#1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

[Herdman]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

oh how i wish SIU wasin the bottom bracket to potentially set up a GFC National Title Game

but UNH first folks!

No that's not good for the over all good of the game. IMO, conference teams should never play in NC games against each other.

[GatewayFB]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

Say, what's Santos completion percentage, not 76%.

You're right...it's only 73%.

[Panther-Sheik]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

No that's not good for the over all good of the game. IMO, conference teams should never play in NC games against each other.

Why not? I guess I see your point if you are speaking to trying to get more geographical interest in the championship game. But, if there is truly one conference that is superior to the rest, wouldn't that show up by two teams making it through their respective brackets to the championship? I think it is a bigger shame when they put them in the same bracket just simply to avoid this without regard to who are the top teams. It is like when the Super Bowl gets diluted because the top two teams are from the AFC / NFC and so everyone says in the conference championship game, "This is the real Super Bowl game".

[Twin Cities Panther]

First New Hampshire Series

Everyone under the age of 72 1/2 will remain standing--and screaming--for the entire duration--hopefully 3 downs--of New Hampshire's first offensive series. This includes 1st & 2nd downs! UNI-Dome security will remove all squatters from the premises. You may be allowed to return @ 1/2 time if you can demonstrate a suitable ability to....MAKE NOISE!

[GonzoCat]

Re: #15 New Hampshire

This game scares me.

That makes 12 in a row doesn't it?

[Barnstormer]

Re: First New Hampshire Series

Everyone under the age of 72 1/2 will remain standing--and screaming--for the entire duration--hopefully 3 downs--of New Hampshire's first offensive series. This includes 1st & 2nd downs! UNI-Dome security will remove all squatters from the premises. You may be allowed to return @ 1/2 time if you can demonstrate a suitable ability to....MAKE NOISE!

Sorry, but it won't be 3 downs... They will throw an INT on the first play of the game. You heard it hear first.

[Waverly_Panther]

Re: First New Hampshire Series

Sorry, but it won't be 3 downs... They will throw an INT on the first play of the game. You heard it hear first.

After they get a false start penalty?

[Barnstormer]

Re: First New Hampshire Series

After they get a false start penalty?

The INT is gonna happen... I can't commit to the false start... but it's possible.

[unigriff]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

i see ur point with the geography stuff, but back in the days of high school, (and i still think it happens now)...my conference in basketball was very dominant (for girls) Carroll, Perry, Dallas Center Grimes, Winterset, Jefferson-Scraton...10 teams...and they always had at least 2 games in the first round of regionals that were conference games...which means the conference didn't get to show how good it really is by beating up on each other even more...not only that...it usually meant Perry/Carroll who were always #1/2 in the state, played each other in the regional final (because of geography basically)...and so one team was always left out of the tourney. I know it happened(s) in many other conferences too in all classes. If you are someone who wants to see a bigtime matchup at the Barn (or now IEC) of the TWO best teams, it never would happen. just my opinion.

[Newsbreaker]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

i see ur point with the geography stuff, but back in the days of high school, (and i still think it happens now)...my conference in basketball was very dominant (for girls) Carroll, Perry, Dallas Center Grimes, Winterset, Jefferson-Scraton...10 teams...and they always had at least 2 games in the first round of regionals that were conference games...which means the conference didn't get to show how good it really is by beating up on each other even more...not only that...it usually meant Perry/Carroll who were always #1/2 in the state, played each other in the regional final (because of geography basically)...and so one team was always left out of the tourney. I know it happened(s) in many other conferences too in all classes. If you are someone who wants to see a bigtime matchup at the Barn (or now IEC) of the TWO best teams, it never would happen. just my opinion.

This is very common, at least in HS basketball.

When I was in HS, we had a nationally ranked girls BB team. IIRC, my freshman year we were ranked #2 in the state and #9 in the nation. Unfortunately, #1/#8 was CR Washington in our conference, but in the other division.

Of course those two teams were in the same region/substate, and met in the regional finals. The first year we won at a "neutral" site in Dubuque, the next year they won at a "neutral" site in CR. Each time, one of the two best teams was gone 3 games too early.

[GonzoCat]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

This happens in international basketball too. Sometimes a team plays the gold medal team in their first game of a competition. Then after losing that game they can go undefeated the rest of the way, tie for the best record, but cannot finish higher than 9th.

[Newsbreaker]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

This happens in international basketball too. Sometimes a team plays the gold medal team in their first game of a competition. Then after losing that game they can go undefeated the rest of the way, tie for the best record, but cannot finish higher than 9th.

[JayJ79]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

This is very common, at least in HS basketball.

Unless, of course, you're talking about Des Moines area teams. In which case, they'd spread them into different regions and on opposite sides of the bracket in order to facilitate the possibility of an all-DSM final.

[Matt Trump]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

FYI, I've merged 3 threads into 1 as they were all about the same game.

[01PantherFan]

Re: #1 UNI(11-0) vs. UNH (7-4)

good article in Waterloo courier

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2007/11/21/sports/local/doc474461ba9bc46342135174.txt