Semi's

[tuckfinn42]

Don't wanna look past tomorrow night because tomorrow is a lot bigger than most people understand. I'm just wondering if anyone knows exactly...are we playing at the #2 seed's place for the Semi's of the conf tourney or is it at the Resch Center for sure? Even though it's farther away...have to say I'd rather play at the Resch because the Pavilion sucks and we don't win there.

[pnthr30]

How the brackets/sites work........
www.horizonleague.org/0,5691,1_1162_0_52243,00.html

"The tournament commences on Tuesday, March 2, with three games on the campus sites of the higher seeds. The second round is March 5, while the semifinals are Saturday, March 6. The championship game will be played Tuesday, March 9, on ESPN at 9:00 p.m. EST. The second-round games and semifinals will be played at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis if Butler wins its first-round contest. If Butler loses its opening-round game, UIC will host the second-round games and semifinals because UW-Milwaukee's home arena, the US Cellular Arena, is unavailable on March 5 and 6. If Butler advances to the championship game on March 9, the title game will be played at Hinkle Fieldhouse. If Butler does not advance to the title game, it will be played in the home arena of the highest remaining seed."




Personally, I think that we will be playing the semi's at Hinkle.

The way it looks now, Butler will win their first round game against YSU and will be playing their second round game against GB or WSU - who I think they will beat. Since they (Butler) will likely win their first round game, the next two rounds will be at Butler - likely a semi-final game of BU vs. UIC at Hinkle (in the bottom half of the bracket). Since BU would still be in the tournament, all second and third round games will be played at Hinkle (if I understand things correctly). However, if BU loses its first game, we will be headed to UIC for the semi-final game before coming home for the championship.

[tuckfinn42]

Well as long as we're not playing Butler at Butler in the Championship I'm happy with UIC having to play there. It will suck if semi's are in Butler only because our fan support will be lower than if it was at UIC or GB. Go Panthers!!! Thanks for the info Pnthr.