Men's Basketball (2017-2018)

[Trotsky]

Are the tourney games at neutral site or the #1?

[scoop85]

Are the tourney games at neutral site or the #1?

At the Palestra, so big advantage for Penn, even though the #2 seed.

[ugarte]

The Earl era is moving in the right direction.

[upprdeck]

I kinda lost track but what happened to boeheim? did he get injured?

[ugarte]

Are the tourney games at neutral site or the #1?

At the Palestra, so big advantage for Penn, even though the #2 seed.

I believe the Palestra is the permanent location for the Ivy playoff, not just the place that it was scheduled this year.

[ugarte]

How we did against the rest of the league:

1. Harvard (3 pt loss @ home; 2OT loss @ Harvard)
2. Penn (8 pt loss @ Penn; 8 pt loss @ home)
3. Yale (9 pt loss @ Yale; 2 pt loss @ home)
4. Cornell
5. Princeton (37 pt loss @ home; 3OT win @ Princeton)
6. Columbia (26 pt loss @ Columbia; 1 pt win @ home)
7. Brown (18 pt win @ Brown; 15 pt win @ home)
8. Dartmouth (1 pt win @ home; 11 pt win @ Dartmouth)

In general we showed a lot of improvement in the rematches. Nobody in the playoffs embarrassed us this year. This isn't over. We may lose by 40 to North Carolina yet.

[scoop85]

Are the tourney games at neutral site or the #1?

At the Palestra, so big advantage for Penn, even though the #2 seed.

I believe the Palestra is the permanent location for the Ivy playoff, not just the place that it was scheduled this year.

Not sure if it's permanent or if they just selected the Palestra for just the first few years.

[billhoward]

How we did against the rest of the league:
1. Harvard (3 pt loss @ home; 2OT loss @ Harvard)
2. Penn (8 pt loss @ Penn; 8 pt loss @ home)
3. Yale (9 pt loss @ Yale; 2 pt loss @ home)
4. Cornell
5. Princeton (37 pt loss @ home; 3OT win @ Princeton)
6. Columbia (26 pt loss @ Columbia; 1 pt win @ home)
7. Brown (18 pt win @ Brown; 15 pt win @ home)
8. Dartmouth (1 pt win @ home; 11 pt win @ Dartmouth)
In general we showed a lot of improvement in the rematches. Nobody in the playoffs embarrassed us this year. This isn't over. We may lose by 40 to North Carolina yet.

This could end the way Butch Cassidy did. Steve McQueen: "Good. For a moment there I thought we were in trouble."

[mountainred]

Are the tourney games at neutral site or the #1?

At the Palestra, so big advantage for Penn, even though the #2 seed.

I believe the Palestra is the permanent location for the Ivy playoff, not just the place that it was scheduled this year.

Not sure if it's permanent or if they just selected the Palestra for just the first few years.

The Palestra was a good cheap place to hold this event to start and the league needs a pre-determined place as long as the league wants to hold the men's play-off and the women's at the same location.  Playing games in a 3/4 empty arena in Bridgeport is not a good look.

[scoop85]

Are the tourney games at neutral site or the #1?

At the Palestra, so big advantage for Penn, even though the #2 seed.

I believe the Palestra is the permanent location for the Ivy playoff, not just the place that it was scheduled this year.

Not sure if it's permanent or if they just selected the Palestra for just the first few years.

The Palestra was a good cheap place to hold this event to start and the league needs a pre-determined place as long as the league wants to hold the men's play-off and the women's at the same location.  Playing games in a 3/4 empty arena in Bridgeport is not a good look.

Certainly if they have to hold the tournament at a pre-determined site, the Palestra is the best choice.

[abmarks]

How we did against the rest of the league:
1. Harvard (3 pt loss @ home; 2OT loss @ Harvard)
2. Penn (8 pt loss @ Penn; 8 pt loss @ home)
3. Yale (9 pt loss @ Yale; 2 pt loss @ home)
4. Cornell
5. Princeton (37 pt loss @ home; 3OT win @ Princeton)
6. Columbia (26 pt loss @ Columbia; 1 pt win @ home)
7. Brown (18 pt win @ Brown; 15 pt win @ home)
8. Dartmouth (1 pt win @ home; 11 pt win @ Dartmouth)
In general we showed a lot of improvement in the rematches. Nobody in the playoffs embarrassed us this year. This isn't over. We may lose by 40 to North Carolina yet.

This could end the way Butch Cassidy did. Steve McQueen: "Good. For a moment there I thought we were in trouble."

billhoward's memory *is* in trouble.  Steve McQueen wasn't even in the movie.  Paul Newman said that.

[upprdeck]

I think he was talking about the audition mix tape.

[French Rage]

Previous years I thought the playoff was a dumb idea.  Now for some reason I like it.  Funny thing, that.

[Willy '06]

Previous years I thought the playoff was a dumb idea.  Now for some reason I like it.  Funny thing, that.

Having a team that is 6-8 in Ivy play make the playoff is an excellent argument for why it's a dumb idea. However, if a 6-8 Ivy team is going to have a chance to steal two games and get into the NCAA tournament, it might as well be us.

[upprdeck]

other leagues have teams go 4-12 and make the NCAA why should the ivy be different.  It makes up for punishing the fball teams by not letting them play in that tourney