NCAA Tournament attendance next week?
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I would encourage all to give very serious consideration to going.
1) win or lose it’s a great time
2) it could be a while before we get another opportunity
3) this could be the last time seton hall plays in the ncaa tournament in its current format. It’s widely speculated that the 68 team format will not exist in about 5 years (the ncaa may announce new format as early as this year).
1) win or lose it’s a great time
2) it could be a while before we get another opportunity
3) this could be the last time seton hall plays in the ncaa tournament in its current format. It’s widely speculated that the 68 team format will not exist in about 5 years (the ncaa may announce new format as early as this year).
I have 3 young kids and a demanding job. Between work and kids activities (coaching, etc), it is hard for me to travel out of town on short notice. That being said, I'm going to look into attending wherever we end up, and perhaps bring my oldest. So I'm definitely interesting in hearing from others if there are planned events or meetups once we know where we are going.
I’ve been to a few, last were Denver and Greenville during this recent run.
It’s cool. The crowds are usually good but not as partisan as a typical home/away game. Everything is decked out around the cities. Greenville in particular was a great little city.
Idk about this year but hoping they get Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, maybe Charlotte so we’ll see. It’s a frenzy Sunday night.
It’s cool. The crowds are usually good but not as partisan as a typical home/away game. Everything is decked out around the cities. Greenville in particular was a great little city.
Idk about this year but hoping they get Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, maybe Charlotte so we’ll see. It’s a frenzy Sunday night.
My son and I each book 2 plane tickets to 2 cities Sunday early afternoon before selection starts. Tickets are a fraction of the cost early before selection. We have 24 hours to cancel the ones we do not use. For example, I booked Greenville before we got chosen for that site for round trip $130, price jumped to over $600 soon as the sites were announced. We had a blast at Greenville, met a ton of friendly basketball people and attended a pirate blue event before the game. We can drive to Pittsburgh and I doubt we get Brooklyn. No go to Spokane or Salt Lake City, timing just doesn't work and price starts to play a factor. Think we get a good draw this year, meaning no west coast. Why? Our coach is good TV. Having Sha again is a good story line. I bet we get Charlotte or Pittsburgh.
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@SOBO1 runs an excellent projection maybe he can send it to this thread. For those interested Spokane is pretty much eliminated, Indy also about 10%.
Most likley locations according to the projection:
Salt Lake City
Omaha
Charlotte
Most likley locations according to the projection:
Salt Lake City
Omaha
Charlotte
Crazy I actually looked at airfare for all cities now and they are over $400, wonder if something else is happening that week, maybe college spring break driving up the pricing
34 week pregnant thinking the only site my husband will even consider letting me go (rightfully so!) is Brooklyn 🤣 so I think I'm out this year. It is definitely a bucket list item to go watch them play in person one year though.
Season ticket holders will have an opportunity to get tickets through the school. I believe we get 400 tickets.
New fan is coming and he or she doesn't even know it. LOL
I think Tennessee is going to get the last 1 seed, so we can only get Charolette as a 10 seed in UNC's pod (UNC in North Carolina is a death sentence). Low IQ to hope for that matchup.
Brooklyn and Pittsburgh are only possible if we are an 11 seed in Duke's pod. I think Duke gets 3 seed in Pittsburgh but its possible they get Brooklyn.
Yeah lol big sis is already hooked at 3! At least my husband has become a semi fan (sports aren't his thing) but two weeks ago I caught him saying ok so what do we have to do to keep the season going. And he wears his I married into this shirt often. So this kid doesn't stand a chance.
Thank you!
Former season ticket holder for many years. But I retired in South Carolina so that was the end of that. Any season ticket holder who wants to resell a ticket, please let me know.
Why so down on points 2 and 3?
SHU can be back as soon as next year.
Every other school is going to have roster turnover as well.
I'm not trying to be a Debbie Downer with points #2 and #3. The reality is we are losing our entire core next season. The team will be unproven.
Regards to my third comment, it stinks but it's true. This has been widely speculated by national media for months and Charlie Baker's interview with ESPN a couple weeks ago all but confirmed it. All the national media guys hate it, but they all agree its happening. How it will look will be anyone's guess but it's not going to be the field as we know it today.
I dont see a scenario we are OUT at this point, Beat St Johns we are a 10 seed, lose we are an 11 and maybe Dayton. I don't see anything aside from 10 or 11.
I agree with newshu. There isn’t a realistic scenario in which we are out. I think we are most likely a 10 seed. It’s going to be difficult to get an 11 but maybe we get lucky because our NET is so high.
We may be one of these under seeded NCAA teams that gives fits and busts it open. Or, well, that’s my hope.
I’d like us to get some rest though. The BET rigors and consecutive nights of playing can be a killer on a team like this despite it being an amazing tournament. At least you get the day off between in the NCAAT.
Let’s start by winning Thursday. Really cannot stand SJU and want to be out of Dayton.
I’d like us to get some rest though. The BET rigors and consecutive nights of playing can be a killer on a team like this despite it being an amazing tournament. At least you get the day off between in the NCAAT.
Let’s start by winning Thursday. Really cannot stand SJU and want to be out of Dayton.
An influential website On3, had us as the first team out today. The Athletic had us "sweating it out" if we lose to St Johns. Most bracketologists have us as a 10 seed now. But what happens if we lose to St. John's? What happens if they blow us out? (I don't expect that.)
The Bubble is weird this year. I don't have confidence the committee will be favorable to Big East bubble teams.
The Bubble is weird this year. I don't have confidence the committee will be favorable to Big East bubble teams.
If there was an article published today that had us out then it was written by AI. WE ARE A LOCK.
I'm sure the Selection Committee is looking at all of these projections and cribbing from them rather than using the resources they have on hand.
Might as well let Lunardi, Wachtel and Palm do all their work for them.
Not when it comes to actually selecting the teams or even speculating about them, but the selection committee is human. If they want to make a controversial rejection of a team and perhaps saw some support for that in an influential media outlet, then they might feel emboldened to do so.
That is absurd.
That is like Pope Francis being swayed by an article in America magazine.
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