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Sam "Ace" Rothstein
Pittsburgh article says the transfer is due to "unforeseen circumstances"... What in the hell could that mean?
Pittsburgh article says the transfer is due to "unforeseen circumstances"... What in the hell could that mean?
wolpfack upset uva. They're trending up now..... sure wish we were.
WTF is going on at Pitt that two of their top three players enter the portal with games left on the schedule? I realize that WF has been bad recently, but this would be like if Williamson and Ody entered the transfer portal today, and said "Good luck with VT on Saturday". The only explanation would be if the school itself was about to suspend those players.
Didn't over half the team leave over the past year or two?
NCAA Tournament COVID rules:
As part of the seeding the tournament, in addition to seeding the 68 teams in the field, they are going to seed, and announce, the first 4 teams out in order.
If a team in the field of 68 can't play because of COVID testing after the bracket is announced, then a first four out team will replace them in their seeding spot.
For example, if Baylor is the #1 seed in a region, but they fail COVID testing after the bracket comes out, and the top ranked team of the first four group is Davidson, Davidson will slide into the #1 seed spot in Baylor's region. The one exception to this rule is that every one bid league (like the Big South) will name a replacement team for their conference representative if COVID knocks out their one bid representative. So, if Winthrop wins the Big South Tourney, but is then hit with COVID, the Big South replacement team (e.g., Longwood), would take Winthrop's spot in the bracket.
After 6 pm on Tuesday March 16 (Selection Sunday is March 14), no replacements will be allowed. So, the opponent of any team that can't play because of COVID after that date and time, will move forward in the tournament via forfeit. Guess that you need to factor in which schools are most likely to get COVID eliminated when filling out the bracket.
Also, I assumed that there will be no NIT this year. That is wrong. The NCAA (which now owns the NIT) will proceed as planned with a 32 team bracket. If none of the first four out teams make it into the NCAA field as COVID replacement, they will be the top 4 seeds in the NIT.
NCAA Tournament COVID rules:
As part of the seeding the tournament, in addition to seeding the 68 teams in the field, they are going to seed, and announce, the first 4 teams out in order.
If a team in the field of 68 can't play because of COVID testing after the bracket is announced, then a first four out team will replace them in their seeding spot.
For example, if Baylor is the #1 seed in a region, but they fail COVID testing after the bracket comes out, and the top ranked team of the first four group is Davidson, Davidson will slide into the #1 seed spot in Baylor's region. The one exception to this rule is that every one bid league (like the Big South) will name a replacement team for their conference representative if COVID knocks out their one bid representative. So, if Winthrop wins the Big South Tourney, but is then hit with COVID, the Big South replacement team (e.g., Longwood), would take Winthrop's spot in the bracket.
After 6 pm on Tuesday March 16 (Selection Sunday is March 14), no replacements will be allowed. So, the opponent of any team that can't play because of COVID after that date and time, will move forward in the tournament via forfeit. Guess that you need to factor in which schools are most likely to get COVID eliminated when filling out the bracket.
Also, I assumed that there will be no NIT this year. That is wrong. The NCAA (which now owns the NIT) will proceed as planned with a 32 team bracket. If none of the first four out teams make it into the NCAA field as COVID replacement, they will be the top 4 seeds in the NIT.