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I could see Iowa throwing a game against SIU Edwardsville so they wouldn't have to play us.Comment
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News this morning is that the ACC will propose that every D1 team in the country makes the NCAA tourney. Terrible idea imo... Most the top seeds would be power conference teams, who would be playing bad low D1 teams.
To avoid confusion - my username is baseball (Cy Young award) related, NOT for the Cyclones.Comment
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Honestly, in a COVID season it is probably our best chance to make a tourney run. Do you think we will get a fair at large chance when all our non conference games get postponed?Originally posted by CyCarp View PostComment
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Alright let's get something out of the way out of the bat: Every single idea that will be proposed will be terrible in their own special way. That's just the reality of it. Some will be worse than others, but all will have drawbacks.
And the one that, to me, has the least amount of drawbacks, I haven't seen proposed at all. A pod system where you have a decently equal number of high major, mid major, and low major teams (say, 9 teams, three of each level) and you play a round robin throughout the pods. Lowers travel costs/issues, still gets 8 non-conference games, everyone gets to face a decent amount of competition, and then the teams can segue into their conference match ups. No need for double elimination tournaments where some teams gets 2 OoC while some get 10, no need for every team making the tournament.
Side note, I do hate the idea of everyone making the tournament, but I agree with Kansas, I do think that would benefit us a decent amount. Bigger field, more rounds, and a better seeding means that we avoid actual teams for longer and there's better chances that upsets occur around us. Of course that means there's more potential times to lose for us as well, and winning four rounds would only result in a round of 32 exit, but still.Last edited by sevelev711; 09-09-2020, 05:38 PM.Comment
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isn't that how it essentially is in the normal tournament?Originally posted by CyCarp View Post
The top seeds are power conference teams, and they play their first round games against the worst teams that make the field of 68, which are the AQs of the low major conferences.
Sure, when including everyone, most of the first round games (and probably many of the second) will be boring and lopsided, but after the first few rounds it would boil down to decent gamesComment
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I can see 128 or 96 (first round bye for 32). The problem with the 128 or 256 is the logistics of travel and lodging for the tourneys.
I like the idea of three geography-based conference bubbles for conf and nonConf games, then 96 or 128 with no selection committee, just straight up NET based on preseason rankings and bubble performance. If it's 96 and you don't make the cutoff, you really can't complain. From there, make your own magic.Comment
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how would the student athletes complete their classes in the "bubble" setup? Would it be exclusively online education?Comment
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Probably similar to what the baseball team used have to do, when that squad traveled for the first 6-8 weeks of the season - lots of coordination with the profs. Online would probably offer more flexibility than in the past.Comment
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Add in that a good chunk of schools are already doing "full" online and all schools are doing "some" online, mixed in with no school wanting the double PR hit ("So not only can we not field a basketball team, but the reason we can't is because you want to risk them getting COVID in class instead of being in a bubble!?") and I get the feeling that universities will make it work, no matter what. The schools whose conferences have withdrawn not withstanding.
Plus, these bubbles would likely start in late November, so it's like two weeks worth of online schooling. Hell, for some universities like UNI, they likely wouldn't miss any school.Comment
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If this happens it eliminates the need for conference tournaments. No real point to them if everyone gets in the tournament."And immediately, (P'Allen Stinnett's) Facebook status was spouting vulgarities towards the university."Comment
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Well, I’m not sure I want to be walking around downtown St. Louis this year.Comment
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looking at Nov 21 to start...Comment
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