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bradley 
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03-17-17 08:54 AM - Post#227441    
    In response to Go Green

"Many, many reasons have been given for having it at the Palestra.

Again, the league wants to have both the men's and women's tourneys together. So why are we talking about having a game "at the higher seed's home court"



Interesting thought that because the league and others have provided "many many" reasons, the IL should leave the game at the Palestra. There are good reasons and bad reasons to keep the game at the Palestra. Giving Penn a 3.7 or so pt advantage at the beginning of a game if they participate in the IL Tournament meets the definition of a bad reason. Do good reasons overcome a bad reason?

This year, an improved Penn team had an opportunity to pull off the perfect storm and if not for a missed FT by a wonderful player with 12 seconds to go, probably a different story. Penn as a #16 seed if they beat Yale has the challenge of being the 10th team out of 126 prior #16 seeds to lose by less than double digits.

I am not sure why some folks are adverse to giving a competitive edge or at least neutrality for the team that earns the regular season IL Championship. It is almost like let's see if we can make it more difficult for the best team to go to the Big Dance -- fascinating.
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