Gophers make 2026 B1G tourney!!!

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Relax, the B1G is including all men’s teams for a six day tourney.

So, Terrible Tuesday is the worst you can do.

I haven’t seen the bracket yet.
 

I would have gone a different route for scheduling an 18 team Tourney:

Tuesday - 13 vs 18, 14 vs 17, 15 vs 16
Wednesday - 12 vs 13/18, 11 vs 14/17, 10 vs 15/16
Thursday - 8 vs 9, 5 vs 12/13/18 --- 7 vs 10/15/16, 6 vs 11/14/17
Friday - 1 vs 8/9, 4 vs 5/12/13/17 --- 2 vs 7/10/15/16, 3 vs 6/11/14/17

But I was not canvassed for such an opinion.
 



What a relief!

I wonder if the conference realizes it's harming attendance by excluding some teams, especially the advance ticket sales of the whole strip.

Speaking of the whole strip, this becomes one long-ass tournament!
 


Bad Gopher said:
What a relief!

I wonder if the conference realizes it's harming attendance by excluding some teams, especially the advance ticket sales of the whole strip.

Speaking of the whole strip, this becomes one long-ass tournament!
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I know its a very long shot, but if an 18th place big ten team managed to make the NCAA Tourney by running off 6 wins in 6 days, that would be such a fun story to follow
 

bleedsmaroonandgold said:
I know its a very long shot, but if an 18th place big ten team managed to make the NCAA Tourney by running off 6 wins in 6 days, that would be such a fun story to follow
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It would be just as intriguing if the 15th seed pulled off the same feat.
 

Bad Gopher said:
What a relief!

I wonder if the conference realizes it's harming attendance by excluding some teams, especially the advance ticket sales of the whole strip.

Speaking of the whole strip, this becomes one long-ass tournament!
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I don't think this is going to move the needle at all in terms of in house attendance.

By a full strip of for a 6 day event when it's possible to be sent home by Tuesday night with 5 days to go? 1/3rd of the teams will be eliminated by hump day.

How many from the Pac 4 contingent show are going to show up for any event east of Las Vegas?

Honestly, I would have gone the other way and cut it to 12. Make the regular season matter even more.
 




I hate byes (and really hate double byes). Have the bottom 4 play on Wednesday to get down to 16. Then it’s a straight bracket to the Sunday championship.
 

goldenboy said:
I hate byes (and really hate double byes). Have the bottom 4 play on Wednesday to get down to 16. Then it’s a straight bracket to the Sunday championship.
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They'll never do that. They don't want the top teams playing 4 games in a row going into the NCAAs.
 

goldenboy said:
I hate byes (and really hate double byes). Have the bottom 4 play on Wednesday to get down to 16. Then it’s a straight bracket to the Sunday championship.
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How can you hate something we as gopher fans never get to experience? 😂
 

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