Players Era

To be honest, if its being in 4th playing Kansas, Or 5th and playing someone like Auburn, Maryland, Bama, Oregon etc. I will take 5th. I dont want to play a b12 team we are going to play at least 2 more times this year.

It does suck that the system is this way, and they are only paying bonuses to the top 4 though. If it was a true tournament I could understand but this is not a tournament, its some mutant form of something.
You know how it is with tournaments, some teams lose a single game and get $500k , some lose one game and get $200k, some don't lose at all and earn $1 million, and some potentially win all their games and earn nothing.

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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

Sure, the guys on the court that go 3-0 this week, but don't play in the championship game, can be annoyed at missing out on some extra cash. But that has nothing to do with a team's future recruiting, or we the fans.

3-0 is 3-0. The team that lucks into the championship game and wins that game is also 3-0. Believe it or not, some additional cash in those player's pockets won't help their conference tourney seed, or March Madness seed.
 
No one knows. I think they are not saying posting anything official so they can pick and choose in the end.
This is verbatim from the rules

The team that finishes in first place in each pod will play each other in the overall Players Era championship game and the team that finishes in second place in each pod will play in the third-place game

Mandalay had only 2 undefeated Right?

The rules though are written by the same people who came up with Big 12 tie breaker rules
 
Based on what? I’m not saying it’s not possible, but if we don’t know who will even play for the championship, how can you say this with any certainty?
Can’t argue with you, here. I heard that, just like we’ve heard it’s top 2 in each pod or maybe top 4 overall.
 
I'd rather not play Baylor, Kansas, or Houston as we play Baylor and Kansas twice and Houston once in conference play. A win against a quality non-conference opponent would look a lot better on the NCAA tournament resume than another game against someone we will play again in conference.

Not trying to look too far ahead but that Dec 6th game at #1 Purdue is looking really juicy for a chance at a big resume builder.
 
This is verbatim from the rules

The team that finishes in first place in each pod will play each other in the overall Players Era championship game and the team that finishes in second place in each pod will play in the third-place game

Mandalay had only 2 undefeated Right?

The rules though are written by the same people who came up with Big 12 tie breaker rules

So Gonzaga or Tennessee?
 
Ok so with the way things are going it seems like ISU vs Tennessee 6pm tomorrow for 3rd place?

According to the graphic they keep showing during the game KU is ahead of us. So assuming Gonzaga wins big like michigan we are the 2-0 team left out
 
This is verbatim from the rules

The team that finishes in first place in each pod will play each other in the overall Players Era championship game and the team that finishes in second place in each pod will play in the third-place game

Mandalay had only 2 undefeated Right?

The rules though are written by the same people who came up with Big 12 tie breaker rules
OK post the link, I have seen nothing from the official account. Only from articles, And everyone on the TV on the official channels is saying the pod system dont matter.

I hope you are right, but I have not found a link to the official rules. Please post it here for everyone! Because every article says one thing and the TV announcer say the exact opposite.
 
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The Athletic had an article this morning, basically saying this tournament will become the go to tournament for most schools because of how much it costs to fly the teams to Hawaii or down to the Atlantis tournament, anywhere from $250K to $500K. It stated much easier and cheaper to fly and stay in Vegas, and how most schools lose money attending one of the more established ones.
 
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Thats not an official rule set, that is an article from a news source that is interpreting them, that has repeatedly been contradicted by the announcers on TV.

So who is right? Does anyone have a link directly to the rules from Players era?
 
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