04-18-2017, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Medford
In an 8 team, 3 game tournament, teams are allowed to schedule one additional game against a team also in that field to count as their 3rd exempt game, in addition to the 1 that counts towards the schedule maximum.
I believe this was done to maintain the benefit of playing in the preseason NIT (4 games) compared to playing in Maui, Charleston, Orlando, etc.. Its also why we sometimes get a team from the "lesser" bracket in one of those fields show up on campus as part of the event.
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I think that's also why the ESPN events have some weaker conferences permanently slotted into some of the events like the MAAC with the Old Spice/Advocare/Orlando tourney
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