Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

[Panther100]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

FCOA is already taken care of.

That's better.

[BCPanther]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

Absolutely nothing to do with FCOA.

This comes from the basketball budget...

[run&blade]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

Exposure? Nobody is going to watch these games.

[SteinPizza]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

Exposure? Nobody is going to watch these games.

It's still on a national cable network, and that and the destination are selling points for future recruits. That it generates very few viewers is not as important. It's obviously not the same as going to the NCAA, but it's much better than being a crap team sitting at home.

[UNI MadCat]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

Exposure? Nobody is going to watch these games.

It's all relative. No one is going to watch the CBI/CIT games because the vast majority aren't on tv at all. A small audience is better than no audience. And bear and mind, we are talking about picking from the third tier tourneys here...I basically was just curious if people felt like the lipstick looked best on this particular pig, amongst the three options.

[run&blade]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

NCAA/nit and if anything else ends up costing Uni money just say no.

[BCPanther]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

I've missed r&b since we've won 9 of 10...

[95UNIGRAD]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

I've missed r&b since we've won 9 of 10...

You have? Why?

Winning cures all ills

[run&blade]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

I've missed r&b since we've won 9 of 10...

Well let me toss this in. Lol if you think going to Vegas is going to help recruiting. We all know all they get is unathletic guys from around Iowa that jack 3's non-stop.

We found out this year one guy that can create his own shot doesn't work. Next year Uni might have zero.

Last season should have opened recruiting doors, where are the studs?

[BCPanther]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

Well let me toss this in. Lol if you think going to Vegas is going to help recruiting. We all know all they get is unathletic guys from around Iowa that jack 3's non-stop.

We found out this year one guy that can create his own shot doesn't work. Next year Uni might have zero.

Last season should have opened recruiting doors, where are the studs?

Juwan McCloud can get his own. He's a stud. Isaiah Brown is Top 25 in Texas ranked above several 3-stars.

Austin Phyfe is a big time get too.

I don't know how much better we can do? Realistically until we break through with a Final Four type run we're doing about as well as we can...

[SteinPizza]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

Well let me toss this in. Lol if you think going to Vegas is going to help recruiting. We all know all they get is unathletic guys from around Iowa that jack 3's non-stop.

We found out this year one guy that can create his own shot doesn't work. Next year Uni might have zero.

Last season should have opened recruiting doors, where are the studs?

Going to Vegas can't hurt, can it? I agree with you that I want to see the level of player and level of athlete get better. In order to do that, you need more selling points from a recruiting standpoint. Vegas isn't a game changer, but it's not a negative either. Going nowhere in the postseason...that's a negative.

[95UNIGRAD]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

R&B, we're talking about a team that was 10-11 about a month ago. Let's not get too up on our high horses about what tournaments are beneath us. I sure hope they finish well enough this weekend to get an NCAA or NIT bid, but Vegas would be fine if they don't come through.

[run&blade]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

I wouldn't play in a thing under the nit if it cost a lot of money.

The extra practices are meaningless, if they don't have it figured out after five or six months I doubt it will click now.

I wish these bogus tournaments let redshirts play, then I would see lots of positives.

[Panther100]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

R&B, we're talking about a team that was 10-11 about a month ago. Let's not get too up on our high horses about what tournaments are beneath us. I sure hope they finish well enough this weekend to get an NCAA or NIT bid, but Vegas would be fine if they don't come through.

R&B has some good points. Why not spend the time recruiting the 13th scholarship? Why not concentrate on player weight training/development? Why not always make at least the NIT?

[CyCarp]

Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

I'm pretty sure the NCAA is always the ultimate goal, and the NIT secondary. Anything after that we'll see. I fully expect us to take the best tourney that we have an opportunity to play this year. The only recent year that I recall we didn't was when I'm pretty sure we had just 1 senior (Chip Rank) and he didn't start. It's a going away party of sorts for seniors and if you play well and win, could still be a good recruiting tool imo. I don't think this takes away from recruiting or player development in any way.