NCAA Tournament

[Trotsky]

this two weeks between regionals and frozen 4 BS is annoying.  total buzzkill from the excitement of last weekend.

What is the reasoning behind the week off?

Let the Super Bowl like media hype rise to a crescendo?  

I thought it was to avoid "competing" with the F4, which is pretty silly.

[Scersk '97]

this two weeks between regionals and frozen 4 BS is annoying.  total buzzkill from the excitement of last weekend.

What is the reasoning behind the week off?

Let the Super Bowl like media hype rise to a crescendo?  

I thought it was to avoid "competing" with the F4, which is pretty silly.

Makes the tournament a marathon, but it would be pretty easy to slip a best-of-three quarterfinal round into that off week, wouldn't it?

[Trotsky]

this two weeks between regionals and frozen 4 BS is annoying.  total buzzkill from the excitement of last weekend.

What is the reasoning behind the week off?

Let the Super Bowl like media hype rise to a crescendo?  

I thought it was to avoid "competing" with the F4, which is pretty silly.

Makes the tournament a marathon, but it would be pretty easy to slip a best-of-three quarterfinal round into that off week, wouldn't it?

That would be onerous for the student-athletes.

(Pause for laughter.)

[ugarte]

What is the reasoning behind the week off?

I thought it was to avoid "competing" with the F4, which is pretty silly.

This. It is less silly when you consider the NCAA doesn't want to cannibalize itself. It has two high-profile events. There is not-insignificant overlap between the potential audiences, the antipathy to basketball here notwithstanding.

[Trotsky]

What is the reasoning behind the week off?

I thought it was to avoid "competing" with the F4, which is pretty silly.

This. It is less silly when you consider the NCAA doesn't want to cannibalize itself. It has two high-profile events. There is not-insignificant overlap between the potential audiences, the antipathy to basketball here notwithstanding.

As long as we're never called an "appetizer" to the F4 ever again...