always go to Vegas at the end of January since my girlfriend has a work conference and I tag along since I'm a degenerate gambler. Is going to Vegas twice in a three month span a good idea...or a terrible idea?

 

[1UNI2ISU]

Damn! I always go to Vegas at the end of January since my girlfriend has a work conference and I tag along since I'm a degenerate gambler. Is going to Vegas twice in a three month span a good idea...or a terrible idea?

Yes.

 

[cycloneted]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Blum say the NIL budget for WeWill this year was $6-7 million? This event is going to pay for half the basketball team, incredible.

If the NIL world has taught us anything, it's that extra money is almost always additive and not a replacement. My guess is any extra NIL cash from a 2025 Vegas tournament will be on top of the already-in-place arrangements. Maybe WeWill will be able to re-allocate some cash from basketball, but I bet not much.

 

[Jkclone15]

If the NIL world has taught us anything, it's that extra money is almost always additive and not a replacement. My guess is any extra NIL cash from a 2025 Vegas tournament will be on top of the already-in-place arrangements. Maybe WeWill will be able to re-allocate some cash from basketball, but I bet not much.

You're probably right. If the reports of top end players getting $2 million are accurate, at least this may allow ISU to continue to exist in the middle class for another year or two, and then who knows what the landscape will look like.

 

[Cyforce]

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Blum say the NIL budget for WeWill this year was $6-7 million? This event is going to pay for half the basketball team, incredible.

Hopefully it raises the BB NIL budget 50%.
Nice incentive for potential transfers.