(11-30-2024, 05:53 PM)paloalto Wrote: While it carries little weight with the selection committee they might have in the back of their mind geographic location. Having a west coast team as a #1regional seed reduces travel expenses for west coast teams in the tournament and makes slightly easier scheduling of games for TV purposes.
Excellent points. If the NCAA committee can think that strategically.
(11-30-2024, 03:58 PM)82 Card Wrote:(11-30-2024, 03:43 PM)TonyLima Wrote: Kudos to the announcers. Not once have they confused Cardinals and Cardinal. At least not that I’ve heard.
They are not using "Cardinal" at all. Its Cardinals vs Stanford.
I wasn’t listening very closely. I’ll take your word for it. But it’s a creative solution.
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Third match point for Stanford. Come on, let’s close this out.
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Challenge.
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I watched the replays on that challengs as closely as I could. The original call was a touch by Louisville, point Stanford. The replays pretty clearly showed a touch. Yet the call was reversed. I know, the head zebra has more angles and tools than we can see. But I don’t believe it this time. Welcome to the ACC, here’s your gift.