SWAC Tournament

[trojansc]

Texas Southern is playing in its THIRD match of the day, after beating Alcorn State but losing to Southern University..

They are in the 5th set with Arkansas Pine-Bluff right now. And if they win, they play tomorrow at 9am after playing three matches today.

[bucky415]

At least their men's basketball teams only have to play once a day while racking up 87,000 frequent flyer miles going around the country to get cash guarantees.

[trojansc]

UA Pine Bluff beats Texas Southern, so they actually do not have to play tomorrow after being in a triple header.

Alabama State won its first match today against Prairie view, lost its second match in 5 sets to Jackson State , then won its third set against Alabama A&M.

For Alabama State to advance to the NCAA tournament, they will have to play a triple-header, and win all three matches.. They'll have to beat Ark-Pine Bluff, then beat the loser of (Jackson State/Southern), and then beat the winner of that match.

[n00b]

Nov 22, 2014 20:53:31 GMT -5 trojansc said:

UA Pine Bluff beats Texas Southern, so they actually do not have to play tomorrow after being in a triple header.

Alabama State won its first match today against Prairie view, lost its second match in 5 sets to Jackson State , then won its third set against Alabama A&M.

For Alabama State to advance to the NCAA tournament, they will have to play a triple-header, and win all three matches.. They'll have to beat Ark-Pine Bluff, then beat the loser of (Jackson State/Southern), and then beat the winner of that match.

Pine Bluff and Alabama State both played 3 matches today. Pine Bluff played 12 sets while Alabama State played 11. Tomorrow, they'd each need to win FOUR(!!!) matches to win the SWAC tournament. They play each other at 10am CT. If they win their first two matches, they'll need to beat the JSU/Southern winner twice as this is a true double-elimination bracket.

[trojansc]

Nov 22, 2014 21:30:20 GMT -5 n00b said:

Nov 22, 2014 20:53:31 GMT -5 trojansc said:

UA Pine Bluff beats Texas Southern, so they actually do not have to play tomorrow after being in a triple header.

Alabama State won its first match today against Prairie view, lost its second match in 5 sets to Jackson State , then won its third set against Alabama A&M.

For Alabama State to advance to the NCAA tournament, they will have to play a triple-header, and win all three matches.. They'll have to beat Ark-Pine Bluff, then beat the loser of (Jackson State/Southern), and then beat the winner of that match.

Pine Bluff and Alabama State both played 3 matches today. Pine Bluff played 12 sets while Alabama State played 11. Tomorrow, they'd each need to win FOUR(!!!) matches to win the SWAC tournament. They play each other at 10am CT. If they win their first two matches, they'll need to beat the JSU/Southern winner twice as this is a true double-elimination bracket.

You're right, i just saw the SWAC changed their tournament format. This is a new format from last year (and at least the year prior)

I just noticed the change on the bracket. Oh My god. So either UAPB or Alabama State, who played three matches yesterday, need to beat each other, THEN beat the JSU/Southern loser, THEN beat the JSU/Southern winner (twice).

This format is worse actually if you lose. You have to go 6-1 over 2 days! Who thought of this? This is insane

[trojansc]

Alabama State won its first two matches today.

They are now playing their sixth match in two days, but they are down 1 set to none over Southern.

If they come back, they will have to beat Southern TONiGHt again

[n00b]

It's also worth noting that Southern won 4 conference matches in the regular season. If they win this match, they'll have gone 4-0 in the conference tournament. No doubt they'd get the #64 seed (if there were such a thing).

[n00b]

Well, Alabama State won. So now it's Alabama State vs Southern in a winner-take-all final. It will be Alabama State's 4th match of the day and 7th match of the weeked.

[baywatcher]

Do you think coaches develop depth in this league. Worst league in Division I, too.

[jayj79]

Nov 23, 2014 21:13:26 GMT -5 baywatcher said:

Do you think coaches develop depth in this league. Worst league in Division I, too.

wasn't there a SWAC team that only had like 6 women on their roster a year or two back? or was that some other conference team?

[trojansc]

Alabama St. Wins its fourth match of the day and advances to the NCAA tournament!!!