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[WISCY1895]

 

[danvillecyclone]

How many does Gonzaga need to win by to make the Final?

12?

 

[KennyPratt42]

People do realize it would be impossible to have equal number of teams in two pods when you have 18 teams, correct? A pod of 9 doesn’t work to have everyone play two games.

 

[NoCreativity]

I don't think Creighton is a top 2 BE team.
UConn is clearly better.

Correct, completely forgot about them. It's still a solid Q1 win though. Creighton will probably be in the 6-9 seed range.

 

[ClonesFTW]

My gosh Michigan is just cake walking through their two games. Going to have to be +40 and + 80 in real terms

They look really good

 

[clone52]

How many does Gonzaga need to win by to make the Final?

12?

I think 9 or 10. Not sure what the tiebreaker is after margin

 

[Kinch]

Auburn didn’t do the SEC any favors hiring Bruce Pearl’s son. Which is fine by me.

 

[fsanford]

So was listening to a Creighton recap show, and they said the Tourney wants to avoid having a team that plays late tonight have to play early Wednesday.

So there is another wrench in the gear box.

If ISU plays Maryland might be tommorrow night?

I give up

 

[chuckd4735]

I think 9 or 10. Not sure what the tiebreaker is after margin

Pretty sure its total points scored

 

[Cyclones01]

I think 9 or 10. Not sure what the tiebreaker is after margin

Points scored

 

[KennyPratt42]

In a way they are by pods. Two different buildings/fields(pods), five 2-0 teams. Would have made more sense to have two less teams, and the only four undefeated teams in the 1vs2 and 3vs4 even with the weird point differential being the deciding factor.

This ignores the fact that several articles pre-tournament clearly stated first in each pod plays in the championship and second in each pod plays in the 3rd place game. The most clearly explained was the Syracuse.com article.

 

[Clonehomer]

Who the eff cares who our next opponent is. Just win the game we get, and onto the next!

This (circle jerk of a) debate about earnings is sounding a lot like SEC fan bases bragging about their TV revenue.

If the money went to the AD, then I agree. But if guys are missing out on big paydays because the blue blood programs are getting scheduling benefits in these tournaments, is that going to hurt recruiting? Let’s say ISU wins tomorrow and goes 3-0. But another team also goes 3-0 and splits $1m because they played a team like ND instead of SJU. Wouldn’t you be interested in

 

[ebState]

On the one hand, it's cool we got paid for this - the matchups are great and it's a lot of fun to follow. Bunch of Q1 games and national recognition.

On the other I don't think I've seen such a scuffed format. Like you would have a difficult time making a more convoluted and arbitrary tournament if you tried. Pods, but different sizes? Win differential, but different opponents?

 

[danvillecyclone]

I think 9 or 10. Not sure what the tiebreaker is after margin

Kansas win by 10 and 11.

Zags won yesterday by 10.

So wouldn’t they have to win by 12+?

 

[Clonehomer]

People do realize it would be impossible to have equal number of teams in two pods when you have 18 teams, correct? A pod of 9 doesn’t work to have everyone play two games.

Yes. That’s why you don’t have an 18 team event. It’s just stupid.

 

[chuckd4735]

Auburn overcame a big halftime deficit a year ago today in Maui. Maybe they can do it again.

 

[Clone95]

Crazy that the meaningless put back by SJ last night wasn’t meaningless at all. Meant ISU didn’t cover the 1.5pt spread and kept us out of the 3rd place game.

 

[Erik4Cy]

Bruce Pearl’s son.

Steven Pearl. I heard his dad sucks.

Nothing quite like a former Hawkeye to utilize nepotism to his family's advantage. I wonder if his son also secretly tapes phone calls with recruits too, while simultaneously committing recruiting violations himself.

Bruce Pearl sucks.

 

[Nor'MidWester]

It should just be if you win a game your team gets an extra $100k or something. Losing out on potentially a million dollars solely because of the scheduled matchups which we have no control over is stupid.

 

[2speedy1]

People do realize it would be impossible to have equal number of teams in two pods when you have 18 teams, correct? A pod of 9 doesn’t work to have everyone play two games.

It does in this format, they are only playing 2 games, its not a full round robin/tourney bracket

You play 2 games in your pod of 8-10 teams then it goes to tie breakers.

If it was a full round robin or full tourney bracket then it wont work.

edit: nvm I misread what you posted. Yeah 9 teams dont work in that way. has to be even.