Las Vegas Tournament Update
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See how it shakes out but I did like having the two shots (Bama and Houston) at a major OOC neutral win for resume purposes.
I like the change, much better chance to go 2-1.
I do not think we will be allowed to play Oregon - I do not think ant team will be allowed to play a team from its own conference (as per rules).
If I am correct, RU would play 1 of Texas A&M, Creighton or San Diego St.. All quality neutral site opponents, if not Top 5 like Houston.
If I am correct, RU would play 1 of Texas A&M, Creighton or San Diego St.. All quality neutral site opponents, if not Top 5 like Houston.
This is like the Wild West. Making major changes a month before.
My thought exactly
As a San Diegan, an SDSU matchup would be fun since its my adopted 2nd team
I wonder why this change was made....I wonder how ticket sales are going. I would think the majority of the revenue comes from TV
Who goes to the Championship game if two teams are 2-0. For instance, say Rutgers beats Notre Dame and Alabama, while Houston beats Alabama and Notre Dame. In that case, both Rutgers and Houston are 2-0, so who goes to the championship game? I guess there is some sort of tiebreaker with the scores of the games within the Group.
There are tiebreakers. Look at the article on scarletknights.com.
From the article:
Following Wednesday's games, each group will be ranked first through fourth, and after head-to-head record, seeding will be determined by total point differential in group games (capped at 20 points per game), then total points scored and fewest points allowed. The top seeds from each division will face off in the championship game, with the rest of the standings filling out the third, fifth and seventh-place matchups.
This format change comes after the NCAA's Men's Basketball Oversight Committee granted a blanket waiver of certain NCAA MTE legislation for the 2024-25 season. Specifically, the committee granted a waiver for the legislation that provides that only one team per conference can play in the same MTE and that teams can only play in the same MTE once over a four-year period.
Greene I will clarify this and definitely true the sponsor is Redbird IMI which is a subsidiary of Redbird Capital and if you google you will see clear as day IMI is based in Abu. Dhabi
I have a good friend who’s in the college tournament business and he told me this
Just another way for Saudi to get in another sport
Crazy huh they have their money in every sport was going to start a thread on premium board but just was lazy about it
Notre Dame roster has a local flavor … transfers from Princeton, Seton Hall, Monmouth, Lehigh, Penn State, Penn.
As for tickets for the Saturdays November 30 games its a single ticket for all 4 games just got mine since I had a link to today's presale for those who purchased a 3 day package. the cost a single ticket 4 game ticket was 90 up from 70 for a 2 gamer from lower level corner seats. Tickets are via the ASX app
IMI is a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation (ADMIC), which is owned by Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a member of the Abu Dhabi Emirate ruling family
Wow, all of the "offense is more important than defense" people are finally right!
There are allegations that he has tried to help Russians bypass sanctions. You can never tell what is and isn't true these days, but.....
Maybe sneaker money wasn't so bad.
I guess this isn't what Geo expected when he fought for NIL for athletes.
Maybe sneaker money wasn't so bad.
I guess this isn't what Geo expected when he fought for NIL for athletes.
All I was saying was that it isn't Saudi money and not part of the PIF.
Also, there are a ton of human rights abuse allegations against Nike and Adidas, and probably a ton of other clothing, shoe etc companies.
When it comes to big business you never know who you are getting in bed with.
Thank goodness we dont have a deal with Abercrombie & Fitch
Surprised there isn’t an NBA franchise overseas at this point. Many international players in the NBA, every team, in fact.
Will we be spying a red sequin jacket on tv?
Hmm I would have said San Diegoan -you learn something new everyday.
Really exciting to finally see us in a decent early season tournament. It always bothered me that Rutgers never seemed to be playing during the Thanksgiving week/weekend tourneys.
Yeah don't like where there is going
Anyhow im bummed...Houston based on past history of the NET stanning The Cougars would offer oodles of NET SOS that the other possible opponents will not
Booking a Tuesday/Wednesday trip at the very. Might head back for the championship if we make it.
While true, if RU were to play Creighton or San Diego St ... or Texas A&M,. there could be excellent NET at play. Creighton was 11th in the NET last year, San Diego St was 21st .... Texas A&M was 45th. Creighton and Texas A&M are ranked in the top 20 pre-season THIS year. So still opportunities for quality games - and maybe a better chance to win.
Would it be better if RU could get a win over a team ranked from #15 to #30, or a loss to a Top 5 Houston? I figure it would be much more likely RU gets a win vs a team other than Houston, and likely lose against Houston. But who knows if RU gets ANY wins, even over Notre Dame?