First, I want to say that I know it's been a strange and unusual season due to obvious reasons.
I didn't even pay close attention to regular season due to it being so unpredictable and starting so late.
I'm very happy that the teams - those that chose to even participate - even played during the season with the risks involved.
The schedules were shortened - no fans were allowed at the games except for a few - but fortunately the season was able to be played, somewhat.
What I wanted to discuss is the hosting of higher seeds/different regions for the games.
I don't know all the ins and outs of how things work tournament time - if it's pre-determined or what - referee situation - court availability - other factors I'm not even aware of.
What is everyone's opinion on this?
Do you think it's an advantage to be the home team during this very unusual state tournament?
Or does it not matter - the game has to be played somewhere, sometime regardless - and most times the better team will anyway.
I don't have a dog in this race, but wonder if there was any effort to have neutral sites for any post-season games - or was that just not possible/feasible/realistic?
A few teams have had to travel a LOT to play their games, and some have not - which also means playing on a court that host team practiced/played all season.
I've been able to keep up with most of the basketball games during the state tournament.
I feel bad for the teams that got 'cancelled" DURING the state tournament due to Covid issues - but want everyone to be safe during this horrible time in our country's history.
Once again, I'm very thankful the kids got even the chance to play....trust me!
Just curious on your thoughts....
I didn't even pay close attention to regular season due to it being so unpredictable and starting so late.
I'm very happy that the teams - those that chose to even participate - even played during the season with the risks involved.
The schedules were shortened - no fans were allowed at the games except for a few - but fortunately the season was able to be played, somewhat.
What I wanted to discuss is the hosting of higher seeds/different regions for the games.
I don't know all the ins and outs of how things work tournament time - if it's pre-determined or what - referee situation - court availability - other factors I'm not even aware of.
What is everyone's opinion on this?
Do you think it's an advantage to be the home team during this very unusual state tournament?
Or does it not matter - the game has to be played somewhere, sometime regardless - and most times the better team will anyway.
I don't have a dog in this race, but wonder if there was any effort to have neutral sites for any post-season games - or was that just not possible/feasible/realistic?
A few teams have had to travel a LOT to play their games, and some have not - which also means playing on a court that host team practiced/played all season.
I've been able to keep up with most of the basketball games during the state tournament.
I feel bad for the teams that got 'cancelled" DURING the state tournament due to Covid issues - but want everyone to be safe during this horrible time in our country's history.
Once again, I'm very thankful the kids got even the chance to play....trust me!
Just curious on your thoughts....