Michigan Men's Basketball: AKA the Michigan revenue sport that doesn't have an uber jaded fanbase waiting in the dark for failure.

[buddha]

nc$$ tournament expanding to $eventy-$ix teams.

[gehringer_2]

4 hours ago, buddha said:

nc$$ tournament expanding to $eventy-$ix teams.

ridiculou$

[Shelton]

I saw that yesterday and couldn’t find details of how the play-in round would work. If it just means eight more bubble teams get in, and they have to play against the other 8 at large teams that were on the 9-11 seed line, then whatever. Even better, get rid of the play-in round for those two 16 seed spots. 
 

76 teams. 24 at-large in the play-in. 52 byes. 13 seed lines with a bye. Three seed lines for bubble teams needing a play-in round. Protect seeds 1-8 and 12-16, with seeds 9-11 being the play-in teams. Seeds 12-16 can simply go to the 20 lowest ranked auto-bids.

The at-large vs AQ line usually falls right at 11/12 line. 

[Deleterious]

Duke just signed a deal with Amazon Prime Video.  They will broadcast three of Duke's non-conference games this coming year.

UConn in DC

Michigan at the Garden

Gonzaga at LCA

Michigan in NYC and Gonzaga in Detroit is odd, but whatever.  

[Hongbit]

Where is the demand for Duke vs. Gonzaga in Downtown Detroit.  Who’s going to go to that.  Seems like a terrible idea.   

[romad1]

8 hours ago, Hongbit said:

Where is the demand for Duke vs. Gonzaga in Downtown Detroit.  Who’s going to go to that.  Seems like a terrible idea.   

I’m still unsure where Gonzaga is located. It’s clearly on the East Coast and has Catholic school pattern of punching above its weight. 

[Hongbit]

50 minutes ago, romad1 said:

I’m still unsure where Gonzaga is located. It’s clearly on the East Coast and has Catholic school pattern of punching above its weight. 

Spokane, Washington.   A mere 2000 miles away from LCA. 
 

[romad1]

1 hour ago, Hongbit said:

Spokane, Washington.   A mere 2000 miles away from LCA. 
 

East coast if you consider the Cascade Mountains as the continental divide and the Spokane River like an ocean.