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Post by Super King on Mar 12, 2014 15:28:37 GMT -6
Kansas home game, unfortunately. Although a chance to see Wiggins in person would be pretty cool. |
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Post by GoPanthers33 on Mar 12, 2014 22:27:38 GMT -6
Is that a rule just for the first round? Because George Mason's campus is only 20 miles from the Verizon Center where they played in the '06 sweet 16. I always thought that we could play in the arena IF we were not the host. I assume Marquette is the host. If Jeter is correct the rule must have changed . In '08 UCLA played at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA, in the then first round. I plugged in the Zip Code for the UCLA Campus (90095). And it is around 45 miles from there to the Honda Center. I'm assuming it's only a rule for the 1st round (or I guess technically now the 2nd and 3rd) since the sweet 16 is a predetermined location based on the regional bracket you're in. I can't explain the UCLA thing or when the rules may or may not have changed... all I know is Jeter ruled out the possibility of playing in Milwaukee today on the radio. So I looked into this tonight and through last year the only rule is you can't be on your home court. Unless they changed the rules very recently I am assuming that is still the rule. I listened to the interview and I think Jeter may have just misspoke or he doesn't know the exact rule. This is likely all a moot point anyway though as higher seeds get preference on the location of games and as we have discussed I can't see the committee putting us that close to home against a very high seed. |
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Post by loveyouso on Mar 12, 2014 22:45:30 GMT -6
Kansas home game, unfortunately. Although a chance to see Wiggins in person would be pretty cool. North Dakota State (coached by Saul Phillips) played KU very tough in the first round in '09 at the "Hump". BUT that was like a home game for NDSU. |
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Post by tyrunner0097 on Mar 12, 2014 23:47:24 GMT -6
For what it's worth, Bleacher Report has us as a 16 seed, playing Arizona.
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Lutzow10
Freshman
MILWAUKEE PROUD - PANTHER STRONG
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Post by Lutzow10 on Mar 13, 2014 0:14:40 GMT -6
For what it's worth, Bleacher Report has us as a 16 seed, playing Arizona. They also had us as the admirals for a while... Instant loss of credibility |
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SRT4driver
Junior
We Are MILWAUKEE! And I'm all about accountability, unlike '5th Placer' Jeter apologists.
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Post by SRT4driver on Mar 13, 2014 2:37:02 GMT -6
I was definitely off base when I said it would be a miracle for us to get a 15 seed. Normally an RPI around 130 would scream being one of the six 16 seeds, but luckily this is not one of those years. We are currently averaging a seed of 15.12 on 68 bracketologist websites... www.bracketmatrix.com/Would love to see us get a 14 seed, and I think it's possible with a little luck, aka a procedural seed bump. |
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