Legends classic

[Mavman]

So Montana will play in The legends classic next year with Pitt, Texas A&m, Penn St, Oklahoma St and more. Montana will start in the subregional in Malibu with ORU,pepperdine, and Ucsb in a sub regional
Finals played In New York at Barclay center.

 

[AZDoc]

That is sweet! I thought, though, that they could only do a preseason tourney once every 2 years because of numbers of games? Or, perhaps, I'm just a moron...

 

[EverettGriz]

Should be fun!

 

[grizzlyjournal]

That is sweet! I thought, though, that they could only do a preseason tourney once every 2 years because of numbers of games? Or, perhaps, I'm just a moron...

I believe this tourney has a pre-determined number of guaranteed games for each team, so each school knows how many games are on its schedule.

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[AZDoc]

That is sweet! I thought, though, that they could only do a preseason tourney once every 2 years because of numbers of games? Or, perhaps, I'm just a moron...

I believe this tourney has a pre-determined number of guaranteed games for each team, so each school knows how many games are on its schedule.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/UofMGrizzlies/status/839139323698032640[/tweet]

So that's the loophole...they can play over if they advance then. I knew there was a loophole, but honestly didn't remember what it was and was too lazy to look it up. Thanks a lot.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

Only Pitt, Penn St, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma St get to play in NYC. The other 4 schools will play at Pepperdine. Prior to these, UM will play @ Pitt and @ Penn St.

 

[IdaGriz01]

I believe this tourney has a pre-determined number of guaranteed games for each team, so each school knows how many games are on its schedule.

So that's the loophole...they can play over if they advance then. [NO] I knew there was a loophole, but honestly didn't remember what it was and was too lazy to look it up. Thanks a lot.

Actually, according to the Legends site and the Wikipedia item, it's a bit more complicated. Here's a good introduction to next year's teams: http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030617aab.html

... Montana (Head Coach: Travis DeCuire, Big Sky Conference) – Montana alum Travis DeCuire has done something no coach in school history has done – lead the Griz to back-to-back 20-win seasons in his first two years at the helm of the program…this year Montana is 16-15 with a roster that features 11 underclassmen and no seniors in the starting rotation…the Griz are led by the sophomore backcourt of Ahmaad Rorie and Michael Oquine…Montana has been to 10 NCAA Tournaments…this will be the Griz’ first appearance in the Legends Classic.
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The format is more than a little weird.

The host teams always move on to the matchups in New York. Of course, from the looks of the scheduled matchups, they always get to feast on two mid- or lower-level opponents on their home floors. I suppose that sets some kind of seeding for the semi-finals. Then each host is guaranteed two games in New York ... a semifinal and then the championship or a consolation game.

The web site does not say what happens if a "cupcake" (so-called) happens to upset a host team, but I see no provision for them to go off to New York. Each non-host team plays two host teams in the first rounds ... so Eastern Washington played at Texas and then at Northwestern in 2016. Then the four non-host teams go off to some sub-region while the four host teams head for New York. Last year, EWU was the site of the sub-region with EWU playing Bryant and Seattle playing UL-Monroe in their semifinals. Looking at the EWU schedule (posted at ESPN), I see they beat Bryant and then Seattle in double-OT.

 

[IdaGriz01]

Only Pitt, Penn St, Texas A&M, and Oklahoma St get to play in NYC. The other 4 schools will play at Pepperdine. Prior to these, UM will play @ Pitt and @ Penn St.

Yep, that's how the system works. You beat me to it while I was trying to figure how they set the matchups. Anyway, kind of an interesting approach.

 

[AZDoc]

I believe this tourney has a pre-determined number of guaranteed games for each team, so each school knows how many games are on its schedule.

So that's the loophole...they can play over if they advance then. [NO] I knew there was a loophole, but honestly didn't remember what it was and was too lazy to look it up. Thanks a lot.

Actually, according to the Legends site and the Wikipedia item, it's a bit more complicated. Here's a good introduction to next year's teams: http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/030617aab.html

... Montana (Head Coach: Travis DeCuire, Big Sky Conference) – Montana alum Travis DeCuire has done something no coach in school history has done – lead the Griz to back-to-back 20-win seasons in his first two years at the helm of the program…this year Montana is 16-15 with a roster that features 11 underclassmen and no seniors in the starting rotation…the Griz are led by the sophomore backcourt of Ahmaad Rorie and Michael Oquine…Montana has been to 10 NCAA Tournaments…this will be the Griz’ first appearance in the Legends Classic.
...

The format is more than a little weird.

The host teams always move on to the matchups in New York. Of course, from the looks of the scheduled matchups, they always get to feast on two mid- or lower-level opponents on their home floors. I suppose that sets some kind of seeding for the semi-finals. Then each host is guaranteed two games in New York ... a semifinal and then the championship or a consolation game.

The web site does not say what happens if a "cupcake" (so-called) happens to upset a host team, but I see no provision for them to go off to New York. Each non-host team plays two host teams in the first rounds ... so Eastern Washington played at Texas and then at Northwestern in 2016. Then the four non-host teams go off to some sub-region while the four host teams head for New York. Last year, EWU was the site of the sub-region with EWU playing Bryant and Seattle playing UL-Monroe in their semifinals. Looking at the EWU schedule (posted at ESPN), I see they beat Bryant and then Seattle in double-OT.

Oh, OK. Thanks a lot. Yeah, that's an interesting thing. Just a fancy way to schedule. Appreciate it.