Looking WAY too far ahead
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LOTS of work to do to get there first, BUT it would be sweet if we played Michigan State in K.C., after having to play them in 2000 in Auburn Hills (which was similarly a home game for them). I've wanted to avenge that loss ever since and doing so in the Spirit Center would be the best ever. But NEVADA...
Get to Milwaukee first. It's only a bit farther from Ames than KC is. I want the first two rounds to be home games.
I usually cheer for the Big 12, but I'll be pulling for Miami or Michigan St so that if we're fortunate enough to reach KC it's a home game. It also sucks that arguably the best two Big 12 teams are in the same sub-region with a 3rd in the same region. With that and KSU in the play-in, it almost assures a poor tournament performance.
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How much money do you people have to go to the Big 12 tourney, first weekend games, AND beyond. Not to mention the time off of work.
Hope I'm to that level someday.
We're not playing or coaching for Iowa State, so we can look ahead. Unless some of the posters here are team members, then you should get to work and cut that out. And hi! I'm a big fan. Go get em guys! But get off the message boards.
I'm just wondering how I'm going to get off of work to get to the national championship celebration parade we have when we win it all.
I almost let myself think ahead to the Sweet 16. Thank goodness I didn't, I couldn't live with that kind of guilt if we lost.
That's a good question! I was looking at flights and hotel to Milwaukee, cheapest set is like $1,200. I have Friday off work and was pretty excited to be watching all of those games.
I think the committee was very favorable to the Big 12:
3 teams in the Midwest bracket
Kansas State earned a play-in game over potentially Syracuse
Baylor playing first & second round games in Tulsa
WVU may have received the worst draw playing in Buffalo and that may actually be the closest to Morgantown compared to the other 4-seed locations (Milwaukee & Orlando). The bummer is that if they advance to the sweet 16 they would be playing in San Jose.
Let's hope the Big 12 can do well to continue to earn that respect from the tournament committee in the years to come.
3 teams in the Midwest bracket
Kansas State earned a play-in game over potentially Syracuse
Baylor playing first & second round games in Tulsa
WVU may have received the worst draw playing in Buffalo and that may actually be the closest to Morgantown compared to the other 4-seed locations (Milwaukee & Orlando). The bummer is that if they advance to the sweet 16 they would be playing in San Jose.
Let's hope the Big 12 can do well to continue to earn that respect from the tournament committee in the years to come.
Are you nuts? Three of 6 teams in the same region, with the two best in the same sub-region is NOT favorable.
That was my initial reaction too, but when looking at how the committee treated other conferences I think they were far more favorable to the Big 12. They aren't easy draws by any means, but they make up for it based on locations of the games in the first two rounds and path to the Sweet 16. Teams control their own destiny after the Sweet 16 anyways, so any projected match-ups in the Sweet 16 or later are just hype & speculation anyway.
