Bracketology

Palmerstein International said:

I hate to be a killjoy but I feel the conference tourney results play no factor in determining the tournament seeds.
It is my belief that the committee will look at the regular season wins and losses only. The only change would be if a non tournament
team won their conference tourney. Think about this. By the time the Illini play on Friday, the committee will pretty much have their
brackets mapped out. They will have alternative brackets in case they have to insert a surprise team or two.

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illiniE said:

Maybe reconsider your choice In friends? If he is a “huge Illini fan” why would he ever schedule a wedding during March Madness. Teachers also get the summer off.

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dmb24illini said:

My friend is getting married on Saturday the 23rd (huge Illini fan....his fiance is a teacher, so it's spring break but otherwise I have no idea why he chose one of the tourney weekends).

Either way, he's playing with fire:
If Illinois is Thursday/Saturday -- there's a very high chance that if Illinois makes the Round of 32, the game will be during the wedding. Which a lot of us will be splitting time and dancing/drinking while watching the game likely.

If Illinois is Friday/Sunday -- there's a decent chance their game is during the rehearsal dinner (especially if they are in Spokane).

I think in an ideal world, they're early Friday to avoid the wedding day catastrophe but.....come on man. There's 3 weekends in March you shouldn't schedule your wedding! Ha. And if Illinois doesn't make it to the Sweet 16, all your friends will be happy for you but pissed about the Illini during your special weekend.

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