The Wiz Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Down to the wire....As the computer predicted before the NIT started...we wouldn't get an answer to our coaching question until the first week in April. This is the Battle for 2 days... it will be over on Tues or next Thur. After over a 2 week wait another couple of days won't matter. Doesn't this seem like it has been 2 months. The computer thinks this game may go into OT....2 A- teams that should have been Dancing will try to move into the Championship game with a victory on Tuesday. The finish line is in sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLIKNS Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Hinkle will be an insane Indiana State atmosphere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 2 hours ago, BLIKNS said: Hinkle will be an insane Indiana State atmosphere The ticket prices are crazy for the NIT. Crappy bleacher seating is over $100. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniorbill76 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 4 hours ago, The Wiz said: Down to the wire....As the computer predicted before the NIT started...we wouldn't get an answer to our coaching question until the first week in April. This is the Battle for 2 days... it will be over on Tues or next Thur. After over a 2 week wait another couple of days won't matter. Doesn't this seem like it has been 2 months. The computer thinks this game may go into OT....2 A- teams that should have been Dancing will try to move into the Championship game with a victory on Tuesday. The finish line is in sight. Does the computee consider this a quasi-home game for ISU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy II Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 3 hours ago, brianstl said: The ticket prices are crazy for the NIT. Crappy bleacher seating is over $100. -all inclusive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOC Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 3 hours ago, brianstl said: The ticket prices are crazy for the NIT. Crappy bleacher seating is over $100. This game is essentially sold out. The atmosphere will be wild. Good for our new coach and our new players. We can carry this momentum into recruiting and next season. Go ISU! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 3 hours ago, brianstl said: The ticket prices are crazy for the NIT. Crappy bleacher seating is over $100. What a racket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 2 hours ago, Littlebill said: What a racket Just to make sure everybody is aware of this. The NIT distributes the money from ticket sales, after expenses, among the schools playing at the tournament according to the number of games played. 25% off the top goes to the game winner, the rest is distributed equally among all schools playing at that level. The NIT also pays for transportation to and from the tournament games, plus staying at the tournament site (room, board, etc) for schools attending. A significant portion of your $100 per seat goes to the schools playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikens747 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 6 minutes ago, Old guy said: Just to make sure everybody is aware of this. The NIT distributes the money from ticket sales, after expenses, among the schools playing at the tournament according to the number of games played. 25% off the top goes to the game winner, the rest is distributed equally among all schools playing at that level. The NIT also pays for transportation to and from the tournament games, plus staying at the tournament site (room, board, etc) for schools attending. A significant portion of your $100 per seat goes to the schools playing. Those tickets were $30-$40 from the source. So a significant portion is actually going to StubHub and scalper's pockets. AGB91 and brianstl like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Yeah, and even though it's the NIT, there's media money coming in too. It's not all ticket sales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 7 hours ago, juniorbill76 said: Does the computee consider this a quasi-home game for ISU? No ...this is considered a neutral game. In order to be considered a home game you have to play in the venue 3 times in a season. An extreme example of this would be if The Bills would play at The Dome at America's Center (the old Rams hangout) or the Enterprise Center (Blues) it would also be considered a neutral court. The "advantage" has to do with different sight lines, a player being "more comfortable" at home , etc. This is not some algorithm the computer invented but is a rule that the NCAA came up with for March Madness in the 1980s. The rule was put into place to prevent a team in the first 2 rounds from gaining home field advantage. Using the hypothetical from above in a real life example...The first 2 rounds of the 2026 NCAA tourney will be held at the Enterprise Center. When The Bills get their Dance ticket with CJS they will be able to play at the Enterprise Center because they will not have played a game there during the season...If they even played 1 game at the EC, the Bills would have to be put in a different venue ...because after they beat UConn in game 1 , the second game against the Illini would be considered game 3 at the EC and therefore not allowed to be played at that venue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 6 hours ago, Cowboy II said: -all inclusive? happy e**ing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old guy Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 The home court facility for Indiana State U is Hulman Center in campus. This facility was fully renovated in 2020, it is a very nice facility. that seats 9,000. The facility being used for the NIT tournament is not the Hulman Center. Of course the money that is distributed by the NIT is the money that goes to the NIT, not the ticket sellers. I have no idea if they include the TV money in the distribution or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Pelican Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 To be clear, ISU had the overall number one seed in the NIT and thus had three NIT home games in the Hulman Center. The semifinals and final are being held in Indy at Hinkle Fieldhouse (also about 9000 seats) but all the other games were played at various home courts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicCityBilliken Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 9 hours ago, The Wiz said: No ...this is considered a neutral game. In order to be considered a home game you have to play in the venue 3 times in a season. An extreme example of this would be if The Bills would play at The Dome at America's Center (the old Rams hangout) or the Enterprise Center (Blues) it would also be considered a neutral court. The "advantage" has to do with different sight lines, a player being "more comfortable" at home , etc. This is not some algorithm the computer invented but is a rule that the NCAA came up with for March Madness in the 1980s. The rule was put into place to prevent a team in the first 2 rounds from gaining home field advantage. Using the hypothetical from above in a real life example...The first 2 rounds of the 2026 NCAA tourney will be held at the Enterprise Center. When The Bills get their Dance ticket with CJS they will be able to play at the Enterprise Center because they will not have played a game there during the season...If they even played 1 game at the EC, the Bills would have to be put in a different venue ...because after they beat UConn in game 1 , the second game against the Illini would be considered game 3 at the EC and therefore not allowed to be played at that venue. How would they handle Dayton if they could only qualify for a play-in game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 21 minutes ago, MusicCityBilliken said: How would they handle Dayton if they could only qualify for a play-in game? Good question...Dayton has an exemption...If they were the play in team ...they would also be the home team. ... MusicCityBilliken likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 This is an interesting match-up. Utah is a very big team. Wiz can you crunch some numbers and rate the Indiana State starters defensively? I recall you said they are average defensively as a team, but interested if any of them are plus defenders. With the eye test, Julian Larry might be in my very limited viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, ACE said: This is an interesting match-up. Utah is a very big team. Wiz can you crunch some numbers and rate the Indiana State starters defensively? I recall you said they are average defensively as a team, but interested if any of them are plus defenders. With the eye test, Julian Larry might be in my very limited viewing. Here is the report card for the game. Since the starters play 182 min/gm (91% of the entire game) if you look at the defensive side of the report card you are essentially looking at the the starters. .................ISU............................UT................ISU...................UT ...........................OFF..................................................DEF.......... PPG............A+..8th ITN............B+...................C-.....................C- FG%...........A+..3rd ITN.............B+..................C+.....................B 3P%...........A+..11th ITN............C-...................C.......................C FT%...........A+..3rd ITN.............F-..16th WITN............................. Reb...........C+............................A-..................A.........................D+ OFF Rebs = total rebs...DEF Rebs = opp reb So basically, ISU has the better Offense (A vs B ) and the better Defense (B- vs C)...So why is this game EVEN? Because Utah has an A- SOS and ISU has a B-. Both teams overall are A- teams thus the game is EVEN. Bottom line....Because this game is EVEN , the computer thinks that it may be decided at the FT line...If ISU gets 20+ FTA then the game starts to swing toward ISU. The game is EVEN That is what they say No matter who wins Schertz is coming our way. CenHudDude likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 by far most I've given a s*** about NIT since we played out @ Family Arena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 The official line is ISU by 3.5. I hope the Utah bigs can get Avilla in foul trouble. The wait has been long enough. Let's start a new era tomorrow. A lot of work to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Utah is extremely experienced. Their top five players are all seniors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Slu let the dogs out? likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 We're team Utes over here RiseOfTheBillikens and stmdragons like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseOfTheBillikens Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 5 minutes ago, Littlebill said: We're team Utes over here Oh my it could all come full circle here tonight. On my birthday no less. Come on Rickma work your magic up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 1 hour ago, ACE said: The official line is ISU by 3.5. I hope the Utah bigs can get Avilla in foul trouble. The wait has been long enough. Let's start a new era tomorrow. A lot of work to do. I asked the computer about the 3.5 line. It said that ISU might be able to cover it after the OT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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