Arch Madness 2016

[UNIChippewa]

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Gregg is just a clown. I heard from a Wichita fan that after we beat them in Wichita he walked in the locker room, yelled at the guys "enjoy playing in the NIT" then walked out. It'll be interesting to see him next year without 2 AAs. Although I've also heard that those two pretty much do whatever they want in practices, so maybe it'll make them more of a team. With Gregg's personality, I wouldn't be surprised if either of these rumors are true.

Whose locker room? Ours, or theirs? One would hope it would be his own locker room he'said yelling at (even though that's a d!ck move anyway), but with Gregg you never know.

[SteinPizza]

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Whose locker room? Ours, or theirs? One would hope it would be his own locker room he'said yelling at (even though that's a d!ck move anyway), but with Gregg you never know.

Come on, let's not get too carried away. If it was our locker room, you would've heard all about it, it would've made the news, and someone from UNI's side probably would've gotten in his face.

Also, in the world of coach's moves, him yelling that at his own players is par for the course. Coaches yell stuff like that at players all the time, all over the country, at every level. Holding that against him is like being mad at Obama, Trump, or Cruz over something inconsequential, when there's plenty of substantive things to be pissed about.

[Neighbor]

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Does anyone have information on where the first and second round games (Des Moines, Denver, St. Louis etc) feed into the regionals?

Do Des Moines teams feed into the Midwest regional and Denver feed into the West Region?

[BCPanther]

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Does anyone have information on where the first and second round games (Des Moines, Denver, St. Louis etc) feed into the regionals?

Do Des Moines teams feed into the Midwest regional and Denver feed into the West Region?

Nothing is set. Could feed into any regional.

[vbfan19]

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doesn't each site have two "pods", usually from two different "regionals"?

[CincyPanther88]

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SIU not playing in postseason due to health and budget concerns.

http://m.siusalukis.com/m/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030916aaa.html

The university is also laying off 180 people and eliminating men's and women's tennis.

http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/siu-announces-potential-layoffs-broad-cuts-to-programs-services/article_c83658ed-792d-5681-8c1e-8da04f2a98ad.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share

[UNIChippewa]

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SIU not playing in postseason due to health and budget concerns.

http://m.siusalukis.com/m/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030916aaa.html

The university is also laying off 180 people and eliminating men's and women's tennis.

http://thesouthern.com/news/local/si...ign=user-share

Too bad for the BB team after the kind of season they've had not to be continuing it, but it sounds like a decision that wasn't made lightly.

[UNIChippewa]

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Come on, let's not get too carried away. If it was our locker room, you would've heard all about it, it would've made the news, and someone from UNI's side probably would've gotten in his face.

Also, in the world of coach's moves, him yelling that at his own players is par for the course. Coaches yell stuff like that at players all the time, all over the country, at every level. Holding that against him is like being mad at Obama, Trump, or Cruz over something inconsequential, when there's plenty of substantive things to be pissed about.

Oh, I was pretty sure it was his own locker room, but like I wrote, with Gregg you never know for sure. I also like clarity; the poster didn't make it clear which locker room it was.

[SteinPizza]

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Oh, I was pretty sure it was his own locker room, but like I wrote, with Gregg you never know for sure. I also like clarity; the poster didn't make it clear which locker room it was.

No worries. Marshall is definitely kind of a wild card, isn't he? Like I said in another thread, he's like a combo of Trump/Ditka but with less of a filter.

[Panther-at-Arms]

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I can only imagine the scene in their house at night when Gregg wants filet for dinner and she wants lobster tail. The screaming, fighting, foot stomping, etc. as they plead their case. Then the ridiculous celebration when they realize they are rich and can have both and sit down and eat with that smug smirk on their faces.

This might be the best comment I've ever read on here.

[Neighbor]

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Article in USA Today describes the travesty of Mid Major conferences best teams not getting the automatic bid to NCAA. The writer suggests that regular season champs are more deserving of NCAA bids than conference tournament champs. The articled discussed Iona, Valparaiso and Ivy league. They didn't specifically mention UNI but they did feature a picture of Jeremy and Matt celebrating.

[claw]

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Ivy is starting a post season tournament starting next year, so that's bad timing on the part of the article.

[GonzoCat]

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What about the travesty of how USA Today and other big corporate media have destroyed journalism in this country, did they mention that?

There is a travesty with regard to top non money conferences and the extreme difficulty they face in getting more than one team in the NCAA, but sounds like they got that wrong too.

[SteinPizza]

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What about the travesty of how USA Today and other big corporate media have destroyed journalism in this country, did they mention that?

There is a travesty with regard to top non money conferences and the extreme difficulty they face in getting more than one team in the NCAA, but sounds like they got that wrong too.

I think "travesty" is overblown in this case. As an example, if the 6th place team in the B1G is truly better than the 2nd place Horizon, 3rd place Valley, or 4th place MWC team, then the B1G team should get in over the others (and vice versa). Having multiple computer rankings (and methodologies), does take some of the guesswork out of it. There still has to be something of an eyeball test, sure, but make it as objective as you can.

Why? Because the tourney should be about the best 64 teams, regardless of conference. Put another way, the 64 teams with the best chance that win a championship. It's goal is not to give small schools a chance, give kids a great life experience, etc. It's about meritocracy. The nice thing is that there are mid major teams capable of competing in a meritocracy - just not as many as some want to believe. If anything, the NCAA should mandate tougher scheduling by P5 schools, even if they're home games. Give the mid majors more of a chance to prove they belong, because the burden of proof is on them, not on the Dukes of the world.

[ubuntuCAT]

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I'm in favor of combining the NIT and NCAA tournament. Each conference gets regular season and tournament champion guaranteed in tournament. If it's the same team then only one is guaranteed in NCAA. Top 8 seeds get a bye in first round.