CMJ

Hey, don't tell me to plan ahead...I'm not defending anyone. I'm not even saying that's exactly what happened, just my best guess of what the major issues are. The facilites people don't really work in academia. That's like saying janitors on campus work in academia. I mean they SORTA do, but not.

I'm not defending anyone. I'm literally saying what the likely cause was. I have no ins with anyone who works facilities at the Super Pit, but my guess is that unlike pro stadiums that frequently work overnights on rush schedules to clear floors, etc. that the folks at the Super Pit rarely, if ever, do. They may not even get everyone to agree to work last minute. The staff probably will leisurely set up for the luncheon on Tuesday afternoon and put the finishing touches up that morning, rather than pulling some sort of all nighter breaking down the basketball floor and then rolling out whatever nonsense they would have to do for the staff appreciation event.

I mentioned this hours ago, even before we found out what day the game would be. One...they didn't know when the game would be scheduled Tuesday or Wednesday. But they had to tell the NIT if they could host or not not knowing the day. Also, playing Tuesday night they'd have to likely pay a staff overtime to clear everything out and set everything up for the next morning.

My mom went into Labor with my brother at that game (born just after midnight on the 23rd). She stayed till halftime before Pop got her to leave.

We did once....in 1977.

Stanford goes down which means Oklahoma State is the last power conference school standing.

They aren't the only one this has happened with, it was just the first that came to mind. I seem to remember another school couldn't host a few years ago because their arena was rented for a rock concert. Kentucky had to go on the road once because Rupp was being used for the NCAA Tournament. There have been others.

I mean, Dayton wasn't able to play at home despite being a 1 seed. Our reason for not hosting sucks, but it's not that unusual for schools to have other stuff scheduled.

I know there used to be more in depth video highlights, but for a little stroll down memory lane... The last time we were in the NIT Quarterfinals we ALSO played OSU.

If the students got in for free, that's probably right for the NIT. Some coaches in the past have bought the tickets for the students so they could get in for free, but if we're still just letting them in during the tournament - they likely don't count them as attending since the NCAA gets a cut.

Watching the NIT for many years, there's always at least one school that has to forego a home game because the school is using the arena for something else. Usually it's in the first round though.

Provided this is the game thread, can we change the title format of this one?

Biggest game in the history of Western Civilization.

There's probably protocol on proper floor removal/storage/etc that takes up more time than you'd think. Again, I'm not defending the decision - it could be done. But it probably would requite a lot of OT for staff, etc.

I'm not sure our game is officially set for Wednesday either. I wonder if part of the issue might have been if they scheduled us for Tuesday, they'd have to pay folks overtime to take down everything overnight and to give them enough time to set up the luncheon stuff or whatever and they didn't want to pay everyone to work till 4am. I'm just spitballing, not sure.

NT 65 ---------- ASU 63 Final

NT 60 ---------- ASU 57 1:56 to go Great players aren't always great....they're just great when they have to be. Wright enters the chat.

NT 57 ---------- ASU 54 3:29 to go Can't put them away. Really intense stuff.

NT 52 ---------- ASU 48 7:44 to go Feels like it's gonna come right down to the final shot.

NT 45 ---------- ASU 41 11:42 to go We had the lead up to nine with the ball and I thought we might be getting to the point where ASU might be doubting themselves a bit. Unfortunately, they recovered.

NT 43 ---------- ASU 36 14:20 to go Both teams getting after it. Bodies falling all over the place.

NT 41 ---------- ASU 33 15:52 to go Defense clamping down.

NT 34 ---------- ASU 33 Halftime We need Lorient to play better, and have to shore up some things on defense, but otherwise I like the way we played.

NT 30 ---------- ASU 23 3:39 to go Slowly but surely starting to slow the game down a bit more to our style of play.

NT 23 ---------- ASU 17 7:54 to go Can really feel the intensity in the Pit today through the TV screen.