2018-2019 B1G Basketball Thread

[SFBadger96]

Important question: buy a ticket (just one) to round one for face value (cheap seats WAY up high), or pick one up at game time on the street? I'm inclined to think the latter is the better option, but with Oregon and UC-Irvine in the same series in San Jose, there might be a decent turnout.

Thoughts?

[bayareabadger]

Important question: buy a ticket (just one) to round one for face value (cheap seats WAY up high), or pick one up at game time on the street? I'm inclined to think the latter is the better option, but with Oregon and UC-Irvine in the same series in San Jose, there might be a decent turnout.

Thoughts?

In the era of  online tickets, I wonder about the process with physical tickets anymore. It’s what, 60 bucks to get in? 

[847badgerfan]

There are a good number of UW alum in the Bay Area, no?



https://chapters.uwalumni.com/bayarea/



Maybe check with this group too.

[RestingB!tchFace]

No, I get it.  I’m talking more in general and you are talking about Michigan St’s plight specifically.  And if I’m a MSU fan I’ll travel the extra 120 miles to watch them play Gonzaga as opposed to Duke.
But, again, I’m not sure the committee is sitting in a room assuming MSU and Duke are going to play each other.  I think they try to seed them appropriately and send them to the most advantageous locations as possible.  I don’t think they are thinking 3 rounds ahead.

That's what I was thinking when I saw the explanation.  Seems like a cop out.  How many less people are going to make the trip because of 120 miles?  I guess possibly folks that plan to make a road trip out of it?
And yeah....I think with the time that we're told the committee puts in.....they absolutely should be considering these things.  It didn't take a number of fans on a message board to figure that out brain buster.

[Brutus Buckeye]

What's the record for the most number of pages in a thread in the new board? 

[Kris60]

That's what I was thinking when I saw the explanation.  Seems like a cop out.  How many less people are going to make the trip because of 120 miles?  I guess possibly folks that plan to make a road trip out of it?
And yeah....I think with the time that we're told the committee puts in.....they absolutely should be considering these things.  It didn't take a number of fans on a message board to figure that out brain buster.

Nah, I don’t want them to start taking into consideration if 1 and 2 run the table what that would mean.  Because the dynamic changes if they don’t. Seed them and place them and be done with it.

[ELA]

I'd rather they go strict S curve and adjust to avoid conference rematches where possible.  Picking 4 regionals is fairly arbitrary.  Just think of it as one 64 teams bracket where 1 plays 64, 2 plays 63 and so on.

[RestingB!tchFace]

I'd rather they go strict S curve and adjust to avoid conference rematches where possible.  Picking 4 regionals is fairly arbitrary.  Just think of it as one 64 teams bracket where 1 plays 64, 2 plays 63 and so on.

I also think this should be considered.  One of the fun things about the tournament is that you see different matchups from teams that you typical don't.  That's what makes bowl games (and I like that there are a ton) so fun.  I suppose it's not as bad in CBB since the non-conference schedule gives teams the opportunity to schedule multiple other power conference teams.  Although outside of Washington....most of our non-conference was mainly bad power conference teams or mid-majors that are not really expected to do much.

[TyphonInc]

Important question: buy a ticket (just one) to round one for face value (cheap seats WAY up high), or pick one up at game time on the street? I'm inclined to think the latter is the better option, but with Oregon and UC-Irvine in the same series in San Jose, there might be a decent turnout.

Thoughts?

Is your Game before or after the Big Draw? I did a car show at Amalia Island, and had a day to kill in Jacksonville a coupe years back. My wife and I were just walking downtown, and saw people gathering at the Arena, and asked what was going on. NCAA tournament, sweet. wanna go? I asked my wife. If tickets are cheap enough she replied. We got lower bowl $80 dollar tickets for $10 a piece, because North Carolina game had already occurred. We got to watch Georgia State upset Baylor, then hung around to see Xavier beat Mississippi. The scalper gave us a sad song on how that the tickets we got he was getting $200 for from the NC fans, but now he was giving them away to us for $20.

2 p.m. (13) UC Irvine vs. (4) Kansas State TBS San Jose
After conc. I (12) Oregon vs. (5) Wisconsin TBS San Jose
7:27 p.m. (12) Liberty vs. (5) Mississippi State truTV San Jose
After conc. III (13) Saint Louis vs. (4) Virginia Tech truTV San Jose
I don't know, it seems to me the Big game of the day is going to be Oregon vs. Wisconsin. Not sure if you will be able to get the huge discount we got by having the team in demand play first.
With online ticketing, can you walk up and see what the scalpers will give you then just choose the better option?

[MarqHusker]

1st round sites are like attending a convention.  People coming and going. Let's not pretend Duck or Irvine fans are going to descend upon San Jose in massive numbers.   I don't care how giant anybody's alumni base might be in the Bay Area, this won't be a hard ticket on site Friday.  How many fans of a 12 seed who somewhat recently went to a FF are jazzed up for this really?

[MaximumSam]

There are games in Columbus, but I won't go.  Last time I went, the game were almost unwatchable given the huge amounts of dead time attributed to commercials. 

[medinabuckeye1]

Our two NIT teams get started tonight and tomorrow.  Indiana hosts St. Francis tonight and Nebraska hosts Butler tomorrow.  I'd love to see the B1G win the NIT again!

[medinabuckeye1]

1st round sites are like attending a convention.  People coming and going. Let's not pretend Duck or Irvine fans are going to descend upon San Jose in massive numbers.   I don't care how giant anybody's alumni base might be in the Bay Area, this won't be a hard ticket on site Friday.  How many fans of a 12 seed who somewhat recently went to a FF are jazzed up for this really?

I think this is a really important point.  If said 12 seed hadn't been to the tournament in 10 years they would be a MUCH bigger draw.  

[Anonymous Coward]

And back to the stupidity of that game.  It clearly meant nothing to the selection committee as far as favorable draws go.

Sure, but my argument about it's importance was different - that the sport is biased to rank March at least equal and arguably well above the entire regular season. I never argued that a game that finishes 15 minutes before the bracket release will affect that bracket.