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If they want a good crowd really excited about the game, need to have it in Chicago/Indy. It is not an event you go out of your way for unless your team is in it and you don't know that until the day before. So it has to be local to the most schools possible.
Tickets for general seating or suites are at a premium in Indianapolis, and it ends up being a really cool event when you can stand in the middle of any open space and see fans from every team in the conference walking around. I just hope they don't dilute the live experience to focus on market research.
Not sure that matters. They are peaking at the right time. Teams like this can go a long way with the momentum they are building. Congrats on the tourney championship wolverines.
I agree seeding is fluid at best in terms of impact. A team's confidence trumps their seeding.
Wisconsin swept Minnesota, finished higher in the Big 10 with a better overall record, and went further in the tournament. Very odd seeding. And Gophers stay in the Midwest, opening in Milwaukee.strykerpks said:
Sounding like they're going to offer Tony Bennett big bucks to come from Virginia.
I can understand why many are disappointed. Really has taken the program in a positive direction. But he is just not a great coach. Or really even a good game coach. I hope they have someone big in the back pocket to replace him. Alford is probably more of a lateral move if that is who they are targeting.Crean fired
A lot if not most experts are eyeing Oklahoma State to upset Michigan. At least stumbling through about a dozen brackets, that was a popular upset in more than half the ones I saw.
It is a mix bag among IU fans. Maybe 60-40 favor the move. Quite a few really against it.
I think those people are crazy. I think I have MI in the Final Four and I'm from MN. That may be pushing it but they've been awesome.jon_mx said:
Anything can happen in the NCAA, but Louisville is a huge hurdle and Kansas even bigger. No way a favorite to come out of that bracket, but I would put them about the 4th best team in the region.
I'd like that hire but before that they need a definite NO from Brad Stevens. Basically no chance he'd leave Boston but you have to make sure.
Oh, I know. I'd still talk to his agent and get a definite answer. I'd punt a year's recruiting if they could get him in June or July.
As much as Stevens makes it sound like he is staying, he never completely rules it out. I agree, get a definite no before looking elsewhere.
Unless Stevens kills five hookers or something, he'll be able to take his pick of college jobs for the next 15-20 years.
Yup. He's a stud coach.
I thought he said at one point that IU was his dream job. Not sure how long ago that was.
