general 2010-2011 basketball season thread

[phillysportsfan]

Quinnipiac wouldnt have been a bad option, holds 3500 not too far from Yale and if they sold 2000 in 30min I would think they could sell that out too

[jtwcornell91]

The problem is where else can you have it?  On short notice, the only option is an on-campus location.  Most of the medium sized arenas would either have conflict, or would require significant costs to just hold the date for a playoff that wouldn't occur most years.  The Palestra would be a great location, but it's not exactly convenient for both sides (or neutral, for that matter).

The only other workable option is to use a larger facility on a non-Ivy campus, and I'm not sure how practical that is.

I think there's a precedent for that, though.  Wasn't there a playoff game at Bucknell a few years back?

[Luke 05]

I actually think it was at Lehigh because it was equidistant between Penn/Princeton.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

I actually think it was at Lehigh because it was equidistant between Penn/Princeton.

Yep.  In '96.

[kingpin248]

Princeton wins the playoff 63-62 on a buzzer-beater by Douglas Davis.

[Chris '03]

Princeton wins the playoff 63-62 on a buzzer-beater by Douglas Davis.

Tremendous ending. Screw Tommy.

[phillysportsfan]

Not really happy with either team winning, hard to root for Princeton either, Harvard still has a shot at an at large

[ugarte]

Not really happy with either team winning, hard to root for Princeton either, Harvard still has a shot at an at large

I will bet you $10 right now that Harvard does not get an at-large bid.

I am so happy that Harvard/Amaker has to wait at least one more year.

[phillysportsfan]

I dont think they get an at large, just saying they deserve to be in the discussion

Next year will be Harvard's league to lose though, they better schedule tough or Keith Wright is going to graduate without any NCAA bids

[mountainred]

Harvard has a shot, but its primarily because the teams on the cut line are so very, very ordinary.  This morning Joe Lunardi started floating their name as a possibility and he is generally pretty in tune with the selection committee's thinking.  I don't think they will and really don't want them to -- I want Amaker to wait as long as possible -- so I have no interest in your bet ugarte.

Pairwise has its flaws, but it sure is preferable to a bunch of guys in polo shirts making arbitrary assessments.

[Tcl123]

::banana::

[phillysportsfan]

Princeton gets a 13 against Kentucky, I guess the committee wanted an Ivy league rematch even though UK is a completely different team this year

[Rita]

Princeton gets a 13 against Kentucky, I guess the committee wanted an Ivy league rematch even though UK is a completely different team this year

I guess that means in about 4-5 years, the record books will show two NC$$ tournament losses by Kentucky to Ivy League schools? :-}

[ugarte]

Princeton gets a 13 against Kentucky, I guess the committee wanted an Ivy league rematch even though UK is a completely different team this year

I guess that means in about 4-5 years, the record books will show two NC$$ tournament losses by Kentucky to Ivy League schools? :-}

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[Chris '03]

Harvard will play OK State Tuesday night on ESPN. In the NIT.