Actually FDU goes since Merrimack is ineligible.Northern Kentucky and Merrimack join the madness.
Northern Kentucky and Merrimack join the madness.
Is that you Dwight?False. Merrimack is ineligible for the tournament.
I think it's a dumb rule, but here's what the NCAA says:I do not understand why a team who used to be DII cannot be immediately eligible for Tournament?
Does anyone have a reasonable answer?
I think it's a dumb rule, but here's what the NCAA says:
Eleven schools, including Merrimack, are currently in some phase of moving to Division I and subject to the decades-old transition rule. But why isn’t a team good enough to win its conference tournament allowed to compete in the sport’s biggest event? The rationale for the rule, an N.C.A.A. spokeswoman said in an email, is to allow those schools to get to Division I standards for facilities, scholarship requirements and other aspects of their athletic programs.
“Originally, N.C.A.A. members in Division I instituted a two-year process for reclassification, but that was doubled when teams began to make the jump and were unable to sustain Division I membership because they made the move too soon and could not keep up financially,” the spokeswoman, Meghan Durham, said. “It’s meant to protect universities from taking on more expense than they can handle.”
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/...rrimack-nec-championship-ncaa-tournament.html
My understanding is that there are some substantial expenses in transporting the team, support staff, etc., putting them in hotel rooms, arranging for meals and so forth, and some DIAs may not have built up the resources (staff, boosters & money) to make this happen in the timeframe necessary to get a team to Dayton on Tuesday or to a regional location on Thursday or Friday.How does letting the team participate as a 16 or 15 seed in the dance affect whether the school has tried to go too fast in transitioning from DII to DI?
Can someone explain the logic there? Like does making the tourney make universities try to go faster?
I'm no expert, but looking at today's schedule, my thoughts are as follows on what we want:In the past someone would always post here letting us know who to root for and against from an Illini perspective. Is it as simple as root for the Badgers today? I was surprised to see OSU at -118
I'll give it the old college try...How does letting the team participate as a 16 or 15 seed in the dance affect whether the school has tried to go too fast in transitioning from DII to DI?
Can someone explain the logic there? Like does making the tourney make universities try to go faster?
Someone should start a gofundme.My understanding is that there are some substantial expenses in transporting the team, support staff, etc., putting them in hotel rooms, arranging for meals and so forth, and some DIAs may not have built up the resources (staff, boosters & money) to make this happen in the timeframe necessary to get a team to Dayton on Tuesday or to a regional location on Thursday or Friday.
Do teams in the Tourney collect a portion of ticket revenue? Is that a stupid question?My understanding is that there are some substantial expenses in transporting the team, support staff, etc., putting them in hotel rooms, arranging for meals and so forth, and some DIAs may not have built up the resources (staff, boosters & money) to make this happen in the timeframe necessary to get a team to Dayton on Tuesday or to a regional location on Thursday or Friday.
I just had tuned in a little b4 that gem of a call by the nefarious dj bald head ref...........It's so shocking when dj blows a call. Simply shocking.
I hope not, but he should.Is Greg Gard going to get fired?
He was standing there watching as an OSU defender flopped. Did he call a flop? Heck no.It's so shocking when dj blows a call. Simply shocking.
No they are one year removed from winning the Big 10. That definitely buys him more than 1 bad yearIs Greg Gard going to get fired?