Big East Tournament — roll call?

[Jay Bee]

How are you drinking if you’re masked?

No mask unless I’m taken into custody

[#UnleashSean]

No mask unless I’m taken into custody

Sooooo.... your a douche?

[Jay Bee]

Sooooo.... your a douche?

What is my a?? Did you mean “you’re”?

[CountryRoads]

No mask unless I’m taken into custody

No masks required at BET.

https://www.bigeast.com/tournaments/?id=129

[Newsdreams]

I want to write "Ners" on my nametag just to see what happens.

People would ask you to dunk to prove you're the real Ners

[Skatastrophy]

No masks required at BET.

https://www.bigeast.com/tournaments/?id=129

A nice perk for those fully vaxxed

[Jay Bee]

A nice perk for those fully vaxxed

“Fully” vaxxed

[wadesworld]

“Fully” vaxxed

Mask up.

[Goose]

I am going to have to start increasing my MU bets to pay for some road trips. Back in the day I took great pride in being a Road Warrior and excited to get back into the mix. DePaul is a lock and hopefully a start of busy spring travel schedule.

[Warriors4ever]

You have to be fully vaxxed to get into MSG in the first place.
I generally mask in crowded situations anyway- going to the Villanova game was actually unnerving, with no vax mandate and so many people ignoring the Fiserv mask mandate. Not used to that, coming from Chicago where I am used to both.
We’ll see what my comfort level is at MSG when I get there.

[DHawk44]

Planning on going to Big East tournament this year for the first time.  Any advice on the best way to do it?
Not knowing if MU advances beyond the first round, I assume Thursday is a must?

[drewm88]

Planning on going to Big East tournament this year for the first time.  Any advice on the best way to do it?
Not knowing if MU advances beyond the first round, I assume Thursday is a must?

Fly in Tuesday morning. Go to Barclays for 3 first round games of the ACC. Tickets will be about $1.50 on Stubhub. Repeat Wednesday for a game and half before you head to MSG for the BET.

15 games in 5 days. Can't beat it.

[wadesworld]

Fly in Tuesday morning. Go to Barclays for 3 first round games of the ACC. Tickets will be about $1.50 on Stubhub. Repeat Wednesday for a game and half before you head to MSG for the BET.

15 games in 5 days. Can't beat it.

Particularly this year, I’d much rather spend time enjoying NYC a than I would watching ACC basketball.

[Warriors4ever]

Honestly I’m not that fixated on basketball - only really planning on the MU games in the first place, otherwise planning to be out and about in NYC. I certainly wouldn’t be going to the ACC tournament as well.

[drewm88]

Particularly this year, I’d much rather spend time enjoying NYC a than I would watching ACC basketball.

Ball is life.

Tuesday: land, hotel, lunch, ball.
Wednesday, Bagel, museum, bridge, hot dog cart, ball.
Thursday: Bagel, tall building, Ground Zero, lunch, ball.
Friday: Bialy (curveball!), all day for whatever, ball.
Saturday: Whatever all day, ball.
Sunday: Sleep off your championship hangover, catch a Broadway matinee, watch the A10/BIG on your flight home.
I should be a travel agent.

[JakeBarnes]

Ball is life.

Tuesday: land, hotel, lunch, ball.
Wednesday, Bagel, museum, bridge, hot dog cart, ball.
Thursday: Bagel, tall building, Ground Zero, lunch, ball.
Friday: Bialy (curveball!), all day for whatever, ball.
Saturday: Whatever all day, ball.
Sunday: Sleep off your championship hangover, catch a Broadway matinee, watch the A10/BIG on your flight home.
I should be a travel agent.

Conference tourney week is such a blast. Inject that into my veins

[wadesworld]

Ball is life.

Tuesday: land, hotel, lunch, ball.
Wednesday, Bagel, museum, bridge, hot dog cart, ball.
Thursday: Bagel, tall building, Ground Zero, lunch, ball.
Friday: Bialy (curveball!), all day for whatever, ball.
Saturday: Whatever all day, ball.
Sunday: Sleep off your championship hangover, catch a Broadway matinee, watch the A10/BIG on your flight home.
I should be a travel agent.

Bagel has to be Bagel Pub.

[Class71]

Any tips for airline/airport to fly into? I have never been to NYC before so would love some direction. Depending on cost/logistics, I may try to pull it off this year or next.

No good airports in the NYC area. Kennedy is a slow trip into the city, Laguardia is not much better plus it has a short runway. Newark is under construction. Suffer through and go to Newark. Take the mono rail to the train and take the train into Penn Station in NYC. Hotels are expensive in the City. Try the Lexington Hotel. Not great but reasonably good price/value compromise. If money is no object there are plenty of great 4-5 star hotels.

[ppp098]

Anyone hear of a pre-game rally point?

e.g pub/bar?

Go Marquette!!!

[DoctorV]

Ball is life.

Tuesday: land, hotel, lunch, ball.
Wednesday, Bagel, museum, bridge, hot dog cart, ball.
Thursday: Bagel, tall building, Ground Zero, lunch, ball.
Friday: Bialy (curveball!), all day for whatever, ball.
Saturday: Whatever all day, ball.
Sunday: Sleep off your championship hangover, catch a Broadway matinee, watch the A10/BIG on your flight home.
I should be a travel agent.

Solid itinerary but be careful with Sunday. You’ve gotta have your butt in a seat for the selection show, preferably in the most comfortable seat in your home so you can spend 4/5 hrs analyzing the brackets and more particularly Marquettes matchup for round one, while very very carefully looking ahead.

I’ll never forget laying in bed looking much deeper into South Carolina in 2017 and thinking oh boy Marquette is in trouble…
I knew they were good defensively, but I found out there were elite defensively and had two tall guards as their better players, a nightmare matchup as it turned out for MU. Then they strolled to the FF.

Seeds matta, but matchups matta just as much in the big show. Of course the higher your seed the better matchups you should get early, making your S16 chances much better.

[Scoop Snoop]

Solid itinerary but be careful with Sunday. You’ve gotta have your butt in a seat for the selection show, preferably in the most comfortable seat in your home so you can spend 4/5 hrs analyzing the brackets and more particularly Marquettes matchup for round one, while very very carefully looking ahead.

I’ll never forget laying in bed looking much deeper into South Carolina in 2017 and thinking oh boy Marquette is in trouble…
I knew they were good defensively, but I found out there were elite defensively and had two tall guards as their better players, a nightmare matchup as it turned out for MU. Then they strolled to the FF.

Seeds matta, but matchups matta just as much in the big show. Of course the higher your seed the better matchups you should get early, making your S16 chances much better.

We had to play South Carolina in Greenville, SC so it was basically a home game for them, I remember that their star was out for a large part of the season (may have had to do with being suspended for off court "legal" problems?) and with him playing in the tourney they were a whole lot better than their seed. As you said, bad matchups matta. In the Murray State game the bad matchup was more between the two coaches than it was the teams.

[tower912]

MU had been beaten by a bunch of alpha  guards with size going off at the end of the year.  Morant was better than any of them.   I predicted a double digit defeat against Murray St specifically because of that.

[Scoop Snoop]

MU had been beaten by a bunch of alpha  guards with size going off at the end of the year.  Morant was better than any of them.   I predicted a double digit defeat against Murray St specifically because of that.

No disagreement here but I think the game could have been much closer if Wojo's defensive plan was not so one dimensional. Two days later in the MS/FSU game (with the same announcers) one of them said "Notice how FSU players maintain their positions on defense." Then she added a zinger obviously directed at Marquette- "You DON'T see five guys collapsing on Morant." It could have and should have been a closer game rather than an embarrassing beat down. That's why I said I thought the mismatch was more between the coaches than the teams.

[StillAWarrior]

I'm hoping for a little advice from people who have been to the Tournament before. When my wife bought me tickets for Christmas, she was under the impression that Thursday, like Wednesday, was just one session. So, she bought me tickets for Sessions 1 and 2 thinking that would cover all the games Wednesday and all the games Thursday (she figured I could buy Friday and Saturday later depending on how MU was doing).

As it turns out, Thursday it two sessions. Session 2 includes the early games which will be Nos. 1, 4, and 5 (along with the winner of 8/9). Session 3 includes Nos. 2, 3, 7/10 and 6/11. While I'm hopeful that MU will win out and win the conference, it's not unreasonable to think they'll finish 2 or 3. So, here's what I'm wondering: am I better off just buying Session 3 now (i.e., prices are lower before the brackets are set)? Or is there any chance tickets to Session 3 will be cheaper later? For example, on Wednesday will I be able to find disappointed fans of the teams that lose the 7/10 and 6/11 games?

I'll just buy them if that is the best approach, but I'm not sure the best way to do it. Also, if it should become necessary, will tickets be available for Friday and Saturday's games from the losing fans?

[Badgerhater]

A new work trip foiled this year’s BET plans so already looking forward to next year.

I’ve stayed in hotels anywhere along the 1 subway line, which dumps right into Penn Station, for less dollars then around MSG and in cool little neighborhoods and associated restaurants.

I’ve taken the train from Chicago to NY and while it takes some time, I telecommute that day.

My favorite way to get to MSG for the Thursday is to walk the high line.  It makes you an observer of the 1000 little things happening on the streets below you.

Bring your charging cable.  There are outlets by the elevators and no one hangs out there at halftime or between the two games.  I’ve plugged in there for 15 minutes and put a good charge into the phone so I can continue to monitor scoop during games.