Exactly, and those teams had to fly to Dayton to play their play in game. In the case of Dayton, their fans didn't even have to go anywhere for the play in game. To not make them have to travel once is insanely myopic on the part of the committee.
shawnrbu said:Ole Miss went from Mississippi to Dayton to Jacksonville.
Hampton went from Virginia to Dayton to Louisville.
Robert Morris went from Chicago to Dayton to Charlotte.
Dayton went from Dayton to Dayton to Columbus
Hey I'm a fan of the Friars and a fan of the Friar fans posting in this thread but their comments tonight are sour grapes imo. I'm pissed too but only one team on that floor tonight deserved to win an NCAA tournament game. I don't know how any rational basketball fan can argue this.SumnerH said:The level of whining about reffing and locations in this thread definitely has me rooting for Dayton (who I previously couldn't have given a crap about) at least until the Final Four.
Both things can be true. PC got outplayed but Dayton did have an advantage they shouldn't have. The recap is full of quotes from Dayton about how it was like a home game. Ignoring this may be noble but doesn't make it less true. PC (and Boise and Oklahoma) got a raw deal.HomeRunBaker said:Hey I'm a fan of the Friars and a fan of the Friar fans posting in this thread but their comments tonight are sour grapes imo. I'm pissed too but only one team on that floor tonight deserved to win an NCAA tournament game. I don't know how any rational basketball fan can argue this.
Dayton defend their asses off for 40 minutes and thoroughly outplayed us. Fuck that home game bs, the Flyers drove over an hour to the venue two nights ago, slept in hotels like everyone else, played their 5th game in 8 days, and were playing their first game of the season in this arena just as we did. They defended better than we did contesting virtually every shot while we didn't.
Btw, Tyler Harris should be forced to walk home after going through the motions of closing out on b2b 3's with 9 minutes to go they turned the momentum around. After the TO I told my brother that we just witnessed Tyler's final appearance in a Friar uniform.......he was benched, never returned, and isn't planning on returning for his final season of eligibility.
The "First Four" renewed the contract with Dayton thru 2018.Cellar-Door said:No, it's contracted there.
Dayton has a contract with the NCAA to host the First Four and before that the single Play-in game. They've had it since 2001.
Edit- amusingly this is the last year on the deal because the NCAA wants to cycle it. (ie they want more $$$ by having it bid for year by year)