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uz2b-len
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 Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:44 am Post subject: |
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You don't need five days for a 16 team tourney. We were already playing a 16-team tourney, it's just that four teams had byes in the first round. In other words, after the first round, you had eight teams left, just as in a 16 team tourney. In a 16 team tourney, after Day 1 you have eight teams, then Day 2 gives you four, Day 3=>2, Day 1=>The Champ!
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Chris20
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:50 am Post subject: |
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| Crank wrote: | If the league stays at 16 games and does the 14+2 format, these are the pairings I'd like to see:
UMass - Temple
URI - Fordham
St. Joes - LaSalle
St. Bonnie - Duquesne
GW - Charlotte
Richmond - VCU
St. Louis - Butler
Xavier - Dayton
Not only does it give us one last home and home with our departing former rival Temple, but it keeps most geographic rivals together and also puts this year's expected stronger teams together. |
Crank, I completely agree....probably makes too much sense. |
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MikeUMA
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:54 am Post subject: |
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| Puffton 280 wrote: | http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/59546/3-point-shot-seriously-tough-a-10
Katz is saying we will move to an 18 game schedule next year.
| Quote: | | Butler's early arrival will necessitate a number of scheduling adjustments as the league jumps to 18 games from 16, since that’s two fewer non-conference games teams may or may not have scheduled. |
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I can't see the A-10 going to 18-games. If there are schools that have already filled out their non-conference schedule, adding 2 more conference games would put those schools over the NCAA limit in number of games. I think the league would therefore stick with a 16-game slate and just reduce the home-and-homes from 3 to 1, as Matty V indicated. |
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NilesGold
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 10:58 am Post subject: |
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| Sam Minuteman wrote: | | So they just have to end up in the top 4 and earn the double bye. #ThatWasEasy |
Is that how 16-team conference tournaments are typically run, with the top 4 teams getting a double bye? |
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Chris20
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 11:09 am Post subject: |
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| I think that's just Big East....I don't know of any other conference that does that. |
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Dewey
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MikeUMA
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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Did the A-10 say, or hint, about why they stuck with the 12-team tournament format? The opportunity for generating additional revenue seems possible if they went to a Big East type format in 5 days. |
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Jackman
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't think we'll miss the bottom 4 teams from the tournament. We improved the top end of the conference, but as in past years our worst teams are still going to be fairly bad teams by mid-major standards, not bad by Big East standards. If we're trying to make the NCAAs, do we want another game against a team with a mid-200s RPI or worse? Get them out of there, IMO. |
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UMass87
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| ^^^^Absolutely |
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Max11
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| Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Completely agree that the bottom 4 should be excluded. A team with a Top 4 finish in this league will deserve the extra day of rest that they get. November can't come quickly enough! |
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69MG
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