D2 vs A3 college championships schedule

[PBo]

in my experience, short-term exposure to altitude can be a bitch on
recovery. so i'm wondering if that's going to have an effect on D2 vs
A3 saturday morning at nats. i've never liked that schedule, but in
the thin boulder air maybe it's even worse.

we'll assume michigan and texas are battling for the pool win in the
final game on friday, and we'll assume that it's a sick game because
it's 4v5, so it goes to the end of the round at 6:30. the loser of
that game gets to play A3 at 8:30am the following morning. my problem
is that A3 has been done since 3:30 (at the latest). those three hours
might not seem like much. but i think it's tough for D2 to fit in
warmdown, travel, shower, dinner, ice-bath and enough sleep to be back
at the fields at 7:15 the next morning.

non-issue? does anyone else think that north texas or illinois is
gonna be in a good position to take down D2 saturday morning?

-phil

[acle...@gmail.com]

I think it's an issue. Not quite as big of an issue as the pre-
quarter bye that the pool winners get, but still a serious issue.

[eric.w....@gmail.com]

The reality is that anyone in pools B, C, or D that play a pool A team
are in that boat...

[Rich Johnston]

One of the pools has to have a last round bye. No getting around
that. Whether the extra half-hour delay in some of the last round
games is beneficial for the athletes is questionable. Fans probably
enjoy it. On the other hand, teams that rely on a short rotation
probably prefer as many breaks between games as possible if the
weather is warm.

Rich

[Peter Gett]

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Irrelevant now in your scenario. Michigan and Texas may not make it to
Sunday.

[PBo]

yeah, crazy. D is gonna be a four-way tie and come down to pee vs fire
tactics. but even if harvard or UGA are D2, their day ends at 6pm so
my point still holds true minus half an hour.

[PBo]

if i were arguing with anyone, this is the point i would say i told
you so. probably the first prediction i've ever gotten right, so i
gotta broadcast it a little.

[Pete]

I think the fact that D3 beat A2 devalues that prediction a bit.

[PBo]

yeah, i always get hosed by something. i know it didn't go this way,
but i'm less interested in the D3 v A2 because it's a theoretical 9
beating 8 seed. as opposed to 12 beating 5. in theory...

-phil