Maybe Villanova should change its name and then it would get to play
all its NCAA games close to home on "neutral" courts all over
eastern Pennsylvania. I suggest "Duke" be the new name.

BobE




--- In collegerpi@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Palm" <jppalm@...> wrote:
>
> They didn't give me any details, but perhaps they are saying the
spectrum is
> part of it. I don't really know. I merely asked if Nova could
play in
> Philly in the tournament and they said they could not.
>
> _____
>
> From: collegerpi@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:collegerpi@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of kennedyandrewm@...
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 10:18 PM
> To: collegerpi@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [collegerpi] Host sites
>
>
>
> I thought that nova kept ithe number of games at the wach under
the max.
> They played pitt at the spectrum instead of the wachovia center to
keep
> themselves eligible.
>
> I believe a team is allowed 3 games at a venue, more than 3 makes
them
> ineligible. Nova plays louisville (1/10), syracuse (2/07) and
gtown (2/28)
> at the wachovia. Pitt was not at the wachovia, it was at the
spectrum. Texas
> was at msg, towson and uri were at the palestra. Marquette will be
played on
> campus.
>
> Has the ncaa ruled that the spectrum counts as the wachovia? I
know this has
> been an issue for discussion in the past, but I thought the
decision went
> the other way? They are not the same arena.
>
> Thanks again.
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Jerry Palm" <jppalm@yahoo. <mailto:jppalm%40yahoo.com> com>
>
> Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:04:59
> To: <collegerpi@yahoogro <mailto:collegerpi%40yahoogroups.com>
ups.com>
> Subject: RE: [collegerpi] Host sites
>
> Apparently, Nova played too many. I asked the NCAA today to double
check
> and they say Villanova can't play there.
>
> _____
>
> From: collegerpi@yahoogro <mailto:collegerpi%40yahoogroups.com>
ups.com
> [mailto:collegerpi@yahoogro <mailto:collegerpi%40yahoogroups.com>
ups.com]
> On
> Behalf Of kennedyandrewm@ <mailto:kennedyandrewm%40aol.com> aol.com
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 4:21 PM
> To: collegerpi@yahoogro <mailto:collegerpi%40yahoogroups.com>
ups.com
> Subject: [collegerpi] Host sites
>
> Jerry,
>
> In your host site information, why is villanova listed as a host
team in
> philly along with saint joseph's (pa)? I thought sjuofpa was the
host site,
> and nova played few enough games at the wachovia to be eligible to
play
> there first weekend?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Jerry Palm" <jppalm@yahoo. <mailto:jppalm%40yahoo.com> com>
>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:46:15
> To: <collegerpi@yahoogro <mailto:collegerpi%40yahoogroups.com>
ups.com>
> Subject: RE: [collegerpi] Providence
>
> Because when the bracket was done, Providence was only three games
over in
> the league and hadn't beaten anyone competent all year. ND and
Georgetown
> were only one game under.
>
> But, in general, no conference's standings are less meaningful
than the Big
> East's, even in March, because of wildly unbalanced schedules.
Also, in
> general, January conference standings are not particularly useful
because
> not enough games have been played.
>
> _____
>
> From: collegerpi@yahoogro <mailto:collegerpi%40yahoogroups.com>
ups.com
> [mailto:collegerpi@yahoogro <mailto:collegerpi%40yahoogroups.com>
ups.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Russell LaFazia
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:56 AM
> To: collegerpi@yahoogro <mailto:collegerpi%40yahoogroups.com>
ups.com
> Subject: [collegerpi] Providence
>
> Jerry ,
>
> How come you have two teams under .500 in the Big East at 3-5 (
Notre
> Dame and Georgetown ) but you don't have a team over that is 4
games
> over .500 ( Providence ) in your Brackett ?
>
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