NIT Quarterfinal: 3/25 @ Temple

[DellDawg]

I never notice such things and assume we fly out of monroe or shreveport, but the flight to A&M was from Ruston Regional. Is that a chartered plane, Davison plane, or we actually have "semi-real" planes at Ruston airport?

I think the NIT send charter jet for all the teams in the tournament.

[rockdog]

If the refs don't allow 75 free throw attempts (That is the exact number by the way, and it isn't a hyperbole), we don't shoot less than 50% from the free throw line, and our bench scores like they have been, we'll have as good of a shot as anyone.

I still cannot wrap my head around Temple getting 49 foul shots in the first match-up. They only scored 82 for the game, so they scored 48 points without the direct help of the refs. I hope we're ready to battle the refs again and get some redemption in Philly on our way to NYC.

[DogsWin]

Temple is also the closest fan base to NYC remaining in the NIT. Call me Debbie Downer, but I expect this to be another 5 vs 8 game.

[Blue Dawg]

Temple is also the closest fan base to NYC remaining in the NIT. Call me Debbie Downer, but I expect this to be another 5 vs 8 game.

I fully expect that. I would be shocked to see a fairly called game as this has not been the case at all this season.

[Dawgpix]

I never notice such things and assume we fly out of monroe or shreveport, but the flight to A&M was from Ruston Regional. Is that a chartered plane, Davison plane, or we actually have "semi-real" planes at Ruston airport?

The regional jet props can land/takeoff at Ruston Regional.

Today's flight was 3 hrs., 16 minutes

Filed: 353 kts (graph)

Filed: 31,000 feet (graph)

Direct: 1,350 sm Planned: 1,684 sm Flown: 1,422 sm

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[Dwayne From Minden]

Temple is also the closest fan base to NYC remaining in the NIT. Call me Debbie Downer, but I expect this to be another 5 vs 8 game.

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[skilldawg]

Temple is also the closest fan base to NYC remaining in the NIT. Call me Debbie Downer, but I expect this to be another 5 vs 8 game.

Probably so, but truly great teams find a way to win even these type of games.

If our young'ins learn this lesson as a result of this tournament it will have been worth it.

[HoDo-Tech70]

NIT quarterfinal matchups: Numbers in parentheses show today's RPI Ranking:

#3 La Tech (42) at #1 Temple (36)
#2 Miami FL (54) at #1 Richmond (55)

#5 Vanderbilt (86) at #2 Stanford (45)
#3 Murray State (46) at #1 ODU (41)

How do we compare against the SEC schools who will not play us? If we were in the SEC, we would have the 3rd highest RPI behind Kentucky and Arkansas. We passed Georgia after our win over A&M. Our RPI might be higher if we had the advantage of an SEC schedule with lots of OOC home games and SEC opponents.

[maverick]

NCAA provides flights for all teams.

Rumor has it they have mileage minimums and we requested an exception.

[Dawg Fan]

The regional jet props can land/takeoff at Ruston Regional.

Today's flight was 3 hrs., 16 minutes

Filed: 353 kts (graph)

Filed: 31,000 feet (graph)

Direct: 1,350 sm Planned: 1,684 sm Flown: 1,422 sm

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Turboprops are not technically jets, but the plane the Bulldogs flew on appears to be pretty nice. It is a charter plane that has 30 seats on a plane that was designed to have 50 seats. I'm sure the extra legroom was appreciated by the tall guys. https://meregrass.com/Saab_2000.html

Back in the day when I first started flying a lot on business, I flew on many, many turboprops, primarily to smaller airports from Atlanta. Most of the small turboprops I flew on were slower and flew closer to the ground than the jets which was pretty neat for checking out the scenery below.

It looks like the same plane flew the University of Montana team back home. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N...745Z/17XS/KRSN

[tigtoo30]

Here's hoping my good juju continues. The college in the town I work in Dalton, GA just won the NAIA National championship. Now it's Tech's time to win the NIT. Dalton is pulling for us.

[Dawg Fan]

Rumor has it they have mileage minimums and we requested an exception.

For those interested, go to the following link to see the NCAA travel policies. For basketball, teams are supposed to drive if they are within 350 miles of the venue. I'm guessing the fact that most of the trip would have been non-Interstate factored into the decision to allow Tech to fly to College Station. http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/fi...20policies.pdf Georgia State was very close to being over 350 miles from Jacksonville, but they were bused there from Atlanta instead of flying.

[maverick]

Rumor has it they have mileage minimums and we requested an exception.

For those interested, go to the following link to see the NCAA travel policies. For basketball, teams are supposed to drive if they are within 350 miles of the venue. I'm guessing the fact that most of the trip would have been non-Interstate factored into the decision to allow Tech to fly to College Station. http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/fi...v policies.pdf Georgia State was very close to being over 350 miles from Jacksonville, but they were bused there from Atlanta instead of flying.

Does a guess trump a rumor?

[techman05]

Plane trumps bus and it doesn't matter how they got it done. We need as much recovery time as possible and it wasn't going to happen cramped in a bus for a long time.

[Dawg Fan]

Plane trumps bus and it doesn't matter how they got it done. We need as much recovery time as possible and it wasn't going to happen cramped in a bus for a long time.

Yep, only a 47 minute flight from Ruston to College Station. Three hours and 16 minutes from College Station to Philly, but at least it was a charter with some legroom.