NCAA Tournament Game Times

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

Is anyone aware of a schedule that shows the projected game times in the first round (I guess 2nd round, if we're getting techinical)?

I think at this point we're pretty much assured a 3 or 4 seed, with a 2 possible if we take home the Big East Tournament Championship. Knowing that, I think we could come up with a pretty decent guess of what time we will be playing on Thursday or Friday if a schedule of some sorts has been released. But, I haven't had any luck find anything to this point.

With my luck, we will land right in the middle of the work day on Thursday.  I went all-in on Friday and took the day off, so I am really hoping we play Friday. Either way, Thursday is going to be completely unproductive day.

[muhoosier260]

Times for the 2nd round don't come out until later evening on selection sunday, a good couple hours after the selection show. I believe they do this so the networks can determine what matchups they want in primetime based on the pods.

[MUMountin]

About specific times, I'm not positive, but I believe they don't actually announce those until the brackets.  

However, as for which day, here are the pod assignments:

March 21 and 23
Auburn Hills, Michigan
Lexington, Kentucky
Salt Lake City, Utah
San Jose, California

March 22 and 24
Dayton, Ohio
Austin, Texas
Kansas City, Missouri
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

As of right now, I personally think we are most likely headed to either KC or Austin.  So, I'd put odds right now on us playing on Friday.  

Even if we have a big run starting tonight to shoot up the S-curve to a 2/3 seed, I think Dayton is more likely to open up for us than Auburn Hills (Michigan schools), Lexington (IU, Louisville, Florida schools).  

[mumike22]

About specific times, I'm not positive, but I believe they don't actually announce those until the brackets.  

However, as for which day, here are the pod assignments:

March 21 and 23
Auburn Hills, Michigan
Lexington, Kentucky
Salt Lake City, Utah
San Jose, California

March 22 and 24
Dayton, Ohio
Austin, Texas
Kansas City, Missouri
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

As of right now, I personally think we are most likely headed to either KC or Austin.  So, I'd put odds right now on us playing on Friday.  

Even if we have a big run starting tonight to shoot up the S-curve to a 2/3 seed, I think Dayton is more likely to open up for us than Auburn Hills (Michigan schools), Lexington (IU, Louisville, Florida schools).  

Why KC? Kansas as a 2 seed and K-State likely as a 4 has that locked up. And Dayton will be locked up by Ohio State and Indiana. Hard to see us making into one of those pods unless K-State loses to Texas and falls (still would likely be a 5 seed in KC). I guess we could be the 4 seed with a 2nd round match up with K-State.

[MUMountin]

Why KC? Kansas as a 2 seed and K-State likely as a 4 has that locked up. And Dayton will be locked up by Ohio State and Indiana. Hard to see us making into one of those pods unless K-State loses to Texas and falls (still would likely be a 5 seed in KC). I guess we could be the 4 seed with a 2nd round match up with K-State.

As of right now, I think that we should be ahead of K-State on the S-curve--so we'd have priority over KC if it is the closest venue available to us (and based on the status quo right now, looks to be).  Now, if we lose tonight, and KC makes it another round in the B12, then I think they flip with us and we end up in Austin.  But, I think that's our best shot to be in a decent location.

As for Dayton--I think Ohio State is our other best chance to bump a team out.  As of right now, I think we're behind them, and it'll take at least beating ND tonight to push us past (and maybe making it to the BE finals).  Of course, there still may be a chance that even Ohio State gets shipped west if some combo of IU, Louisville, and the Florida schools end up gobbling up all the spots in Dayton and Lexington.  So, we might actually have to finish ahead of two of those schools (OSU and Florida?) for one of those spots.

Just my two cents--at the end of it, still a lot can change in the next few days (hours even!)

[mumike22]

I am hoping for KC but I just don't know if it will shake out.  K-State will be matched up vs. OK State in the semifinals of the big 12. They are 14-15 on the s-curve and we are 13. If we win tonight and lose tomorrow night, I have to think that the winner of that Big 12 semifinal will jump us and go to KC. 

Ohio St. is #8.  Find it hard to believe we jump that far unless we go to Big East Finals.  As Buzz already mentioned...interesting to see how the Battleship comes back to us.

[JamilJaeJamailJrJuan]

About specific times, I'm not positive, but I believe they don't actually announce those until the brackets.  

However, as for which day, here are the pod assignments:

March 21 and 23
Auburn Hills, Michigan
Lexington, Kentucky
Salt Lake City, Utah
San Jose, California

March 22 and 24
Dayton, Ohio
Austin, Texas
Kansas City, Missouri
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

As of right now, I personally think we are most likely headed to either KC or Austin.  So, I'd put odds right now on us playing on Friday.  

Even if we have a big run starting tonight to shoot up the S-curve to a 2/3 seed, I think Dayton is more likely to open up for us than Auburn Hills (Michigan schools), Lexington (IU, Louisville, Florida schools).  

Thanks for the good info. I figured the times and such would not be releaed until Sunday night, but I figured it was worth a shot. This gives me a little relief, although I realize chances are still 50.50.

[MUMountin]

Ohio St. is #8.  Find it hard to believe we jump that far unless we go to Big East Finals.

Depends on who or what you are using for the "s-curve"--as no one has a definitive one (other than the selection committee themselves, which we obviously don't have access to), I use the groupthink of the Bracket Matrix for a sense of where we are: http://www.bracketmatrix.com/.  Ohio State is the last 3 and we're the first 4.  Individual rankings/bracketologists may have us each slightly higher or lower, but that says to me that we are in the same general area--albeit they are probably slightly ahead of us.  Still, will take at least a win to do so, if not two. 

Tonight is big.