dfwabel Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 First Round starts tonight. Albany vs Mt. St. Mary's early game and then NC State vs Xavier. Interesting to see if it will be a pro Xavier crowd since their fans don't have to travel very far, or if the Dayton faithful that are still around or not headed to Buffalo come out to cheer on NC State along with the Wolfpack fan base. Less than 1,000 tickets were left for tonight as of Monday afternoon and less than 2,000 left for Wednesday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Will be a pro-Xavier crowd obviously since the games will be held in nearby Dayton. Then again, there might be a lot of NC State support from the Dayton fans who despise Xavier. trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still MIGHTY Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I really hate these early opening games. Tuesday and we're already playing? I haven't given my bracket more than like 5 minutes of thought. And I know these play-ins don't count towards the brackets, but still. (Not to mention three play-ins in one region. Stupid.) | ANA | LAA | LAR | LAL | ASU | CSULB | USMNT | USWNT | LAFC | OCSC | MAN UTD | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbadefense1990 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 I really hate these early opening games. Tuesday and we're already playing? I haven't given my bracket more than like 5 minutes of thought. And I know these play-ins don't count towards the brackets, but still. (Not to mention three play-ins in one region. Stupid.)It would have been more salient had each "First Four" matchup determined the #16 seeds for each of the #1's, instead of a region having three of the play-in entrants. Then again, it's the NCAA, vying with FIFA and the IOC to be the most corrupt sports entity, worldwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Albany has beaten Mount St Mary's. They will now play against Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Albany has beaten Mount St Mary's. They will now play against Florida and get destroyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I really hate these early opening games. Tuesday and we're already playing? I haven't given my bracket more than like 5 minutes of thought. And I know these play-ins don't count towards the brackets, but still. (Not to mention three play-ins in one region. Stupid.)It would have been more salient had each "First Four" matchup determined the #16 seeds for each of the #1's, instead of a region having three of the play-in entrants. Then again, it's the NCAA, vying with FIFA and the IOC to be the most corrupt sports entity, worldwide.No, the play-ins should feature the at larges. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkell007 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I really hate these early opening games. Tuesday and we're already playing? I haven't given my bracket more than like 5 minutes of thought. And I know these play-ins don't count towards the brackets, but still. (Not to mention three play-ins in one region. Stupid.)It would have been more salient had each "First Four" matchup determined the #16 seeds for each of the #1's, instead of a region having three of the play-in entrants. Then again, it's the NCAA, vying with FIFA and the IOC to be the most corrupt sports entity, worldwide. No, the play-ins should feature the at larges.Agreed and one reagon gets a play-in. So the rule on new conferences and auto bids was waived for the American I assume? Cause the first year the mt west did not get a auto bid correct?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 It was waived for the Big East, although it shouldn't have been. On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burkell007 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 It was waived for the Big East, although it shouldn't have been.Well no they should of it's that bill the cat conference u love so much that should of not gotten that. But they kept the auto bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 It was waived for the Big East, although it shouldn't have been.Well no they should of it's that bill the cat conference u love so much that should of not gotten that. But they kept the auto bid.The "Catholic 7" decided to quit the Big East, but stay together. in terms of lineage, The AAC is the successor of the old conference and thus holder of the autobid. Since the "Catholic 7" were together in a conference for over five years, they were allowed to possess an auto bid in year one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 NC State has beat Xavier and will now play against St Louis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwerty Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Cal Poly beats Texas Southern and will play against Wichita St Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoriaGooner Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I think Iowa will beat Tennessee tonight...anyone else have predictions on tonight's last play-in game? THE SHORT FUSE | ARSEBLOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Cal Poly beats Texas Southern and will play against Wichita StPlease don't do this for the remaining 64 games as you are not breaking news to those who visit this thread and it screams of post padding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I really hate these early opening games. Tuesday and we're already playing? I haven't given my bracket more than like 5 minutes of thought. And I know these play-ins don't count towards the brackets, but still. (Not to mention three play-ins in one region. Stupid.)It would have been more salient had each "First Four" matchup determined the #16 seeds for each of the #1's, instead of a region having three of the play-in entrants. Then again, it's the NCAA, vying with FIFA and the IOC to be the most corrupt sports entity, worldwide.No, the play-ins should feature the at larges.I would think these smaller conferences having the #16-seeds prefer the play-in games, for two reasons:1. It gives them the ability to say "We won an NCAA Tournament game.", even if it's against a fellow small-conference school.2. Albeit, it's tru-TV, but being the only game on puts them into the spotlight in prime time for a couple hours. That beats being blown out and lost amongst the shuffle of three other games (all of which are highly likely to be more competitive than the #16 vs. #1 game). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cujo Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Cal Poly beats Texas Southern and will play against Wichita StThanks, Jaghee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I really hate these early opening games. Tuesday and we're already playing? I haven't given my bracket more than like 5 minutes of thought. And I know these play-ins don't count towards the brackets, but still. (Not to mention three play-ins in one region. Stupid.)It would have been more salient had each "First Four" matchup determined the #16 seeds for each of the #1's, instead of a region having three of the play-in entrants. Then again, it's the NCAA, vying with FIFA and the IOC to be the most corrupt sports entity, worldwide.No, the play-ins should feature the at larges.I would think these smaller conferences having the #16-seeds prefer the play-in games, for two reasons:1. It gives them the ability to say "We won an NCAA Tournament game.", even if it's against a fellow small-conference school.2. Albeit, it's tru-TV, but being the only game on puts them into the spotlight in prime time for a couple hours. That beats being blown out and lost amongst the shuffle of three other games (all of which are highly likely to be more competitive than the #16 vs. #1 game).I heard St. Mary's Gaels coach Randy Bennett on radio today and when asked about it, since he has been both seeded and put in Dayton, he agreed with the host's comment that playing in Dayton is like (I am paraphrasing), "being invited to the high school house party but you are not allowed inside the house, rather you have to stay in the garage until being told you can enter." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Speaking of Dayton...I see they're making it a close one against the Buckeyes right now.Depending on how UD and St. Louis go in the tourney, I think both should be invited into the Big East (UD to reunite with Xavier, STL to bridge between Creighton and the rest) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc49erfan15 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 This Dayton/OSU game is killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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