NIT (5 points)
This is the only five point pre-conference tournament, because it includes a 16 team field where every team may advance to the finals, unlike some of the pussy tournaments that pre-select their final four. There is also some prestige from winning it, Duke won it last year, Oklahoma the year before. This year only 6 of the 16 teams are player-controlled.
- UCLA (Mad Mader) starts up on the 15th with an easy bracket playing Pepperdine, and if they win, they face the winner of Nevada and Pacific on the 16th.
- Villanova (Akaoni) starts up on the 16th playing Marist, and if they win they face the winner of the George Washington / Boston U. game on the 17th.
- Wake Forest (Mooseye) starts on the 15th against Hampton, then plays the winner of the VCU / Winthrop game.
- VCU (Gunz) plays Winthrop on the 15th, then if they win play the winner of the Wake / Hampton game.
- Tennessee (Boaris) opens on the 16th against Belmont, winner plays Missouri St or Arkansas St.
- Missouri St (Akaoni) plays Arkansas St, winner plays Tennessee or Belmont.
Now that the booby round is over, the featured four square off on Thursday the 18th:
- Pittsburgh (Jaybird) vs. Maryland (Slake B)
- Illinois (SGII) vs. Texas (Jutdog)
A true 8 team tournament, featuring five player-owned teams, starts Thursday the 18th:
- West Virginia (Slake B) vs. Davidson
- Vanderbilt (The CEO) vs. Nebraska
- North Carolina (Jutdog) vs. Hofstra
- Minnesota (The CEO) vs. Western Kentucky (Mooseye)
A slightly less sexy 8 team tournament, featuring five player-owned teams, also starts on Thursday the 18th:
- Georgetown (Gunz) vs. Coastal Carolina
- Wofford (The CEO) vs. USC Upstate
- North Carolina St (SGII) vs. Hofstra
- Charlotte (Mooseye) vs. George Mason (SGII)
Virgin Islands based 8 team tournament features a whopping 7 player teams, starts Friday the 19th:
- Old Dominion (Jutdog) vs. St. Peters
- Clemson (Gunz) vs. Long Beach St. (Musashisan)
- Seton Hall (Jutdog) vs. Alabama (Musashisan)
- Xavier (Slake B) vs. Iowa (Musashisan)
5 comments:
DJ Cooper scored 25 for Ohio today, I like to see that. ~Babs
Congratulations to Jutdog for being the first player with a losing record! His 4-5 record is a testament to the toughness of his schedule which will surely help him out in March.
~Babs
Not exactly the start I had in mind when grabbing UCSB...they played hard tonight, but hard doesn't exactly get you points.....
-The CEO
They almost pulled it off, which would have been less surprising than Oregon winning three straight. ~Babs
Hopefully someone took the action, Wofford at least covered, but just couldn't get it done, I was hoping to get this win when I drafted them, but 0-2 with losses at Minnesotta and Clemson is understandable,
-The CEO
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