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SouthernLaxGenius wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:48 pm Just curious as to who (in your opinion) would you drag from Lynchburg's side to Salisbury's side and exchange out? (keeping in mind cost, travel, etc)

Unknown Participant wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:59 pm

Nosey Ned wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:51 pm

richard wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:33 pm Nosey, don’t you think that Salisbury, Cabrini bracket is a breeze compared to the Tufts bracket? Whichever team wins that second rounder should breeze to the semis. Meanwhile it looks like there are no sure things on the Tufts side. St JF, York are a tough lineup for Tufts.

I think the RIT bracket looks soft too. Granted Tufts and to a lesser extent, Lynchburg path would seem harder than the other 2 but as I said, the 4 teams that are generally thought to have true national champion potential have a path they should be able to navigate successfully. If they can’t then guess what .... they weren’t as good as we thought they were. And so what, York plays F&M earlier than the rankings would suggest. We all know the mileage has always played a part. Get over it. It’s not changing... we hear the same thing every year from the whiners that get a tough matchup early and want to complain about the grass being greener in so and sos bracket. Zzzzzzzz

The die is cast.. time to stop talking about it and just go play. Want to be the best, you gotta.....

Lynchburg is in the South. The North bracket has 3 of the top 5 contenders, perhaps you are reading it incorrectly?

richard wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:21 pm The winner of the Salisbury Cabrini gets the free ride to the semifinals courtesy of the selection committee. As nosey says above about Tufts, it is not supposed to happen that way.

Dehuntshigwa’es wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:46 pm I truly believe Lynchburg will go all the way to the finals if they play the way they are capable of playing. I’m not seeing any real weaknesses with this group. RIT should be a good game but I think the Hornets will handle them. I expect them to play Salisbury is n the finals

Dehuntshigwa’es wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:46 pm I truly believe Lynchburg will go all the way to the finals if they play the way they are capable of playing. I’m not seeing any real weaknesses with this group. RIT should be a good game but I think the Hornets will handle them. I expect them to play Salisbury is n the finals

Nosey Ned wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:15 pm

Unknown Participant wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:59 pm

Nosey Ned wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:51 pm

richard wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:33 pm Nosey, don’t you think that Salisbury, Cabrini bracket is a breeze compared to the Tufts bracket? Whichever team wins that second rounder should breeze to the semis. Meanwhile it looks like there are no sure things on the Tufts side. St JF, York are a tough lineup for Tufts.

I think the RIT bracket looks soft too. Granted Tufts and to a lesser extent, Lynchburg path would seem harder than the other 2 but as I said, the 4 teams that are generally thought to have true national champion potential have a path they should be able to navigate successfully. If they can’t then guess what .... they weren’t as good as we thought they were. And so what, York plays F&M earlier than the rankings would suggest. We all know the mileage has always played a part. Get over it. It’s not changing... we hear the same thing every year from the whiners that get a tough matchup early and want to complain about the grass being greener in so and sos bracket. Zzzzzzzz

The die is cast.. time to stop talking about it and just go play. Want to be the best, you gotta.....

Lynchburg is in the South. The North bracket has 3 of the top 5 contenders, perhaps you are reading it incorrectly?

Unknown.. not sure what you mean. I read it that RIT, Tufts, Salisbury and Lynchburg are all in different quadrants so all 4 can make the Final Four. Do I have that wrong?

ah23 wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 11:57 pm I suppose there is one silver lining. After more than a year of unprecedented disruptions to every aspect of our lives, it will be nice to see one yearly tradition remain constant: RIT losing at home in the playoffs to a NESCAC team.

Unknown Participant wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:56 pm Don't talk to me about costs and travel. Tufts is traveling 6.5 hours to play Babson that, according to Google Maps, is 27 minutes away. I guess I missed the memo, but when did we stop having first round games at the higher seed?

SouthernLaxGenius wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:32 pm So I'm assuming everyone has an issue with IWU being in that portion of the bracket.

The only team that could possibly be swapped out would be Christopher Newport (without the same chatter going on to this extent), but why do that when the first and second round of that pod (IWU is in) is at IWU and you have 4 "midwest" teams (represented by Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota)that are in the NCAA tournament???

DeepPocket wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 7:07 am

SouthernLaxGenius wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:32 pm So I'm assuming everyone has an issue with IWU being in that portion of the bracket.

The only team that could possibly be swapped out would be Christopher Newport (without the same chatter going on to this extent), but why do that when the first and second round of that pod (IWU is in) is at IWU and you have 4 "midwest" teams (represented by Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota)that are in the NCAA tournament???

I haven’t seen anywhere where all of the games’ locations are listed. But as I said, I do know York is playing Lasell at F&M in Lancaster PA. Meanwhile Tufts & STJF, of the same quadrant as York, are in a different pod in Rochester

Have a crazy question and sorry if it’s been asked and answered. Why not have a field of 32 teams?

UpperCorner wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 9:01 am

Have a crazy question and sorry if it’s been asked and answered. Why not have a field of 32 teams?

You mean instead of 31?


yes