UTEP in Basketball Classic
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Man, that's been a minute. Williams was one of my favorite players. Super intense competitor. Shouldn't have slugged DJ though.
Why has Saterfield disappeared this season? He had a little bit of a good run hitting 3's and getting some play time then just dropped off!
Just keep winning and we'll likely get our shot vs. Fresno State.
The team is playing great and the players are having fun. Why would we want to end it now?
Biggest crowd of the tournament, though.
Interesting that the opponent hasn't been announced yet. I wonder if it's going to be the winner of New Orleans vs. Portland.
The other options are Southern Utah and Merrimack.
Is that you NoWins?
I didn't realize Western Illinois started 12-2 with a win over Nebraska. I wonder what happened?
Nebraska is the worst team in the Big Ten. They lost three times to Northwestern.
They did finish the season strong, but they were horrible the rest of the season.
This will leave 5 teams remaining. How are they going to solve that?
Merrimack vs Portland/N.O. winner.
Merrimack vs Portland/N.O. winner.
| March 21 | 7:00 p.m. | Florida Gulf Coast at Coastal Carolina | ||
| 8:00 p.m. | USC Upstate at South Alabama | |||
| March 22 | Southern Utah | at UTEP | ||
| March 23 | 10:00 p.m. | Youngstown State at Fresno State |
Come watch The Basketball Classic: a tournament so awesome our Final Four has 5 teams!
Three of the five teams will get a bye.
I predict UTEP won't get a bye, but they will keep getting home games, since the tournament needs their gate revenue.
Only 2 byes are needed.
10 teams goes to 5 teams
One team get a bye
Down to 3 teams
One team gets a bye
Championship game
If there are 5 teams left then you have 3 byes and the remaining 2 play each other.
That will leave a Final Four.
There would only be 2 more byes.
10 teams goes to 5 teams
1 team gets a bye. Goes down to 3 teams.
1 team gets a bye
Championship game
I think the opposite way. If we beat Southern Utah we get a bye to the semis to ensure a big crowd and help us get closer to the championship game.
That would be cool, then get a weekend finale hopefully?
I was kinda hoping for 3 more games to see if we could get 10 games above .500 (and maybe convince some guys to stay for what's to come).
If this is true, then it looks like Merrimack dropped out and Portland gets two byes into the Semifinals. One team getting two byes would be crazy. The Basketball Classic is a joke!
No, Portland gets one bye…into the quarterfinals. The teams that get screwed are Florida Gulf Coast or Coastal Carolina, as the winner between them doesn’t get a straight shot into the semis like the 3 brackets above them.
Agree though, this tourney is a joke. Who ****in’ organized this thing?
