hoyas315
Diamond Hoya (over 2500 posts)
Posts: 3,096
|
Post by hoyas315 on Nov 14, 2020 14:28:12 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by eastcoastteddy58 on Nov 14, 2020 15:11:42 GMT -5
I can't imagine that these games won't be televised, its not like the media is on the court playing the six man.
|
|
|
Post by eastcoastteddy58 on Nov 14, 2020 16:18:24 GMT -5
"Casual Hoya" mentioned nothing about media coverage.
|
|
|
Post by eastcoastteddy58 on Nov 14, 2020 16:23:15 GMT -5
|
|
hoyas315
Diamond Hoya (over 2500 posts)
Posts: 3,096
|
Post by hoyas315 on Nov 15, 2020 18:43:41 GMT -5
|
|
hoya95
Golden Hoya (over 1000 posts)
Posts: 1,445
|
Post by hoya95 on Nov 16, 2020 12:16:02 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by professorhoya on Nov 16, 2020 14:17:37 GMT -5
Makes sense. Have it all in one place in a bubble. Too much unpredictability with multiple locations on top of some states like California that will be locked down forever. For alot of reasons it's just easier and less risky to have the whole tournament in one location.
|
|
hoyarooter
Blue & Gray (over 10,000 posts)
Posts: 10,212
|
Post by hoyarooter on Nov 17, 2020 20:14:02 GMT -5
Just a handful, no big deal, right?
|
|
|
Post by centercourt400s on Nov 23, 2020 21:27:10 GMT -5
Pretty bleak outlook from Pete Thamel, Yahoo Sports: "There are more than 40 programs of the 357 in Division I that are either on pause or not playing this season. Those on pause include teams from Florida to Creighton and Syracuse to Denver. No level or geographic area has been spared issues. The virus has spiked so precipitously around the country that it’s beginning to look negligent to send teams criss-crossing the country – many flying commercial – against the recent recommendations of the Centers For Disease Control. “At this point, I’m not sure why we’re trying,” said a major conference official. “I wonder if in like 10 to 14 days it will be shut down.” The core issue with college basketball is that these non-conference games aren’t worth the risk. Sure, they fill many programming hours, mandatory contract inventory and make programs a bit of money. And we’d all love the distraction of college basketball to fill these quiet nights amid the pandemic. But the potential of issues in college basketball’s early season are risking what really matters in the long term – the viability of the conference season and the NCAA tournament." sports.yahoo.com/can-college-basketballs-leaders-save-the-season-its-going-to-be-a-disaster-204412040.html
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2020 10:51:22 GMT -5
Pretty bleak outlook from Pete Thamel, Yahoo Sports: "There are more than 40 programs of the 357 in Division I that are either on pause or not playing this season. Those on pause include teams from Florida to Creighton and Syracuse to Denver. No level or geographic area has been spared issues. The virus has spiked so precipitously around the country that it’s beginning to look negligent to send teams criss-crossing the country – many flying commercial – against the recent recommendations of the Centers For Disease Control. “At this point, I’m not sure why we’re trying,” said a major conference official. “I wonder if in like 10 to 14 days it will be shut down.” The core issue with college basketball is that these non-conference games aren’t worth the risk. Sure, they fill many programming hours, mandatory contract inventory and make programs a bit of money. And we’d all love the distraction of college basketball to fill these quiet nights amid the pandemic. But the potential of issues in college basketball’s early season are risking what really matters in the long term – the viability of the conference season and the NCAA tournament." sports.yahoo.com/can-college-basketballs-leaders-save-the-season-its-going-to-be-a-disaster-204412040.htmlIt should be all conference games and all conference games should be played in a bubble and they all need to be accelerated games (meaning played over the weekend and each team playing two to three games over each weekend). The bubble should be situated central to whatever city is "center" to all the schools geographically. For the Big East, it would be NYC or maybe Chicago.
|
|
calhoya
Diamond Hoya (over 2500 posts)
Posts: 4,352
|
Post by calhoya on Nov 24, 2020 12:52:38 GMT -5
Pretty bleak outlook from Pete Thamel, Yahoo Sports: "There are more than 40 programs of the 357 in Division I that are either on pause or not playing this season. Those on pause include teams from Florida to Creighton and Syracuse to Denver. No level or geographic area has been spared issues. The virus has spiked so precipitously around the country that it’s beginning to look negligent to send teams criss-crossing the country – many flying commercial – against the recent recommendations of the Centers For Disease Control. “At this point, I’m not sure why we’re trying,” said a major conference official. “I wonder if in like 10 to 14 days it will be shut down.” The core issue with college basketball is that these non-conference games aren’t worth the risk. Sure, they fill many programming hours, mandatory contract inventory and make programs a bit of money. And we’d all love the distraction of college basketball to fill these quiet nights amid the pandemic. But the potential of issues in college basketball’s early season are risking what really matters in the long term – the viability of the conference season and the NCAA tournament." sports.yahoo.com/can-college-basketballs-leaders-save-the-season-its-going-to-be-a-disaster-204412040.htmlIt should be all conference games and all conference games should be played in a bubble and they all need to be accelerated games (meaning played over the weekend and each team playing two to three games over each weekend). The bubble should be situated central to whatever city is "center" to all the schools geographically. For the Big East, it would be NYC or maybe Chicago. The Mountain West has adopted an approach where teams will face each other twice within three days in empty arenas. Each team will have 5 road trips and 5 home weekends and get 20 games played. If the arenas are empty it minimizes the home court advantage even if playing the same team twice on its court. This could be modified for the BE as well. I think holding the season is important, even with multiple cancellations. Truthfully, the colleges need the revenues, the players need the opportunity to play,particularly those who plan to move on after this year and the sports nation can use some distractions. If the schools are responsible, the players and staff can be kept as safe--and probably much safer--than would be the case if the season was cancelled and players and staff dispersed along with the rest of the student/faculty population. No one has to witness a scene with thousands of Notre Dame fans storming a field after a victory, but that incident could not occur if agreement was reached to play in empty arenas.
|
|
hoyas315
Diamond Hoya (over 2500 posts)
Posts: 3,096
|
Post by hoyas315 on Nov 24, 2020 15:45:34 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by professorhoya on Mar 15, 2021 23:42:15 GMT -5
NCAA Bubble for March Madness:"The NCAA has created a pseudo-bubble it has dubbed a “controlled environment.” It includes four hotels — the JW Marriott, Hyatt, Marriott, and Westin Hotel — where the teams will stay, the 566,000 square-foot Indiana Convention Center and a connecting skywalk. Every individual will get his or her own hotel room. Players, masked and socially distanced, will be able to walk freely in those areas. Aside from limited hotel workers who will have minimal contact with them, everyone in the “controlled environment” will be “Tier-1” individuals getting tested daily. So will the bus drivers taking players to each site. The players themselves will wear tracking devices that keep tabs on who they are in close proximity to in order to aid contract tracing in case of a positive test." ... "The Indiana Convention Center will have 12 different practice courts and spaced-out meeting rooms for study hall or film sessions." nypost.com/2021/03/14/how-ncaa-plans-to-pull-off-complex-march-madness-2021/
|
|