Championship Week - predictions, schedule, and POLL IS LIVE!!!!!!!

[Vowelguy]

2 days in a row 2 West Coast Big 10 teams will play each other at what is for them 9 am. Really? How hard would it have been to make this not happen?

The game times are pre-determined by the seeds, with the top seed getting the first game so they get the most rest time.

 

[nwhoopfan]

The game times are pre-determined by the seeds, with the top seed getting the first game so they get the most rest time.

I don't know about playing an early game really being conducive to getting more rest.

Doesn't it make more sense to put the highest seeded team, I don't know, in a prime time slot when people might be watching on TV and maybe more people would be attending in person? I know, crazy idea.

 

[Vowelguy]

I don't know about playing an early game really being conducive to getting more rest.

Game 1 tomorrow is at Noon
Semi 1 on Saturday is at 2 pm
They get 26 hrs between start times, their opponent gets 23.5

Final is at 2:30 on Sunday
Top seed gets 24.5 hrs betwen start times. Opponent gets 22

This is the way almost every conf tournament is done.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Game 1 tomorrow is at Noon
Semi 1 on Saturday is at 2 pm
They get 26 hrs between start times, their opponent gets 23.5

Final is at 2:30 on Sunday
Top seed gets 24.5 hrs betwen start times. Opponent gets 22

This is the way almost every conf tournament is done.

I think I'd trade a couple extra hours between games for getting to sleep in longer in the morning. How long before game time do you need to be at the arena? Probably 2 hours or so.

Game is at noon local time, but for West Coast teams who probably haven't adjusted to time difference yet it is 9 am. For UCLA maybe it doesn't matter as much, but Washington got stuck with early game 2 days in a row. As would USC if they had won today.

edit--this wouldn't matter if conference realignment hadn't brought us all this insanity of teams being in the same league but 3/4 of the way or entirely on opposite sides of the country from each other

 

[triaddukefan]

*Don't listen to the naysayers. . my losing streak is turning around starting tomorrow.

Starting today 😐😑😐

 

[LETTERL]

I'm curious to see which version of NC State hits the floor against Notre Dame later today: the one that looked listless and tired in South Bend or the one that played a great first half against Syracuse and followed that up with solid performances against Wake and lowly Pitt to end the season following consecutive losses to Notre Dame and Duke.

 

[cancontent]

Notes from the P4 tournaments

#5 seed 3-1, with TxT losing to #12 KSt
#6 seed 2-2, with Tenn (#11 Ala) & Md (#11 Ore) losing
#7 seed 2-2, with MichSt (#10 Ill) & IowaSt (#10 ASU) losing
#8 seed 1-3, with only Washington (USC) winning

(Only) STONE COLD LOCK: #1 UCLA over #8 Washington
UPSET ALERT: #5 ND over #4 NCSt

I'd list Illinois as a possible upset alert as well. Even if Stuelke is cleared to play, this Illinois roster is playing really well.

 

[packwrap]

UCLA appears to be team dealing with jet lag, scoring 6 points in Q1 v Washington.

Perhaps game plan for the Huskies of the Northwest was to clamp down on D and hold UCLA under 25 for the game. 😁

 

[triaddukefan]

@nwhoopfan @cancontent @Vowelguy @Zanzman

If you thought I was gonna lose 41 straight bets, then you were sadly mistaken 😤😤😤

 

[cancontent]

@nwhoopfan @cancontent @Vowelguy @Zanzman

If you thought I was gonna lose 41 straight bets, then you were sadly mistaken 😤😤😤

So where are you taking yourself for dinner tonight? 😉

 

[nwhoopfan]

UCLA appears to be team dealing with jet lag, scoring 6 points in Q1 v Washington.

Perhaps game plan for the Huskies of the Northwest was to clamp down on D and hold UCLA under 25 for the game. 😁

If the game plan had been to declare the game over after 10 minutes, they would've been golden. However they got walloped for the next 30 minutes of game clock. Oh well. Wasn't holding out the slightest hope they would win.

 

[Phil]

I think I'd trade a couple extra hours between games for getting to sleep in longer in the morning. How long before game time do you need to be at the arena? Probably 2 hours or so.

Game is at noon local time, but for West Coast teams who probably haven't adjusted to time difference yet it is 9 am. For UCLA maybe it doesn't matter as much, but Washington got stuck with early game 2 days in a row. As would USC if they had won today.

edit--this wouldn't matter if conference realignment hadn't brought us all this insanity of teams being in the same league but 3/4 of the way or entirely on opposite sides of the country from each other

reason # 1001 why conference realignment was a bad idea.

 

[cancontent]

reason # 1001 why conference realignment was a bad idea.

Yes it was a bad idea, but this didn't happen without the PAC 12 leadership failing to manage the business. Between their inability to capitalize on the brand they had and their failing to properly account for overpayments that added to their financial strain, it made it easier for the other conferences to poach schools.

 

[visitingcock]

Yes it was a bad idea, but this didn't happen without the PAC 12 leadership failing to manage the business. Between their inability to capitalize on the brand they had and their failing to properly account for overpayments that added to their financial strain, it made it easier for the other conferences to poach schools.

“Poach schools” ???

You mean “provide a life raft to schools.”

 

[nwhoopfan]

Uh oh, @TheFarmFan is about to get triggered by this thread drift re: demise of the Pac 12.

 

[GoChips20]

Hidalgo probably won’t be a first-teamer this year but she’s very clearly one of the five best players in the country to me.

 

[BRS24]

Uh oh, @TheFarmFan is about to get triggered by this thread drift re: demise of the Pac 12.

Well, since I'm the OP, I'd kinda like us to stay on topic, eh? 😁