Big East Tournament

If I'm looking at this correctly 7 plays 10 and 8 plays 9 on Wednesday night. So the top 6 basicaly get a bye into Thursday. I think it goes without saying you dont want to finish 7 thru 10 .
 
If I'm looking at this correctly 7 plays 10 and 8 plays 9 on Wednesday night. So the top 6 basicaly get a bye into Thursday. I think it goes without saying you dont want to finish 7 thru 10 .
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Correct.
 
If I'm looking at this correctly 7 plays 10 and 8 plays 9 on Wednesday night. So the top 6 basicaly get a bye into Thursday. I think it goes without saying you dont want to finish 7 thru 10 .
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Correct.
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Making it to Saturday night would be so huge for the program. How cool would that be, win and a Ncaa bid.
 
An upset winner of the tourney doesn't happen often but, UCONN ran the Board, all the way to the National Title a few years ago. Beating Butler. Maybe March will be our month too, after February?
 
An upset winner of the tourney doesn't happen often but, UCONN ran the Board, all the way to the National Title a few years ago. Beating Butler. Maybe March will be our month too, after February?
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For the longest time nobody in the BE won 4 in a row right? Then UCONN did it with 5 in a row. Now provided you don't finish 7 thru 10 you only need 3 in a row. Hardly as daunting as the others.
 
An upset winner of the tourney doesn't happen often but, UCONN ran the Board, all the way to the National Title a few years ago. Beating Butler. Maybe March will be our month too, after February?
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For the longest time nobody in the BE won 4 in a row right? Then UCONN did it with 5 in a row. Now provided you don't finish 7 thru 10 you only need 3 in a row. Hardly as daunting as the others.
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We can do it, and if nothing else it's something to look forward to. Just need to get to #6
 
An upset winner of the tourney doesn't happen often but, UCONN ran the Board, all the way to the National Title a few years ago. Beating Butler. Maybe March will be our month too, after February?
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For the longest time nobody in the BE won 4 in a row right? Then UCONN did it with 5 in a row. Now provided you don't finish 7 thru 10 you only need 3 in a row. Hardly as daunting as the others.
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You're obviously right, it does make it easier. But hearing that, and coming off the mini win streak, now we're on the verge of starting to get our hopes up again lol.
 
An upset winner of the tourney doesn't happen often but, UCONN ran the Board, all the way to the National Title a few years ago. Beating Butler. Maybe March will be our month too, after February?
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For the longest time nobody in the BE won 4 in a row right? Then UCONN did it with 5 in a row. Now provided you don't finish 7 thru 10 you only need 3 in a row. Hardly as daunting as the others.
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You're obviously right, it does make it easier. But hearing that, and coming off the mini win streak, now we're on the verge of starting to get our hopes up again lol.
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Oh let me clarify. I'm saying in general. Not us at all. I'm still firmly on the other side lol
 
I don't feel that finishing 6 is that much of an advantage over being 7. You have a tougher road to win the tournament because of the extra game but if SJU can enter the tournament with a 19 - 12 record and play the 10 seed (Butler) to get win no. 20 I believe they would have a slight advantage playing game 2 with a game under their belt playing the 2 seed in their first tournament game.
SJU's deep roster would be a plus in playing multiple days in a row. Would winning 21 games be enough ?
 
I have to admit I'm surprised and maybe a little shocked. I was on record numerous times and thought it wouldn't be hard for 10 schools to divvy up 1700 or so tickets each to 'sell out' the Big East Tournament. Looks like they are spinning that tickets are available for the first time in years.

http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012714aab.html
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I don't think they are doing this, but is it possible they intentionally didn't distribute these extra tickets to schools confidently knowing they would still sell out? Having these available to the general public may draw more potential viewers in the future (grabbing at straws). Really was hoping tickets wouldn't be available to public because interest was so strong within the 10 schools. Any idea how many are available? Is it 2k 5k?
 
I have to admit I'm surprised and maybe a little shocked. I was on record numerous times and thought it wouldn't be hard for 10 schools to divvy up 1700 or so tickets each to 'sell out' the Big East Tournament. Looks like they are spinning that tickets are available for the first time in years.

http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012714aab.html
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In previous years fans bought tickets just to sell them on the open market to Syracuse and Uconn fans who would guarantee a sell out. Now the Big East needs a marketing campaign. If St. John's and Seton Hall lived up to their end of the bargain, the conference tourney would always be a sell out. At least the Hall is trying to recruit its way into the upper half of the conference. We are now having discussions about unrated or 2 star recuits for 2014. You need stars to sell tickets along with winning records.
 
I have to admit I'm surprised and maybe a little shocked. I was on record numerous times and thought it wouldn't be hard for 10 schools to divvy up 1700 or so tickets each to 'sell out' the Big East Tournament. Looks like they are spinning that tickets are available for the first time in years.

http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012714aab.html
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I don't think they are doing this, but is it possible they intentionally didn't distribute these extra tickets to schools confidently knowing they would still sell out? Having these available to the general public may draw more potential viewers in the future (grabbing at straws). Really was hoping tickets wouldn't be available to public because interest was so strong within the 10 schools. Any idea how many are available? Is it 2k 5k?
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Sure its possible. But why go thru all the hoops and ladders for a low number. I just think they really struggled with certain teams. I've been paying close attention to some teams and their draws. I mean Gtown has pretty sparse crowds. DePaul is a train wreck. They might struggle to sell 170 seats let alone 1700.
 
I have to admit I'm surprised and maybe a little shocked. I was on record numerous times and thought it wouldn't be hard for 10 schools to divvy up 1700 or so tickets each to 'sell out' the Big East Tournament. Looks like they are spinning that tickets are available for the first time in years.

http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012714aab.html
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I don't think they are doing this, but is it possible they intentionally didn't distribute these extra tickets to schools confidently knowing they would still sell out? Having these available to the general public may draw more potential viewers in the future (grabbing at straws). Really was hoping tickets wouldn't be available to public because interest was so strong within the 10 schools. Any idea how many are available? Is it 2k 5k?
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Sure its possible. But why go thru all the hoops and ladders for a low number. I just think they really struggled with certain teams. I've been paying close attention to some teams and their draws. I mean Gtown has pretty sparse crowds. DePaul is a train wreck. They might struggle to sell 170 seats let alone 1700.
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You hit the hammer to the rock with the above. Gtown and DePaul are likely the 3,000 tickets the conference is trying to unload.
 
I have to admit I'm surprised and maybe a little shocked. I was on record numerous times and thought it wouldn't be hard for 10 schools to divvy up 1700 or so tickets each to 'sell out' the Big East Tournament. Looks like they are spinning that tickets are available for the first time in years.

http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012714aab.html
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When you think about it, Syracuse, UCONN and ND alums bought a lot of tickets, and a lot aftermarket. Replace that with Creighton, Xavier, and Butler, and my guess is there are not a lot of alumni in the NYC area from the added schools.
 
I have to admit I'm surprised and maybe a little shocked. I was on record numerous times and thought it wouldn't be hard for 10 schools to divvy up 1700 or so tickets each to 'sell out' the Big East Tournament. Looks like they are spinning that tickets are available for the first time in years.

http://www.bigeast.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/012714aab.html
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When you think about it, Syracuse, UCONN and ND alums bought a lot of tickets, and a lot aftermarket. Replace that with Creighton, Xavier, and Butler, and my guess is there are not a lot of alumni in the NYC area from the added schools.
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It was mentioned a few weeks back that Creighton sold thru its allotment of tickets in like a day. Most or quickest ever supposedly.
 
Part of the problem with the conference moving geographically west is that if a team like Creighton makes it to the finals (I know they sold a record number of tickets to the BET) what will the crowd look like. It may not matter as much this year because the casual fan will want to see McDermott, but in future years there will not be Creighton fans (example of a Midwestern school) waiting to scoop up unused tickets. It isn't like they can drive 90 miles on i95 north. The game may be sold out, but won't look great if the stadium is half filled. I would love to believe that the BET would always fill but I don't know with the current structure (maybe over time new rivalries and more alumni in area will change that). I am not disagreeing at all with the schools added, more just raising a concern I have thought about. To be a top tier conference you want that demand. I guess to create that demand, the teams need to win and recruit like monsters.
 
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