I think 4 x 8 team tourneys during thanksgiving week with consolations. Winners play in a final four tournament over New Years.
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I think 4 x 8 team tourneys during thanksgiving week with consolations. Winners play in a final four tournament over New Years.
Pretty interesting that in many of our lifetimes, we've gone from buying an underprivileged recruit a quarter pounder for lunch before he boards his flight home being a punishable recruiting violation, to schools, boosters, and "tournaments" directly or indirectly paying players. And making a kid run suicides for shooting a three as time expires in a 15-point win, to paying kids who can achieve the biggest margins of victory. Wild.
Yeah, I have looked at a few different options. I am sure the idea that they want everyone to have multiple games, etc, especially if they are traveling. But there are ways to make that happen too
Make it a double elimination, or modified double elimination, with a consolation round, that would guarantee everyone at least 2 games, you could also put the losers in just a separate pool of games similar to how many of these are and just give them matchups, guaranteeing them 3 games. There are a lot of ways to make that happen, with winners continuing the tournament.
With the 4 Kings version, you could play the first 3 games Monday-Wednesday, just like this week. Then give them a rest for a couple days, and bring the 4 kings back over the weekend to play 2 final games for champion. You could also start it a couple days earlier on the weekend etc.
It’s kind of Iowa State that this happened to us and is whatever. But it’s pretty clear they did not have not only not enough basketball people in the room when they tried to do whatever the hell this was, but even lacked sports people in general when they drew this up. It was never not going to be messy as hell.
Rural Iowa middle school coaches in the mid-90s could have put something more sensible together.
I haven't figured this out, but is it true that we beat St. Johns, we never lost to anyone, but we end up below St. Johns in the final standings? This would be like the CFP then. Oh, you're the obviously better team, but we need these other teams ahead of you anyway.
I haven’t looked at it and probably won’t, but no there is no way we finished behind St John’s. Ws is the first factor folks.
No, we will be top 2 in their final standings, possibly even number 1. Not that it matters.
Good to see a school like KU catch a break money wise
I really don't care all that much. This "festival" was a huge success for the Cyclones. However, I do object to there being a 3rd place game and a championship. If it wasn't bracketed and not all teams had a chance to play for those places, they’re not legitimate. It was just a bunch of good games held in a location.
Quick question that was probably covered 50 pages ago. Our total differential in the first 2 was 19, Tennessee's was 18. Why were they in the "third place" game instead of us. Was it because Kansas was in the game and there was a rule against conference members playing?
I think teams were split by arena
The top 3 teams from each arena were matched up for the championship and 3rd place games
Yep, life comes at you fast. And the only constant is change.
It's not necessarily or inherently better or worse, just...different.
I think your math is off. They beat Rutgers by 25, but only 20 counted toward the differential.
NENick is on it.
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