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  • #46
    Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

    Originally posted by mwatje View Post
    I vote we skip Vegas this year...
    Agreed.


    KABOOM!

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    • #47
      Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

      Originally posted by mwatje View Post
      I vote we skip Vegas this year...
      But I laid out so many positive arguments in favor of it!!

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      • #48
        Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

        Originally posted by 95UNIGRAD View Post
        That might be the biggest jerk thing you've ever written on here, and that's saying a lot. Totally classless. You're talking about college kids, not pros, some of whom might never play ball competitively again. Great Panther fan you are. I can tell you really care about the kids and the program. Get lost.
        College kids lose scholarships all the time when they are academic scholarships and their grades don't stay up. Do you cry for them also? Knar and Friedman are going to get five years of free college plus spending money plus tutors and travel to places like Hawaii.

        Nobody Owes anybody anything.

        Notice an athletic transfer carried UNI on his back this weekend for an NCAA tournament birth.

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        • #49
          Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

          Originally posted by run&blade View Post
          College kids lose scholarships all the time when they are academic scholarships and their grades don't stay up. Do you cry for them also? Knar and Friedman are going to get five years of free college plus spending money plus tutors and travel to places like Hawaii.

          Nobody Owes anybody anything.

          Notice an athletic transfer carried UNI on his back this weekend for an NCAA tournament birth.
          There's a bit of difference between poor grades and injuries, as in the case of Knar.
          To avoid confusion - my username is baseball (Cy Young award) related, NOT for the Cyclones.

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          • #50
            Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

            Originally posted by run&blade View Post
            College kids lose scholarships all the time when they are academic scholarships and their grades don't stay up. Do you cry for them also? Knar and Friedman are going to get five years of free college plus spending money plus tutors and travel to places like Hawaii.

            Nobody Owes anybody anything.

            Notice an athletic transfer carried UNI on his back this weekend for an NCAA tournament birth.
            It took a team effort to win. However, Wes was the best overall player.

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            • #51
              Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

              They could only get 8 teams.

              http://www.vegas16.com/

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              • #52
                Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

                Originally posted by JD720 View Post
                They could only get 8 teams.

                http://www.vegas16.com/
                Saw that too. And pretty weak ones at that - at least from a name recognition standpoint.

                Am I reading these brackets right - no MVC teams in the NIT, CBI, CIT or V8?

                Evansville was the only one with an outside shot at the NIT, but I'm wondering, was there a conscience decision by the league to say no to anything other than the NIT?

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                • #53
                  Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

                  Originally posted by UNI MadCat View Post
                  Saw that too. And pretty weak ones at that - at least from a name recognition standpoint.

                  Am I reading these brackets right - no MVC teams in the NIT, CBI, CIT or V8?

                  Evansville was the only one with an outside shot at the NIT, but I'm wondering, was there a conscience decision by the league to say no to anything other than the NIT?
                  Budget issues ruled SIU out of any of the non-NIT tournaments and they weren't on even close to the NIT
                  ISUr would have said no to anything other than NIT and they weren't close to that. Not as bad as SIU on the budget issue but need to be very smart. Illinois is not in a good place.
                  Indiana State likely wasn't on any radar except the CBI and even that was not likely.

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                  • #54
                    Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

                    Originally posted by JD720 View Post
                    They could only get 8 teams.

                    http://www.vegas16.com/
                    Wow. Pathetic. Even more underwhelming than I expected.
                    Give us a yell, HO! The purple and the gold
                    Victory for U-N-I!

                    Find out what the other team wants to do, then take it away from them.
                    - George Halas

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                    • #55
                      Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

                      Originally posted by 95UNIGRAD View Post
                      Wow. Pathetic. Even more underwhelming than I expected.
                      Bad.

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                      • #56
                        Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

                        It's all about the exposure. Oh that right, there is none.

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                        • #57
                          Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

                          All of these bushers need to go. No TV, high entry fee, travel expenses, no crowd, and no gate revenue... All on Spring Break...
                          Last edited by Panther100; 03-14-2016, 10:30 PM.

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                          • #58
                            Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

                            Originally posted by claw View Post
                            Budget issues ruled SIU out of any of the non-NIT tournaments and they weren't on even close to the NIT
                            ISUr would have said no to anything other than NIT and they weren't close to that. Not as bad as SIU on the budget issue but need to be very smart. Illinois is not in a good place.
                            Indiana State likely wasn't on any radar except the CBI and even that was not likely.
                            Interesting.

                            What about Evansville?

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                            • #59
                              Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

                              The best option is to make the Big Dance 128 teams and eliminate the NIT, CIT, CBI, and Vegas 8-16. I'd be okay with the 68 team Big Dance and 128 in the NIT. The bushers have long since proven to be a waste of time/money. I'm amazed the CBI has hung on for 5 years.
                              Last edited by Panther100; 03-15-2016, 10:19 PM.

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                              • #60
                                Re: Vegas 16 tourney thoughts?

                                That's unbelievable that the inaugural Vegas16 will only feature 8 teams. Wonder if there will be a second one next year? A lot of people on here were pretty high on that tourney, thinking it would be the next best one after the NIT. Must not be as good a deal as was thought, did anyone have actual financial info or was it just speculation?
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