Future thanksgiving tournaments
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not a bad field. still hoping for ISU basketball in Vegas sometime in the near future
CycloneErik
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It would be perfect if the football team played at UCF that weekend!
Careful what you wish for. You'll see those fans plenty and they are like the Florida version of the Hawkeyes.
With the roster we should have next season there's a good chance we could win this.
It's a decent field and winnable. It isn't as packed with names as PK8, but I didn't expect it to be. Some quality wins available.
Thankfully nobody is going to fly to Orlando for Orlando. Not even sure why ESPN bothers to put "Orlando" in the name. This event is hosted at Disney World.
Update: Apparently ESPN did recently remove "Orlando" from the official event name.
"Hey kids, wanna go to Orlando for Thanksgiving?" "Shut up, Dad."
"Hey kids, wanna go to Disney World for Thanksgiving? "Hell yes."
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My initial read on the high major teams...
Virginia Tech has been consistently good under Mike White. Their best players are sophomore guard Sean Pedulla and former ISU transfer target Grant Basile (Covid year option next season). I would pencil them (or us) in as the favorites.
Penn State has played well this year but they are a super old roster. 5 of their top 6 players are Covid seniors. Will be tough to project how good they will be next season.
Butler is trending up under Thad Matta.
Texas A&M is yet to make the tournament under Buzz Williams. They entered the year a fringe top 25 team and took a bad loss to Steve Prohm and Murray St in their MTE.
Virginia Tech has been consistently good under Mike White. Their best players are sophomore guard Sean Pedulla and former ISU transfer target Grant Basile (Covid year option next season). I would pencil them (or us) in as the favorites.
Penn State has played well this year but they are a super old roster. 5 of their top 6 players are Covid seniors. Will be tough to project how good they will be next season.
Butler is trending up under Thad Matta.
Texas A&M is yet to make the tournament under Buzz Williams. They entered the year a fringe top 25 team and took a bad loss to Steve Prohm and Murray St in their MTE.
Pairings/bracket/seeding too far out to be determined, going to base a lot on this season's results. I could estimate something similar to this:
1 Virginia Tech
8 (MAAC team TBD)
4 Penn State
5 Butler
3 Texas A&M
6 Boise State
2 Iowa State
7 VCU
1 Virginia Tech
8 (MAAC team TBD)
4 Penn State
5 Butler
3 Texas A&M
6 Boise State
2 Iowa State
7 VCU
I think VA Tech would like a word. They're 10-1 and ranked this week. Only loss is by two to a very good Charleston team whose only loss is to North Carolina.
VA Tech has wins over North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Dayton, Minnesota, and Penn State already this year. I'd say they are just as likely to be the favorite in this tourney than anyone else next year.
I'll probably go to this as I haven't been able to swing the last few. Kind of a meh field but I always have fun at the holiday tournaments.
I dont mind this field tbh. Its not a PKI, Maui, or B4A but all those programs minus Penn State and the Maac team(unless its Iona) are decent at minimum. We've for sure competed in worse fields