First Four schedule announced

[govols120]

All games on TruTV.

Tuesday:

(16) UNC-Asheville vs. (16) Arkansas-Little Rock, 6:30 PM ET
(12) UAB vs. (12) Clemson, 9:00 PM ET

Wednesday:

(16) Texas-San Antonio vs. (16) Alabama State, 6:30 PM ET
(11) USC vs. (11) VCU, 9:00 PM ET

 

[volplaya8]

4 craptastic games...would have been better for TV with VCU/UAB out as mid majors and colorado and va tech in....

 

[WeldVol]

are they letting oneill coach?

 

[volplaya8]

yes..he was reinstated today

 

[govols120]

USC/VCU is a good game. Clemson should beat UAB. If VCU can hit from deep, they'll win.

 

[joeydupree]

Explain to me this First Four thing.

 

[dknash]

Our team's improbable streak of not appearing on TruTV continues*.



*May have actually appeared on TruTV in the past; I wasn't watching.

 

[govols120]

Explain to me this First Four thing.

Four play-in games. Two are for the last four auto-bids, two are for the last four at-large teams.

 

[joeydupree]

No comprende...

 

[dknash]

For a while now, the field of 64 has really been 65 teams, with the 2 worst automatic qualifiers (small conference tournament winners, like Southeast North Dakota State, etc.) playing each other for the right to lose to a #1 seed.

This year, the committee added 3 at-large bids, so there are 68 teams that are a part of the tournament. The "first four" knocks 68 down to 64. Now there are four games before the actual first round begins: the last 4 at-large teams play for an #11 seed (USC vs. VCU) and a #12 seed (UAB vs. Clemson), and the weakest 4 small conference tournament winners play for 2 #16 seeds (Texas-San Antonio vs. Alabama State; North Carolina-Ashevile vs. Arkansas-Little Rock).

 

[joeydupree]

Gotcha.