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Post by hchoops on Nov 16, 2020 16:07:03 GMT -5
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Post by DiMarz on Nov 16, 2020 16:38:49 GMT -5
It will be 68 team bubble!
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 16, 2020 16:44:32 GMT -5
Using multiple courts simultaneously?
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Post by timholycross on Nov 16, 2020 17:33:02 GMT -5
If it's deemed easier and more thorough to sanitize a small number of places, then, yes, they'll only use a few "gyms".
Think about it, to keep to the standard schedule, you don't need more than 4 venues, the Thursday and Friday of the first week each have 16 games split between 4 sites, an afternoon and an evening doubleheader at each.
The Sweet 16 and Elite 8, you could get by with one or two sites. Four games Thursday and Friday, a pair of games Saturday and Sunday. Depends on how many you want on TV concurrently.
The venues perhaps don't have to be very big (unless things really turn around fast), but if they do want sizeable places, there is the domed stadium, the place the Pacers play and Hinkle Field House. Purdue, IU, Ball State and Indiana State all seem to be an hour or less away, so there's plenty of other places too.
By the way, as good a place to inject this as any: are you as tired as I am of the fake crowd noise? The coup de grace for me was the BC/Notre Dame game the other day. The crowd noise was so amped up that you couldn't hear the announcers!
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Post by rgs318 on Nov 16, 2020 19:32:09 GMT -5
By the way, as good a place to inject this as any: are you as tired as I am of the fake crowd noise? Not only yes, but HECK YES!  |
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Post by WCHC Sports on Nov 17, 2020 13:09:33 GMT -5
Strictly as a basketball fan, and TV consumer, it will be good to have.
Shifting gears to the thought (maybe joke) that these are college students stands this whole process on its head. Are the students expected to be isolated in Indianapolis and not attend any classes for the better part of a month, potentially? Finish college-level courses with no resources immediately available to them that aren't via Zoom meetings and the internet? Perhaps that farce is challenged by the fact that many students are doing remote learning, so it's even easier than ever to facilitate something in remote isolation. Still, this seems to take the academic off the table nearly entirely, more than usual.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Nov 17, 2020 13:47:35 GMT -5
No doubt the NCAA PR team will be promoting stories showing the student-athletes studying, attending zoom classes, etc, during the isolation period.
In contrast, I'll cite a Holy Cross story. After attending the HC @ Louisville game years ago I left for a business trip to Atlanta and found myself at the same airport gate as the Crusader team. I noted that at least 2/3rds of the HC players had text books out and were studying. Most impressive
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Post by Tom on Nov 17, 2020 13:58:24 GMT -5
No doubt the NCAA PR team will be promoting stories showing the student-athletes studying, attending zoom classes, etc, during the isolation period. In contrast, I'll cite a Holy Cross story. After attending the HC @ Louisville game years ago I left for a business trip to Atlanta and found myself at the same airport gate as the Crusader team. I noted that at least 2/3rds of the HC players had text books out and were studying. Most impressive Coach Willard told a story about a practice early in his tenure at HC. He was going to show the team that there was a new sheriff in town and called for a very early practice. Well, the building was locked and no one had a key. Someone was sent to find a key and all the players sat down on the ground and pulled out books. He decided then that these kids might be a little different than the ones he had at Pitt |
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Post by timholycross on Nov 17, 2020 23:20:50 GMT -5
Strictly as a basketball fan, and TV consumer, it will be good to have. Shifting gears to the thought (maybe joke) that these are college students stands this whole process on its head. Are the students expected to be isolated in Indianapolis and not attend any classes for the better part of a month, potentially? Finish college-level courses with no resources immediately available to them that aren't via Zoom meetings and the internet? Perhaps that farce is challenged by the fact that many students are doing remote learning, so it's even easier than ever to facilitate something in remote isolation. Still, this seems to take the academic off the table nearly entirely, more than usual. Remember after the first week we are talking about around 200 individuals and after that about 50. The ones that actually WANT to do schoolwork might actually do it better than they would in a normal year. In a normal season, a team advancing has to do a bunch of traveling in-between. |
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