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A10 Talk

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Here’s how the A10 would be seeded and matched up in 2020 if the NCAA tournament included all 353 teams. (seeded according to Ken Pom)

 

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A10 Talk

@A10Talk
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Here’s how the A10 would be seeded and matched up in 2020 if the NCAA tournament included all 353 teams. (seeded according to Ken Pom)

if we are taking this years rosters I would call an A10 sweep in the first round

 

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Tell me you old CAA nerds wouldn't have creamed your pants over playing Delaware in a single elimination first round.

 

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https://collegehoopstoday.com/index...considering-20-game-league-schedule-in-20-21/:

"The American Athletic Conference is considering going to a 20-game, double round-robin league schedule during the 20-21 college basketball season, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation.

The conference currently plays an 18-game league schedule and a true double round-robin format now makes more sense for the league since it has 11 total teams instead of 12 following UConn’s departure to the Big East.

While nothing has been officially decided or proposed, the idea has gained momentum during the past few days, according to multiple sources due to the scheduling issues created by COVID-19."

 

[GMUgemini]

A10 Talk

@A10Talk
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11h

Here’s how the A10 would be seeded and matched up in 2020 if the NCAA tournament included all 353 teams. (seeded according to Ken Pom)

No way you make the top seeds play that many games.

 

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Jon Rothstein
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Source: As college basketball anticipates an official NCAA announcement next week of an 11/25 start, many key decision makers expect games initially scheduled between 11/10 and 11/24 to dissolve or be rescheduled due to "force majeure" related to COVID-19.

 

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Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein

Sources: Several conference executives have informed programs in their respective leagues that they should plan on playing up to EIGHT non-conference games following the NCAA's expected start date announcement next week.
5:10 PM · Sep 10, 2020

 

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Brett McMurphy
@Brett_McMurphy
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3h

Washington’s athletic department is eliminating 16 positions & requiring additional 35 staff members take furlough. In June, the school had department-wide furloughs for 156 professional & classified union staff, as well as voluntary salary reductions for all contract staff





Brett McMurphy
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3h

Minnesota is eliminating men’s indoor & outdoor track & field, men's gymnastics & men’s tennis at the completion of their 2020-21 competition season

 

[GMUgemini]

Tell me you old CAA nerds wouldn't have creamed your pants over playing Delaware in a single elimination first round.

Delaware? No. JMU or UNCW? Yes.

 

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https://www.espn.com/college-footba...ent-trump-remarks-big-ten-play-cheap-politics:

"The Big Ten's return to competition task force has been working on improved testing and other medical benchmarks that, if reached, could kick off the football season. Ohio State coach Ryan Day and others are pushing a return as early as mid-October. According to Big Ten bylaws, at least nine of the 14 presidents and chancellors would need to vote to approve the resumption of competition. A vote could take place early next week, sources said."

 

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Delaware? No. JMU or UNCW? Yes.

I'm with you. Honestly, I don't want to see a Mason/Delaware matchup. I watched Udel play last year and I was pretty impressed with how they spaced, the shooters they have etc. Ingelsby is on his way up and will bounce once Delaware makes the NCAAs.

 

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According to Elias Sports, yesterday was the first time in history that MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, PGA, MLS and WNBA had games on the same day

 

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Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein

Dan Gavitt adds that the NCAA is tracking and planning towards having an NCAA Tournament in 2021 with 68 teams and all 14 planned sites. Contingency plans are obviously in place.
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Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
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More: Dan Gavitt also told @dandakich and @SethOnHoops that if there's an unequal number of games or a conference tournament can't be played, conferences will have the flexibility to name their league regular season champion as their automatic qualifier for the NCAA Tournament.
10:20 AM · Sep 11, 2020





Jon Rothstein
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Dan Gavitt also tells @dandakich and @SethOnHoopsthat the current minimum number of games for a college basketball program in is 25, but there will likely be a recommendation to reduce that number by maybe as much as 50% --- to 13 games --- due to COVID-19.
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Jon Rothstein
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Dan Gavitt tells @dandakich and @SethOnHoops that the NCAA will set a start date for college basketball. Once that is determined, it's up to conferences and institutions when games will begin.

 

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Probably no longer relevant given what Gavitt is saying, but here's Feinstein's take on having all teams in the playoffs:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/09/10/feinstein-ncaa-basketball-tournament-expansion/

 

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Jon Rothstein
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Sources: Several conferences in college basketball are planning important calls and meetings for next Thursday following the Division 1 Council's Wednesday decision on a start date. The season is happening!





Jon Rothstein
@JonRothstein
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Source: Improved testing models are expected to be a major topic of discussion when the Division 1 Council decides on an official a start date for the 20-21 season next Wednesday. Something to monitor when planning for the "Golden Window".
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Jon Rothstein
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Sources: The improved testing protocols implemented the past few weeks by both the Pac-12 and the Big 12 have increased the optimism amongst key decision makers regarding a successful late November start for college basketball.

 

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https://www.espn.com/college-footba...present-options-possible-return-football-fall:

"The Big Ten medical subcommittee will present new testing programs Saturday to a subcommittee of conference presidents and chancellors, outlining options that weren't available last month when the 2020 season was postponed, conference sources told ESPN."

The Big Ten subcommittee, which is comprised of medical experts and athletic directors, will show eight of the 14 presidents and chancellors at least four rapid response antigen tests now on the market that could allow teams to test daily and significantly decrease the amount of necessary contact tracing."

"If the presidents and chancellors give the green light to return to play, the earliest realistic scenario is still at least a month away, the first source said, which would mean mid-to-late October. It would still depend on how quickly the presidents and chancellors approve the return, along with which test the conference chooses, and how quickly it can have the supplies."

"A Pac-12 source told ESPN on Friday the league is in communication with the Big Ten, but the Pac-12's timeline remains dependent on several factors, including governmental approval to return to campus in California and Oregon. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott has said he has spoken to Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren with the hopes they could align their return, but conceded it 'may or may not work out.'"

 

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https://www.cbssports.com/college-b...propose-nov-21-start-date-for-2020-21-season/:

"The women's and men's basketball oversight committees convened again on Friday and decided to change the proposed start date for the 2020-21 season from Nov. 25 up to Nov. 21, sources told CBS Sports. The news was first reported by Stadium's Jeff Goodman.

The two-hour meeting focused in large part around upping the start date to accommodate multi-team events (MTEs), which had been a driving force the past week-plus for reconsidering Nov. 25, a date oversight committees agreed to during their Sept. 1 meeting. "

"The committees also agreed on Friday to reduce the maximum allowable regular-season games for this season. It's normally 31, but now it will be targeted at 28 if a team plays in an MTE, or 26 if it does not. The minimum allowable number of games for postseason consideration is targeted for 13, a number NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt lobbed out as a possibility Thursday on the 'Courtside with Dakich and Greenberg' podcast. The stipulation for 13 games, according to one source, is all 13 games must be against Division I competition.

The committees also will make a recommendation -- but not an outright requirement -- that teams play at least four nonconference games if circumstances reasonably allow for it. This was not a universally agreed to recommendation, but will be part of the proposal nonetheless. The thinking behind this is to encourage every league to seek to play nonconference games in an effort to help with college basketball's metrics and eventual NCAA Tournament selection. A separate source added that powerful programs have been consistently lobbying behind the scenes to allow for as many nonconference games as possible in an effort to normalize the regular season and also provide small schools a chance for more games in an unpredictable schedule climate.

As for crucial COVID-19 testing, the recommended protocol for NCAA Division I basketball is expected to require testing at least three times per week."

"There is no assurance college basketball season can begin in late November, but optimism still runs high throughout the sport that such a goal is achievable, especially as news updates nearly each week with improvements in testing capabilities."

 

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Brett McMurphy
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Big Ten Return to Competition Task Force ended a successful presentation today, sources told @Stadium. League’s chancellors & presidents will meet Sunday & are expected to vote on whether to return to play in coming days. 1st reported by Yahoo

 

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https://sports.yahoo.com/army-vs-by...d-due-to-covid-19-cases-at-byu-000151537.html:

"BYU announced that its game at Army next Saturday has been postponed due to 'a small number of positive COVID-19 test results and the resulting tracing exposures within the BYU football program.' BYU said the decision was reached mutually with Army and that the schools will attempt to reschedule the game."

"The BYU-Army game is the third game scheduled for the weekend of Sept. 19 to be postponed due to COVID-19 cases. It joins the Virginia vs. Virginia Tech and Memphis vs. Houston games."

 

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Brett McMurphy
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If Big Ten presidents/chancellors vote to play football in the fall, then all B1G schools will play, sources told @Stadium. Earlier reports indicated if presidents voted to play, some B1G schools might opt not to play, but that will not be the case, source said