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Chip Bayers 
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Chip Bayers
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03-12-17 02:50 AM - Post#226451    
    In response to HARVARDDADGRAD

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Imagine how few Dartmouth or Cornell fans would have made this trip!



In the fin aid and AI landscape of the "new" Ivy dictated by HYP, I think Dartmouth and Brown are crap out of luck. So let's not worry about Dartmouth. Cornell is the only concern here, as the other big population school alongside Penn which might qualify for the 4 seed in this ridiculous format.

When you start running down the list of oft-mentioned "neutral" locales listed as potential sites - Bridgeport, Hartford, Providence Civic Center, etc. - in all cases Philadelphia is closer to Ithaca than any of them.

Just for example, the Palestra is 229 miles from Newman Arena. It's 257 miles to Webster Bank in Bridgeport, 280 miles to the XL Center in Hartford.

I suppose they could look at someplace like the Times-Union Center in Albany, since even when the MAAC tourney is held there as it was this year (on the HOME COURT of conference member Siena), it's done before the Sat.-Sun. of Selection Weekend. T-U Center is equidistant from Lavietes & Newman (166 mi. in each case) & 235 mi. from the Palestra - farther for Penn to travel to than the Palestra is from Yale.

But screw 'em if they can't take a joke, amiright?

Still, good luck getting an Ivy student or alum not named Rockefeller or Roosevelt to go to Albany voluntarily in March. Or any other month.



Edited by Chip Bayers on 03-12-17 03:04 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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