6:00pm Sunday, 16 March 2014: the selection show

EBox · Post by **EBox** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:55 am

I've noticed that shirt "The UMass Way" is pretty cool - looks like adidas has its logo on that, and this is something seen across other conferences, all sponsored by Adidas. (e.g. Seton Hall has "The Pirate Way", Michigan has "The Wolverine Way", etc.). Really would love to buy this.

If UMass is smart, they will be selling some type of UMass NCAA shirt/gear.

Maximis · Post by **Maximis** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 10:15 am

MassMan06 wrote:In case you weren't hyped enough. New video:

http://whowantsnext.com/

Heh heh...that made me giddy!!!

MassMan06 · Post by **MassMan06** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:39 am

As for the local teams, Whitmer really likes the way UMass battled through a tough non-conference schedule. They have proven to be battle tested and have definitely earned their sixth seed.

“UMass played teams like New Mexico and beat ‘em. They played Nebraska and beat ‘em. They played Providence and beat ‘em. They played BYU and beat them – all four of those teams are in the tournament,” said Whitmer.

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/03/17/w ... h-madness/

CrazyLegs · Post by **CrazyLegs** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 1:36 pm

^ The only thing that worries me is those OOC games were in Nov. and Dec. That's a lifetime ago in college hoops.

bharms08 · Post by **bharms08** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:19 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcj6-1kvgQU

Whole show up on youtube

uz2b-len · Post by **uz2b-len** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:59 pm

I don't know if anyone actually mentioned that there was a very big turnout for the event. It was the first time I've ever seen the parking lot there at the Newmarket Center completely full. Not one spot. I had to park around back as did many others.

xlgman · Post by **xlgman** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:03 pm

Maximis wrote:
MassMan06 wrote:In case you weren't hyped enough. New video:

http://whowantsnext.com/
Heh heh...that made me giddy!!!

That is awesome. Love the music too.

Kosty · Post by **Kosty** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:03 am

EBox wrote:I've noticed that shirt "The UMass Way" is pretty cool - looks like adidas has its logo on that, and this is something seen across other conferences, all sponsored by Adidas. (e.g. Seton Hall has "The Pirate Way", Michigan has "The Wolverine Way", etc.). Really would love to buy this.

If UMass is smart, they will be selling some type of UMass NCAA shirt/gear.

I just sent the bookstore an email asking if and when they were going to sell the shirts. Hoping to hear back in the positive. I mentioned in my email that a number of people here have expressed interest in buying the shirts.

MikeEsq · Post by **MikeEsq** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:23 am

Not only that, but other schools have begun selling them! Including NC State!

Send her this in a follow-up email:

http://gopack.cbscollegestore.com/store ... _id=247290

Kosty · Post by **Kosty** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:57 pm

This is maybe encouraging? Appears to be an automated message though....

The following is a response in regard to ticket id: 352522

We are in the works to try and get these but it may or may not happen. We'll see what happens.

This is an automated response. Please do not respond to this e-mail. If you have a question or need to reach Customer Service, please click here.

How can they automate a response to the kind of question I asked? I guess it's easy now that I think about it.....they can just say "Yeah, we're working on it.....might happen, might not...."

Probably wouldn't hurt if others wrote in as well. I am going to write another email with the link to the NC State page anyways.

EBox · Post by **EBox** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:54 pm

Just checked our gear store. Looks like they created this masterpiece for the NCAAs:

Manufactured by the high end renown sports clothing designer Blue 84. Awful. Another missed opportunity.

http://umassathletics.cbscollegestore.c ... _id=247311

MikeEsq · Post by **MikeEsq** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:55 pm

I would bet that this is the standard NCAA Tourney team for all 68 schools. Why they licensed it with a substandard company, I have no idea.

It seriously irks me that NC State can get their "Wolfpack Way" T shirts on the store website, and we can't. Why does UMass always have to lag behind in this area???

cam9219 · Post by **cam9219** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 4:53 pm

MikeEsq wrote:I would bet that this is the standard NCAA Tourney team for all 68 schools. Why they licensed it with a substandard company, I have no idea.

It seriously irks me that NC State can get their "Wolfpack Way" T shirts on the store website, and we can't. Why does UMass always have to lag behind in this area???

Because Adidas doesn't care about us as a small client in comparison to their big clients that they have to satisfy first.

Marty Peretz · Post by **Marty Peretz** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:07 pm

^Exactly. NC State will sell ten times (or more) the number of those that we would. That said, if we do release those, I'm buying.

NilesGold · Post by **NilesGold** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:52 pm

Random question about the seedings. Why do two 12 and two 11 seeds play in the play in games? Shouldn't all of the 16 and 15 seeds play in the 4 play-in games, since they're the weakest of the teams?