Tough day for EIU hoops hopes

If you want me to go, maybe I'll stick around awhile longer. You can call it whatever you want, Iowa was in the NCAA tournament that year, that is for sure. So try to say that Iowa wasn't in the NCAA trounament is a troll, you know it, I know it, everyone knows it.
@HawkJRP
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...-05/first-four-ncaa-tournament-ultimate-guide

When did the First Four start?
In 1999, the Mountain West Conference was added to Division I. In its second season, 2000-2001, the conference received an automatic bid for the first time, bumping the total number of automatic qualifiers in the NCAA tournament to 31, and the total number of teams to 65.

From 2001 to 2010, this was addressed by an Opening Round game, where the two lowest-seeded teams would play on the Tuesday after Selection Sunday.

In 2011, the NCAA tournament expanded again, to 68 teams, with 31 automatic qualifiers, and 37 at-large bids, and the First Four was created to cull the teams to 64 for the first round.
 
@HawkJRP
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketbal...-05/first-four-ncaa-tournament-ultimate-guide

When did the First Four start?
In 1999, the Mountain West Conference was added to Division I. In its second season, 2000-2001, the conference received an automatic bid for the first time, bumping the total number of automatic qualifiers in the NCAA tournament to 31, and the total number of teams to 65.

From 2001 to 2010, this was addressed by an Opening Round game, where the two lowest-seeded teams would play on the Tuesday after Selection Sunday.

In 2011, the NCAA tournament expanded again, to 68 teams, with 31 automatic qualifiers, and 37 at-large bids, and the First Four was created to cull the teams to 64 for the first round.

So PIGs aren’t really qualifiers.........well that’s settled I guess.
 
I was planning on going, I always go to AFH when we play them. My friend that goes with me had a sick kid
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