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Wilt Dasney

Wilt Dasney

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Originally posted by MickeyMoose15
What is with BYU?:mad:
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Was that a rhetorical question, or were you really wondering? For anyone who might have missed the story, here it is: It's pretty weird, and unless you live in Provo, you really have to hope the Cougars don't make it past the second round just because of this.

BYU would switch regionals if it wins two

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By Andy Katz
ESPN.com


The NCAA Tournament selection committee came up with a new plan Sunday after realizing it mistakenly placed BYU in a bracket that would call for it to possibly play on a Sunday.

As a Mormon-run school, BYU does not play any games on Sundays. If the 12th-seeded Cougars were to advance to the South Regional final, they would have been scheduled to play on Sunday, March 30.

Under the committee's revised plan, if BYU were to win its first two games, the Cougars would then move from the South Region to the Midwest Region. In that scenario, BYU would switch places with the team that reached the Sweet 16 from the Midwest (either Wisconsin, Weber State, Dayton, or Tulsa).

If BYU were to lose either its first game or second in the tournament, the schedules and pairings would be unaffected.

"They told us that if they changed it now that it would create more problems now," BYU athletics director Val Hale told ESPN.com. "If we lose, then it's a non-issue."

If the Cougars advance to the Sweet 16, they would face a likely matchup against Midwest top seed Kentucky.

"We wouldn't play on a Sunday, even if we were in the Elite Eight on a Sunday -- that's the school policy," BYU coach Steve Cleveland told ESPN.com. "The committee has done this for 100 years. They know that.

"We were told that the committee meant to put us as an 11th seed but wanted to make the Spokane regional work to have us in as a 12 (with Weber State as a 12, as well for fans in the state of Utah)," Cleveland said.

The NCAA is facing a similar problem with BYU's women's team. If the women reach the Final Four, they would be scheduled to play on a Sunday. Seeded 11th in the Mideast, the Cougars would have to win four games for the conflict to come into play. Hale didn't have an answer for a possible conflict in that tournament.

Sources close to the men's selection committee said they originally tried to switch BYU and Weber State, both No. 12 seeds playing in a Thursday-Saturday first- and second-round regional in Spokane. But each group of four feeds into a different regional. BYU's foursome feeds into the South's Friday-Sunday regional semifinal and Elite Eight. Weber State's foursome feeds into a Midwest Thursday-Saturday regional.

BYU is scheduled to play Connecticut in the first round, with the winner playing No. 4 Stanford or No. 13 San Diego. Weber State plays No. 5 Wisconsin, with the winner playing either No. 4 Dayton or No. 13 Tulsa. If the switch was made, BYU would have played Wisconsin while Weber State would have played Connecticut.

Weber, a state school in Utah, is allowed to play on Sundays as are fellow Division I state schools Utah and Utah State.

Sources said the committee put Kentucky in the Midwest to help with ticket sales in Minneapolis. Despite reports to the contrary, the committee did not try to avoid putting Arizona and Kentucky on the same side of the bracket. The source said the committee did not look ahead to see if they would meet in the Final Four.

Andy Katz is a senior writer for ESPN.com.
 
GenerationX

GenerationX

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Originally posted by sandjhooker
I've taken Illinois to be my winner of the tournament.
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No argument here! :D

Illinois winning the tournament is one of my dreams in life (as opposed to a goal in life, where I have some sort of control over it). If they can survive the West (particularly Kansas and Arizona, who have knocked them out in previous years), they will be tough to beat.

Illinois had the best defense in the Big 10, and hot teams who play strong defense typically do well. Their first game is tomorrow!
 
dizneyfreak

dizneyfreak

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Sorry about Illinois loss to Notre Dame today, now my bracket has a hole in the West because I had ND upset in the 1st round... oh well at least Texas is going to kill Purdue tomorrow. :D :D
 
SpongeScott

SpongeScott

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Originally posted by Fievel
Wisconsin wins on a last second shot!
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Thanks for the tip, Fievel. Because of what you said earlier, I had Wisconsin advancing to my Sweet 16--now they must lose to Kentucky!
 
dizneyfreak

dizneyfreak

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Tulsa had that game against Wisconsin except for the last shot which was the dagger, but on the other had WOW did anyone watch the Gonzaga vs. Arizona game? What a game, I thought for sur the Zags were going to pull it out. The look they had to end the game was right there, but too strong off the glass. By far the best game of the tourny so far.
 
soonershok

soonershok

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Hi DizneyFreak....Naturally we arent going to see eye to eye noting who your team is and who mine is. However I do respect the longhorns...and Ford is awesome. It will be interesting to say the least if we both make it to the final 4....OU/Texas all over again. (or Texas/OU if you are from down there)

That is providing we can beat a team from Indiana. I think we have lost to a team from there in the tourney 4 or the last 5 years. I hope that trend stops tonight.

Anyway...good luck with your game and let's hope both teams can make the big 12 proud.
 
soonershok

soonershok

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Well....I dont know what to say except that we played like we were Baylor.

I hate it that there isnt a rematch. But good luck to Texas (man that was hard to say). I hope you all do the Big 12 proud. I think Texas vs. Kansas would make for a great championship game.
 
WDWFREAK53

WDWFREAK53

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Originally posted by MickeyMoose15
NOOOO!!!

Marquette vs. Texas

:D :D :D :D
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I am in second place in my pool at work...
I am the only person with 2 of the final four left.

Kansas and Texas

I am behind by 13 points...in order for me to win...Texas has to lose...OR...Kansas has to win it all. Or...Kansas and Texas need to win their next games.
 

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