Arch Madness - Friday afternoon session discussion

by **MVCfans** » March 6th, 2015, 6:58 am

Game 3
No. 1 Wichita State vs Southern Illinois
12:05 pm -- MVC TV

Game 4
No. 4 Illinois State vs No. 5 Evansville
2:35 pm -- MVC TV

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by **Rambler63** » March 6th, 2015, 7:07 am

What a God-awful, punishing draw the 8-9 is... Two full games-- including one against the top seed-- in the span of 20 hours.

by **BCPanther** » March 6th, 2015, 7:17 am

Rambler63 wrote:What a God-awful, punishing draw the 8-9 is... Two full games-- including one against the top seed-- in the span of 20 hours.

There's a really good way to avoid it. Win games.

by **Rambler63** » March 6th, 2015, 7:49 am

BCPanther wrote:
Rambler63 wrote:What a God-awful, punishing draw the 8-9 is... Two full games-- including one against the top seed-- in the span of 20 hours.

There's a really good way to avoid it. Win games.

Of course. But if you slip into those spots on the basis of tiebreakers, it's an added killer. On the plus side, the 9 seed has the best winning percentage among all Thursday seeds, now 12-7 since the current format was adopted. And I guess you save money on hotel stays....

by **Cdizzle** » March 6th, 2015, 9:40 am

So excited that the teams with RPIs 20-30 points lower both won last night.

After sitting through Thursday night games the last few years, and the monstrosity that was last night, I'm beginning to lean towards an 8-team format that forgoes Thursday night. At the very least we need to get those games take off TV. Just embarrassing for the league.

by **Dawgbit** » March 6th, 2015, 10:10 am

Rambler63 wrote:What a God-awful, punishing draw the 8-9 is... Two full games-- including one against the top seed-- in the span of 20 hours.

It ain't for sissies.

by **ptownbraves** » March 6th, 2015, 10:11 am

Cdizzle wrote:So excited that the teams with RPIs 20-30 points lower both won last night.

After sitting through Thursday night games the last few years, and the monstrosity that was last night, I'm beginning to lean towards an 8-team format that forgoes Thursday night. At the very least we need to get those games take off TV. Just embarrassing for the league.

An 8 team format is probably not going to happen. If fans are willing to drive to STL and pay money to see their team, they should get that chance, however bad their team is. People have to book rooms in advance, so in an 8 team format where your team is a 7-10 team, people simply won't plan the trip if their school isn't guaranteed to play at least one game. The Valley, the venue and the host city lose revenue. It gets exposure for the Valley and for the schools. A 7-10 seed is like playing the Powerball. You're probably going to waste a couple bucks, but there's still a chance.

by **uniftw** » March 6th, 2015, 10:41 am

Rambler63 wrote:What a God-awful, punishing draw the 8-9 is... Two full games-- including one against the top seed-- in the span of 20 hours.

Win...or lose...a couple more games and you don't have to worry about it.

by **UNIFanSince1983** » March 6th, 2015, 10:56 am

Does anyone know of somewhere to stream these games this afternoon?

Not going to be able to have a TV to watch, but would like to be able to.

by **Singeril** » March 6th, 2015, 11:22 am

ESPN3 is streaming the games (at least the Shockers vs. SIU game).