HoosierPal Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 No Oklahoma State or Cleveland State. CBFan, Compton, Slu let the dogs out? and 3 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsBeliever!!! Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 I’m assuming this means it is a tournament. Wonder if our first game is still against Northern Iowa or if that has changed as well. Could see LSU, SLU, Nebraska, and UNI be against WKU, SFU, Nevada, and ISU for the first round in some order Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clocktoweraccords2004 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 How to get in the top 25 right away TheOne likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 4 hours ago, BillsBeliever!!! said: I’m assuming this means it is a tournament. Wonder if our first game is still against Northern Iowa or if that has changed as well. Could see LSU, SLU, Nebraska, and UNI be against WKU, SFU, Nevada, and ISU for the first round in some order I don’t know. I heard that LSU was a second opponent for us and that Western KY was only playing two games. I’m looking forward to further information. Things could have changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Clocktoweraccords2004 said: How to get in the top 25 right away List the top 25 properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 SLU_Lax and HoosierPal like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 9 hours ago, thetorch said: How does that work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, wgstl said: How does that work? SLU reportedly is playing Northern Iowa, LSU plus one other. None of these games depend on results. A rumor on the Nebraska forum is that Oklahoma State dropped out due to not being able to reconcile testing protocol. The Big 12 and Big 10 are on different testing programs (at least in football). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, wgstl said: How does that work? more than likely tourney split into two groups of 4 and you play the other teams in your group once each. then maybe a championship set up with the winner of each group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauman Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: more than likely tourney split into two groups of 4 and you play the other teams in your group once each. then maybe a championship set up with the winner of each group. That would be 4 games and no one has talked about more than 2 or 3. I could see 2 brackets with us playing UNI first, then whoever wins the other game in our bracket with the winners of the two brackets then playing a game for the tournament championship. I haven't seen anyone talk about this approach either, but it would produce 3 games. The other teams could also get 3 games if they set it up for 3rd, 5th and 7th place games also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Here is a simple matrix of how it could work. There are many iterations that could achieve the same thing: Opponent Team Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 1 2 3 5 2 1 4 6 3 4 1 7 4 3 2 8 5 6 7 1 6 5 8 2 7 8 5 3 8 7 6 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 kshoe, any such matrix of games that may be planned, may well be thrown off by positive Covid testing requiring quarantine in any of the teams participating. They will have to play the games on a "whoever is available plays" basis. No one can anticipate or control who gets to test positive at any one time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 16 minutes ago, Old guy said: kshoe, any such matrix of games that may be planned, may well be thrown off by positive Covid testing requiring quarantine in any of the teams participating. They will have to play the games on a "whoever is available plays" basis. No one can anticipate or control who gets to test positive at any one time. stop Everyone knows about Covid. jweste216, majerus mojo, slufanskip and 3 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taj79 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Doesn't the Maui Invitational do this? The first one is set then the rest fall into place. I think Battle for Atlantis and the Puerto Rico Classic also used to do this. Given the current situation, I'd throw all past practices out the window and see what goes. I'm just happy to play right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Old guy said: kshoe, any such matrix of games that may be planned, may well be thrown off by positive Covid testing requiring quarantine in any of the teams participating. They will have to play the games on a "whoever is available plays" basis. No one can anticipate or control who gets to test positive at any one time. If a team makes it to Nebraska and tests negative prior to going, there is a very high probability they can play 3 games in 5 days without the world falling apart on them. The matrix works... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 19 minutes ago, Taj79 said: Doesn't the Maui Invitational do this? The first one is set then the rest fall into place. I think Battle for Atlantis and the Puerto Rico Classic also used to do this. Given the current situation, I'd throw all past practices out the window and see what goes. I'm just happy to play right now. Maui and all the others are traditional 8 team tournaments. Win and you play the winner of the other game. Lose and you play the loser. Etc. The match-ups in the Nebraska tourney won't change depending on whether you win or lose the first games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, kshoe said: Maui and all the others are traditional 8 team tournaments. Win and you play the winner of the other game. Lose and you play the loser. Etc. This is probably the best way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Old guy said: kshoe, any such matrix of games that may be planned, may well be thrown off by positive Covid testing requiring quarantine in any of the teams participating. They will have to play the games on a "whoever is available plays" basis. No one can anticipate or control who gets to test positive at any one time. Please change your name to Cap'n Obvious. Geez man, every time someone proposes or suggests something, you remind us that it just might not work. We KNOW that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 38 minutes ago, kshoe said: If a team makes it to Nebraska and tests negative prior to going, there is a very high probability they can play 3 games in 5 days without the world falling apart on them. I we are using Big 10 Covid rules, we are already in 'the window'. The Big 10 has a 21 day quarantine for positives. Look at Wisconsin football - they have canceled two games. What is uncertain is if the quarantine is for the entire team or just the positive player, plus any 'close contact'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgeldmacher Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 I think you guys are reading way too much into what this really is. It is not a tournament. It is a Multiple Team Event. This arrangement is only being done to get teams together to have games. My hope is that we get guaranteed Northern Iowa, LSU, and then either Nebraska or Nevada. A tournament style leaves too much to chance. 3star_recruit, BilliesBy40, HoosierPal and 1 other like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 1 hour ago, cgeldmacher said: I think you guys are reading way too much into what this really is. It is not a tournament. It is a Multiple Team Event. This arrangement is only being done to get teams together to have games. My hope is that we get guaranteed Northern Iowa, LSU, and then either Nebraska or Nevada. A tournament style leaves too much to chance. Exactly. It's 8 teams getting together to hoop. Nothing more or less. No trophy (but perhaps participation ribbons??) I hope for Western Kentucky is the third team. They have a pretty good team and might end up with a better NET than the others. The Hilltoppers are picked to win the CUSA by most scribes. Bassey is back from the DL list. They return 4 double digit scorers and have added Frampton from Davidson. According to Stu, Northern Iowa is game 1, LSU game 3, and TBD game 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 stu durando is saying on twitter we play northern iowa our first game and lsu the third with the second yet to be decided. i think this is just a play 3 games deal and there is no play game for the championship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 3 hours ago, White Pelican said: Please change your name to Cap'n Obvious. Geez man, every time someone proposes or suggests something, you remind us that it just might not work. We KNOW that... I have been called captain obvious many times. I think it is necessary to bring a dose of reality to the fact many posts that basically do not take reality into account. We have a great team this year with a great coach, this much is true. If this was a regular season we would go deep into the Dance. But this is not a normal or regular year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 52 minutes ago, billiken_roy said: stu durando is saying on twitter we play northern iowa our first game and lsu the third with the second yet to be decided. i think this is just a play 3 games deal and there is no play game for the championship. Nebraska would be my game du jour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Any word on anyone broadcasting this affair? I'd think FSMW would at least do the Bills games. LSU game may be an SEC network deal. If we get Nebraska maybe a B10 broadcast. Can't believe the whole thing will not be aired somewhere. I've got FMWS and ESPN+ SEC, and B10 covered along with the other majors, ie CBSSN, NBCSN. I come up empty if it's some Podunk Nebraska network. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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