2012 Division III NCAA Tournament

[sac]

The question I was trying to respond to was about how many tickets they get. 

I would hope the answer is only 1/3 capacity.........the winner Friday will only get 1/3 tickets if they play point.  I would hate to think they'd allow 1000 fans to travel to Stevens Point only to tell them they only have 800 tickets for Saturday.

My guess is the early game Friday won't be close to full unless the Point locals show up out of curiosity.

edit:   I will add I'm really surprised this is a split session.

[Greek Tragedy]

Sac,

Sounds right for the Saturday night game IF the host wins on Friday.  I have a feeling a lot of Point fans will show up on Friday for the Carroll/Hope game.

I'm also very surprised it's a split session.  In 2005 it wasn't, but then again, it was Hanover, Puget Sound and Trinity (TX), I believe. 

Maybe, after the conference call, they decided to do it just in case considering Hope's traveling support, Carroll being fairly close and Washington U. really not exceptionally far...and of course, the Point fans.

I guess I'm glad it's a split session, so more Pointer fans can attend the first game.

[David Collinge]

The question I was trying to respond to was about how many tickets they get. 

I would hope the answer is only 1/3 capacity.........the winner Friday will only get 1/3 tickets if they play point.  I would hate to think they'd allow 1000 fans to travel to Stevens Point only to tell them they only have 800 tickets for Saturday.

Wooster is selling 450 tickets to a 1200 seat venue for the Friday game, that's more than 1/3.  I hadn't considered the problem of potentially having more seats for the Friday game (1/2) than for the Saturday game (1/3), that could potentially be a cluster.

Now that this "exception" has been invoked multiple times, I hope next year the actual procedures are added to the Handbook.   

[John Gleich]

My guess is the early game Friday won't be close to full unless the Point locals show up out of curiosity.

And shell out another $7?  Assuming that Point wins, that's $21... and that's if you go alone!  I would have loved to see Hope and Carroll play, but I'm not about to get off work an hour early to pay double price.

That said... the split session will allow more fans (seemingly UWSP fans, but possibly fans from other schools if they are projecting needing MORE than about 450 tickets... from looking at past stats, I think the capacity was capped at a bit over 2700) to see the game on Friday.  What happens for Saturday's game is certainly up in the air, as far as what the allotment would be for teams after the first game vs the second game.

I'll make it easy on everybody... I'm going to be at the game Friday night, but then I've gotta go to Illinois on Saturday to celebrate a birthday that my neice won't remember.... but that's not the point, my dad tells me, because her MOTHER (my sister) will remember, and that's what really matters!

[diehardfan]

And shell out another $7?  Assuming that Point wins, that's $21... and that's if you go alone!  I would have loved to see Hope and Carroll play, but I'm not about to get off work an hour early to pay double price.

LOL.... Two days off of work, plane ticket, rental car, three nights in a hotel... and three tickets no matter what.... Just saying...

[Greek Tragedy]

My guess is the early game Friday won't be close to full unless the Point locals show up out of curiosity.

And shell out another $7?  Assuming that Point wins, that's $21... and that's if you go alone!  I would have loved to see Hope and Carroll play, but I'm not about to get off work an hour early to pay double price.

That said... the split session will allow more fans (seemingly UWSP fans, but possibly fans from other schools if they are projecting needing MORE than about 450 tickets... from looking at past stats, I think the capacity was capped at a bit over 2700) to see the game on Friday.  What happens for Saturday's game is certainly up in the air, as far as what the allotment would be for teams after the first game vs the second game.

I'll make it easy on everybody... I'm going to be at the game Friday night, but then I've gotta go to Illinois on Saturday to celebrate a birthday that my neice won't remember.... but that's not the point, my dad tells me, because her MOTHER (my sister) will remember, and that's what really matters!

A couple of things.

It's better than the $10 A GAME Lawrence was charging, and they had a split session at the 1100 seat Alexander.  And, at least the seats at Quandt are reserved, unlike Lawrence.

I think seeing Hope and Carroll play is worth it.

Your sister isn't going to remember either.  Ask her in five years and she won't have a clue what you wore or what you bought for your neice.  Believe me.

[John Gleich]

... She sent an email a few weeks ago (an unsolicited email, at that), telling me and my wife about the party and what we could get our neice...

then she said:

I don't know how much you want to spend (please don't feel like you really have to get anything...just being there is enough!)


I immediatly thought "so, we can send a gift in place of ourselves...?"

I didn't even bother to mention that one to any of the women in my life (wife, sister, mother, neice...)  The thought of the glare I'd get would be enough!


I'm just getting pumped up for Friday night.... so I have a REASON to claim the computer for Saturday to listen to the pbp!

[superman57]

point I know how you feel unfortunatly, I will be in Boston all day friday and then have to work most of saturday so I will be unable to make it out to rochester...but I think that people won't be disapointed...the fisher campus is truly a beautiful campus and the gym while small is a nice gym and maybe you'll get the chance to meet the DIII all-time winningest womens coach...I will post resturants probably wednesday or thursday

[diehardfan]

I immediatly thought "so, we can send a gift in place of ourselves...?"

I didn't even bother to mention that one to any of the women in my life (wife, sister, mother, neice...)  The thought of the glare I'd get would be enough!

Awesome... I totally would have tried it.

Actually, I totally feel your pain. The second time you guys won the national championship was the weekend of my uncle's wedding. It was in Raleigh, NC, and the wedding was Saturday evening... so, I watch the semis, and high tailed it to the wedding and made it there with an hour to spare. Changed in the bathroom of the church. The whole time during the ceremony I kept thinking... I wonder what is happening?

I considered making a joke about it to him at the reception, like "what were you doing scheduling your wedding the weekend of the DIII Final Four???!?!" But I figured that would come of sounding really bad and kept my mouth shut. However, I have since told my family not to ever schedule anything important that weekend... and that if I ever schedule something that weekend, call the FBI to dealienify me. So far so good... my baby sister's wedding is in July! 8)

[Greek Tragedy]

If it's any consolation, I skipped the Augustana game vs. Point to go bowling with my brother and nephews when they were up from Florida.  It was their first time bowling...and yeah, I smoked 'em! lol 

[David Collinge]

If it's any consolation, I skipped the Augustana game vs. Point to go bowling with my brother and nephews when they were up from Florida.  It was their first time bowling...and yeah, I smoked 'em! lol 

If you remain that devoted to bowling, you could just end up as Mayor of Cleveland.  Just be sure to be careful around welder's torches.

[Greek Tragedy]

LOL.  Just devoted to seeing my brother and nephews since I hadn't seen them since last summer when they moved to Florida!

[Gregory Sager]

I'm not sure if this came up or not, but Plattsburgh State won a game in this year's tournament.  It is the second time they've won a tournament game, the first was back in the second tournament in 1976.  That's gotta be the longest time between tourney wins, right?

It's a tie. Rhode Island College also hadn't won a game in the big dance since that 1976 tourney.

[Gregory Sager]

I'll be the judge of whether LeFrak or "Varsity Gym" is bigger this weekend, I guess. LeFrak has a lot of room for temporary seating.

Well, cool, I hope (and I mean hope) to see you in Rocha-cha-cha!    If you have an extra press pass laying around...I used to be an amateur photographer...and I can spell...I can talk at halftime about Top 25 minutiae...

Let us know if the famed Rochester garbage plate tops trail mix, bologna, and Faygo red pop.

Not "trail mix [and] bologna"; you're thinking of Troyer's Genuine Trail Bologna:

Yes, that's it. I misremembered because you haven't brought it up in the ODAC room in what ... three years or so? This processed meat product clearly needs to take on the same iconic status that you and Sac have created for the DeVos condiment stand -- particularly since it seems to gross out April. Please make a note to post that bologna pic whenever it seems even faintly appropriate ... or even highly inappropriate.

On the other hand, my inadvertent concoction of trail mix and bologna has a distinct kimchi-and-spam sort of entertainment quality to it. F'rinstance, imagine coating the bologna in trail mix and then frying it ...

[Knightstalker]

I'll be the judge of whether LeFrak or "Varsity Gym" is bigger this weekend, I guess. LeFrak has a lot of room for temporary seating.

Well, cool, I hope (and I mean hope) to see you in Rocha-cha-cha!    If you have an extra press pass laying around...I used to be an amateur photographer...and I can spell...I can talk at halftime about Top 25 minutiae...

Let us know if the famed Rochester garbage plate tops trail mix, bologna, and Faygo red pop.

Not "trail mix [and] bologna"; you're thinking of Troyer's Genuine Trail Bologna:

Yes, that's it. I misremembered because you haven't brought it up in the ODAC room in what ... three years or so? This processed meat product clearly needs to take on the same iconic status that you and Sac have created for the DeVos condiment stand -- particularly since it seems to gross out April. Please make a note to post that bologna pic whenever it seems even faintly appropriate ... or even highly inappropriate.

On the other hand, my inadvertent concoction of trail mix and bologna has a distinct kimchi-and-spam sort of entertainment quality to it. F'rinstance, imagine coating the bologna in trail mix and then frying it ...

mmmmmmmmmmmmm Fried bologna and trailmix.