Re: WSU signs H/H with OkState
Posted: June 17th, 2016, 10:02 am
SubGod22 wrote:AndShock wrote:SubGod22 wrote:Except I believe that there's also something about being in the same city or within a certain distance or something. Basically, Wichita will never play an NCAA tournament game in Wichita. Doesn't matter what our seed is, unless the NCAA changes whatever stipulation that is that they use. There may be an exception if there's more than one D1 team in the city or something, but that doesn't help us unless Newman ends up D1.
I can't find that rule anywhere, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
http://www.ncaa.com/content/di-principl ... selection/A team will not be permitted to play in any
facility in which it has played more than
three games during its season, not including
exhibitions and conference postseason
tournaments.
A host institution’s team shall not be
permitted to play at the site where the
institution is hosting. However, the team may
play on the same days when the institution is
hosting.
Those are the only applicable rules that I could find that would apply to Wichita State playing in Wichita.
I'm seeing a scenario in which we're able to be sent to Wichita to play if the Valley were to accept full hosting duties but instead the Valley just tells us to go f ourselves.
I'd love for you to be right. I'd read something about it somewhere when the arena was being built. No clue where the "rule" came from as it's been a few. I want to say it was posted somewhere on the message board I no longer frequent but it could have been somewhere else.
I'm pretty sure the exact scenario occurred like 2 years ago. I'm trying to remember the team/city. I'll look it up when I get a chance.
I would point out, however, that I also intended to imply in my original comment that OU would want to play in the arena that year for the same reason.