bradley
PhD Student
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02-22-22 10:26 PM - Post#337336
In response to Bryan
Great question. As a fan, I would much rather have my team win the IL regular season championship as it is a far greater accomplishment than winning two games on one weekend. It becomes a moot point if one team wins both the regular season and IvyMadness which I hope takes place EVERY YEAR for both the men and women. If Princeton does not win the IL regular season, I hope that another IL that solely won the IL regular season also wins IvyMadness even if it is, God forbid, the Quakers. Why -- they earned it!
If two or three teams tie for IL regular season, one could only hope that the teams meet at IvyMadness Championship game to decide which team gets the NCAA bid that they have earned. Preferably, the game would be played at a neutral court for IvyMadness.
If I was a player, I naturally want to play at least one time at the Big Dance so I prefer winning IvyMadness if I only had one choice. Naturally, it is especially attractive if my team did not win the IL regular crown as you get a second chance. The reality is that it can all go in reverse as a player -- my team wins the IL regular season crown and loses to a #4 or any other seed at IvyMadness. I only think back to the Spencer Weisz/Cook senior team that would have been denied their opportunity to play Duke if not for a missed FT at the Palestra.
Easy solution, but a hard one, win both IL crown and IvyMadness.
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