Re: Bracketology 2020-21
Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 10:15 am
But there are X numbers of teams who could have won it all but went to the NIT because they weren’t selected.
One man's advantage is another man's rust. Self was so concerned about rust before the Big 12 tourney that he booked a game against UTEP. Now you want some teams to sit for 1-2 weeks prior to the NCAA tourney? That might be a case of causing one problem to avoid a different problem.
Georgia Tech, Oregon State and Georgetown beg to differ. If they had lost they would not have made the tourney so those finals absolutely did not feature "2 teams that the ncaa knows will 100% make the tourney".CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:40 amThe finals of a major conference tourney are going to feature 2 teams that the ncaa knows will 100% make the tourney. No good reason to make it so difficult on them.
But it's not a problem if everyone does it. It's a level playing field.twocoach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:30 amOne man's advantage is another man's rust. Self was so concerned about rust before the Big 12 tourney that he booked a game against UTEP. Now you want some teams to sit for 1-2 weeks prior to the NCAA tourney? That might be a case of causing one problem to avoid a different problem.
Taking a week break doesn't guarantee that teams have a better chance of being covid free. They can still get covid on their campus. All it does is guarantee that the teams are all rustier and less capable of playing their best. Hard pass.PhDhawk wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:35 amBut it's not a problem if everyone does it. It's a level playing field.twocoach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:30 amOne man's advantage is another man's rust. Self was so concerned about rust before the Big 12 tourney that he booked a game against UTEP. Now you want some teams to sit for 1-2 weeks prior to the NCAA tourney? That might be a case of causing one problem to avoid a different problem.
They’re all in, right? So definitely not something you or I could definitively say. But, would you like to explain Gutter’s overall point? I’d like to hear it or wonder if we are guttering for guttering’s sake.twocoach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:33 amGeorgia Tech, Oregon State and Georgetown beg to differ. If they had lost they would not have made the tourney so those finals absolutely did not feature "2 teams that the ncaa knows will 100% make the tourney".CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:40 amThe finals of a major conference tourney are going to feature 2 teams that the ncaa knows will 100% make the tourney. No good reason to make it so difficult on them.
The players are required to wear bracelets with proximity sensors on them for contact tracing. We already know about the 7 day contact tracing rule for the tournament.
I get it just fine. I just don't agree that a week off was some brilliant opportunity missed by the ncaa to guarantee the risk of teams not being at full strength is reduced once the tourney starts. It doesn't guarantee that at all.
Sure, it does. But if those bracelets with proximity sensors were a guarantee against failing protocols then McCormack would have played in the Big 12 tourney, wouldn't he?CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:02 pmThe players are required to wear bracelets with proximity sensors on them for contact tracing. We already know about the 7 day contact tracing rule for the tournament.
Is there a logical argument that games don’t produce a unique circumstance for increased proximity?
Again, we all know you don’t get it. Please stop.
I am not sure what the overall point is, but yes, we can definitively say OSU and Georgetown would not be in if they hadn't won their conference tournaments. They're 12 seeds despite winning them, and the play-in games are 11 seeds.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:55 amThey’re all in, right? So definitely not something you or I could definitively say. But, would you like to explain Gutter’s overall point? I’d like to hear it or wonder if we are guttering for guttering’s sake.twocoach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:33 amGeorgia Tech, Oregon State and Georgetown beg to differ. If they had lost they would not have made the tourney so those finals absolutely did not feature "2 teams that the ncaa knows will 100% make the tourney".CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:40 am
The finals of a major conference tourney are going to feature 2 teams that the ncaa knows will 100% make the tourney. No good reason to make it so difficult on them.
Something that can be replicated and has no dependence on there not being a week without games.twocoach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:13 pmSure, it does.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:02 pmThe players are required to wear bracelets with proximity sensors on them for contact tracing. We already know about the 7 day contact tracing rule for the tournament.
Is there a logical argument that games don’t produce a unique circumstance for increased proximity?
Is there a logical argument that teams choosing to bubble in place at their conference tourney location and then traveling directly to Indy thanks to no time off in between events didn't produce a unique circumstance for decreased proximity?
Feel free to ignore me. I'll participate how I choose.Cascadia wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:14 pmAgain, we all know you don’t get it. Please stop.
What am I missing here?CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:55 amThey’re all in, right? So definitely not something you or I could definitively say. But, would you like to explain Gutter’s overall point? I’d like to hear it or wonder if we are guttering for guttering’s sake.twocoach wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:33 amGeorgia Tech, Oregon State and Georgetown beg to differ. If they had lost they would not have made the tourney so those finals absolutely did not feature "2 teams that the ncaa knows will 100% make the tourney".CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:40 am
The finals of a major conference tourney are going to feature 2 teams that the ncaa knows will 100% make the tourney. No good reason to make it so difficult on them.
I am saying there are multiple known participants to the NCAA in a contract tracing situation just 5-6 days prior to the tourney starting when they instituted a 7 and 10 day negative testing guideline.Grandma wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:27 pmWhat am I missing here?CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:55 amThey’re all in, right? So definitely not something you or I could definitively say. But, would you like to explain Gutter’s overall point? I’d like to hear it or wonder if we are guttering for guttering’s sake.
I swear I'm not trying to be difficult. I'm trying to understand what I may be misunderstanding.
You clearly stated, "The finals of a major conference tourney are going to feature 2 teams that the ncaa knows will 100% make the tourney".
So were you saying the conference tournament finals are basically meaningless in regards to who makes the tournament? If so, you very well may be right.
But conference tournaments themselves can (and often do) have a major bearing on teams making the NCAA tournament - or not. They serve a meaningful purpose. As twocoach pointed out this season with G-Tech, G-Town, and OSU.
That makes sense and I agree.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:30 pmI am saying there are multiple known participants to the NCAA in a contract tracing situation just 5-6 days prior to the tourney starting when they instituted a 7 and 10 day negative testing guideline.Grandma wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:27 pmWhat am I missing here?CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 11:55 am
They’re all in, right? So definitely not something you or I could definitively say. But, would you like to explain Gutter’s overall point? I’d like to hear it or wonder if we are guttering for guttering’s sake.
I swear I'm not trying to be difficult. I'm trying to understand what I may be misunderstanding.
You clearly stated, "The finals of a major conference tourney are going to feature 2 teams that the ncaa knows will 100% make the tourney".
So were you saying the conference tournament finals are basically meaningless in regards to who makes the tournament? If so, you very well may be right.
But conference tournaments themselves can (and often do) have a major bearing on teams making the NCAA tournament - or not. They serve a meaningful purpose. As twocoach pointed out this season with G-Tech, G-Town, and OSU.
Picking apart the premise as only mostly accurate is needless to the conversation.
No. Even though there are times it seems we have learned nothing in the last year, we knew very little then to where what was done had to be done.Grandma wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:41 pmThat makes sense and I agree.CrimsonNBlue wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:30 pmI am saying there are multiple known participants to the NCAA in a contract tracing situation just 5-6 days prior to the tourney starting when they instituted a 7 and 10 day negative testing guideline.Grandma wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 12:27 pm
What am I missing here?
I swear I'm not trying to be difficult. I'm trying to understand what I may be misunderstanding.
You clearly stated, "The finals of a major conference tourney are going to feature 2 teams that the ncaa knows will 100% make the tourney".
So were you saying the conference tournament finals are basically meaningless in regards to who makes the tournament? If so, you very well may be right.
But conference tournaments themselves can (and often do) have a major bearing on teams making the NCAA tournament - or not. They serve a meaningful purpose. As twocoach pointed out this season with G-Tech, G-Town, and OSU.
Picking apart the premise as only mostly accurate is needless to the conversation.
My what if question for today is, what if there were no conference tournaments last year or if there were, there were no covid issues in the conference tournaments?
Do we think the NCAA Tournament would have been played and if so, would they have completed it?