RU Playing ND In Vegas NIL Tourney

[RAHWAYBOB]

NIL-driven Las Vegas college basketball event set with Alabama vs. Houston among marquee matchups

The revolutionary 'Players Era Festival' this November will include eight teams. In 2025 it's expected to grow to at least 18 -- with huge brands

www.cbssports.com

 

[RUJMM78]

NIL-driven Las Vegas college basketball event set with Alabama vs. Houston among marquee matchups

The revolutionary 'Players Era Festival' this November will include eight teams. In 2025 it's expected to grow to at least 18 -- with huge brands

www.cbssports.com

Great opportunity to start the tournament with a win.

 

[PiscatawayMike]

In addition to noting RU/ND will be an opening matchup, the article states these important items:

*Organizers have been in negotiations with MGM Resorts International to hold future games at any or all of its three major venues: T-Mobile Arena, MGM Grand Garden Arena and Michelob ULTRA Arena. The 2024 version will either be split at MGM Grand Garden Arena and T-Mobile Arena, or all at MGM Grand. This means no games will be held at Michelob ULTRA Arena this year.

*The tentative schedule for 2024 is to play games on Nov. 26, 27 and 29, with Thanksgiving an off-day, but that is still subject to tweaking.

Since I plan on attending, I'm hoping all games will be played at MGM Grand. It'll make it very easy to get to the games. There's a monorail stop at MGM.

 

[ScarletDave]

I don’t think everyone realized this - we will play Notre Dame, but only ONE of Alabama and Houston. The 3rd game will be against a team from the other side of the bracket.

It says after the first 2 games, the 2-0 teams from each bracket will meet in a championship, and everyone else will be matched up based on records, but conference teams cant play (so we cant play Oregon and Bama cant play Texas A&M).

So I imagine the bracket will look like for us:
Game 1 RU-ND
Game 2 Bama- Houston
Say RU and Houston win, we play Houston, ND plays Bama.

If we win again and are 2-0, we play the 2-0 team from the other bracket (not Oregon, so either Texas A&M, Creighton, or SDSU will be our 3rd opponent). 1-1s play the other 1-1s, 0-2s probably play each other also.

That’s kind of disappointing, I wanted to play both Houston (revenge) and Alabama (Cliff). But sounds like we will only play 1.

 

[TDIrish27]

We're a good opener for a young team .

We aren't overly experienced or talented.

 

[ScarletKid2008]

It’s an interesting tournament and format . So the teams will be playing 3 games in 4 days ? It’ll be a really tough test for a young team trying to form and make style adjustments that early in the season. But ND as game 1 is probably our best matchup

 

[Plum Street]

It’s an interesting tournament and format . So the teams will be playing 3 games in 4 days ? It’ll be a really tough test for a young team trying to form and make style adjustments that early in the season. But ND as game 1 is probably our best matchup

Houston will eat us alive

 

[Joey Bags]

FUND. Dylan and Ace gonna run clown on that ass

 

[RUtrumpet92]

Definitely prefer drawing ND over the others for game one. It's still a payback game, too.

 

[Scarlet83]

FUND. Dylan and Ace gonna run clown on that ass

Great line!!! Post of the day!!

 

[NY AGENTMAN]

Norte Dame is going to be pretty good this year definitely not a walk over. Burton is a hand full

 

[motorb54]

What if both 2-0 teams are from the same conference?

 

[RutgersDom]

Houston will eat us alive

Maybe.

 

[hinson32]

What if both 2-0 teams are from the same conference?

Then they will play 1-1 teams for game 3

 

[Kn0wledge]

The guy who had 21 and 9 for Princeton plays for ND

 

[PiscatawayMike]

The guy who had 21 and 9 for Princeton plays for ND

https://www.ndinsider.com/story/spo...o-play-for-notre-dame-basketball/73383862007/

 

[Mr_Twister]

Notre Dame roster loaded with transfers from northeast area programs - St. Joseph, Lehigh, Penn, Princeton, Seton Hall, Monmouth, Penn State.

 

[scarletrat]

With strewsbury coaching, and some good transfers, they will be a pain in the ass…