May Madness

[H2PisIT]

SMF was right all along. Although it may be April.

 

[JD1976]

SMF was right all along. Although it may be April.

Based on the below tweet from Goodman and from previous news that came out, we can start to piece some things together.

1. It has been at least reported (if not fully confirmed by the NCAA) that the Selection Sunday and the Final 4 dates will stay the same — or at least that is the current plan.

2. The below tweet indicates Tier 1 personnel (most importantly, players and coaches) need 7 straight negative tests before traveling to Indy.

3. Based on #2, and assuming the negative testing clock starts on Monday after Selection Sunday, it is obvious that the Tourney will not start on the Thursday after Selection Sunday per usual.

#4 If teams can’t travel until they clear their testing, it seems as though the tourney could start on the 2nd Tuesday after selection day with the First Four and keep the Rd of 64 on its typical Thurs/Fri schedule.

#5 Because teams will already be in Indy and not traveling to the regional semis/finals and Final 4, the NCAA could probably just put a 1-day break in between those rounds to keep everything as close to on schedule as possible.

 

[Joe the Panther Fan]

3. Based on #2, and assuming the negative testing clock starts on Monday after Selection Sunday, it is obvious that the Tourney will not start on the Thursday after Selection Sunday per usual.

Why would you assume that? Why couldn't teams that know they have a chance to make the tournament start daily testing on the day that their conference tournament starts? Or any other day, for that matter? I agree that it is likely that the start date gets pushed back a couple days. But if they tell everyone ahead of time that the tournament is going to start on Friday (for instance) then why wouldn't all the teams that still have a chance to make it just start their daily testing on Thursday the week before, so they can travel to Indy the day before the tournament starts?

 

[JD1976]

Why would you assume that? Why couldn't teams that know they have a chance to make the tournament start daily testing on the day that their conference tournament starts? Or any other day, for that matter? I agree that it is likely that the start date gets pushed back a couple days. But if they tell everyone ahead of time that the tournament is going to start on Friday (for instance) then why wouldn't all the teams that still have a chance to make it just start their daily testing on Thursday the week before, so they can travel to Indy the day before the tournament starts?

I thought about that after I posted actually, but I would be willing to bet that scenario holds. You bring up a good point, but there will be conference tourneys going on up to Sunday and individual schools and conferences might have different testing and protocols than what the NCAA will require for the big tourney. You could probably have a number of schools (namely the auto bids) start the testing clock, but not all 68.

 

[BFo8]

All this to watch Gonzaga beat everyone by double digits on their way to the title. They just have better players than everyone else.

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

Based on the below tweet from Goodman and from previous news that came out, we can start to piece some things together.

1. It has been at least reported (if not fully confirmed by the NCAA) that the Selection Sunday and the Final 4 dates will stay the same — or at least that is the current plan.

2. The below tweet indicates Tier 1 personnel (most importantly, players and coaches) need 7 straight negative tests before traveling to Indy.

3. Based on #2, and assuming the negative testing clock starts on Monday after Selection Sunday, it is obvious that the Tourney will not start on the Thursday after Selection Sunday per usual.

#4 If teams can’t travel until they clear their testing, it seems as though the tourney could start on the 2nd Tuesday after selection day with the First Four and keep the Rd of 64 on its typical Thurs/Fri schedule.

#5 Because teams will already be in Indy and not traveling to the regional semis/finals and Final 4, the NCAA could probably just put a 1-day break in between those rounds to keep everything as close to on schedule as possible.

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The NCAA will do what CBS and Turner tell them. At this point, I'd guess that the Round of 64 still starts on that Thursday which means teams simply start testing a week before they leave.

 

[PA_Panther]

Seems that my trip to Vegas with my buddies that I wanted to take last year is going to be a little more fluid this year than I would like.

 

[BFo8]

Seems that my trip to Vegas with my buddies that I wanted to take last year is going to be a little more fluid this year than I would like.

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[PA_Panther]

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I see they redid everything. We were looking to get ahead of everything and grab tables for Thursday-Saturday but seems everything is NFL centric which is understandable.

 

[JD1976]

Once again, you are calling something simple that actually isn’t all that simple or particularly inexpensive. But you are right that CBS/Turner has the biggest voice of all.