Big 12 Tournament Schedule

Let's try this again since last time we needed to cancel it due to rain Cool off with us by spending an evening playing volleyball at BackYard Beach Bar on July 2nd, 2010 The casual restaurant and sports bar has something for everyone 18 and over: a cozy lounge area by the fireplace, bar stools at the bar to view the 4 BIG, flat screen TV's, a pool table, booths, a semi-covered courtyard with stage available for live bands and our karaoke, full outdoor patio, separate party room, poolside tiki bar (therefore a pool!) and 3 sand volleyball courts. People should bring: Swimsuit (if you want to swim) Towel Volleyball, if you have one (I only have one) ADMISSION: Originally the place attempted to let people play for free, but people typically spend a lot less while playing. So they were forced to impose a $5/person to play volleyball and/or swim in their pool. This event is an OPEN event . For more information on our Open Events, please go HERE Note: If over 12 people show up, we will be either take turns playing or attempt to get 2 courts. If you have any questions let me know, otherwise we hope to see you there! FAQ Q: Aren't there free courts available elsewhere? A: Yes, though typically volleyball clubs (Yucatan, Lone Star) are booked at this time of year with tournaments . Also though many recreation centers have a court, it's near impossible to guarantee it will be free at any exact time. Q: How late will we be playing till? A: There really is no set schedule, so feel free to come and go whenever.

Len's No Limit Cash Game Atmosphere We are a group of devoted poker players that focus on a quality game and the tolerance of different styles of play. The level of poker is very good. There will be a ball game on in the background with good conversation and beer and spirits but the focus always remains on poker and the respectful treatment of others. The group is comprised of professional people. Our core values are integrity, honor in play and respect for all including my dog who loves people and looks forward to poker nights. This is a legal house game. There is no rake that beneifits me and only me. We do not pay dealers to deal for us. Len's No Limit Cash Game House Rules 1. RSVP - If you want to play you must RSVP so I know how many people will be there. Over time we will develop a group of regulars who will only have to tell me when they will not be there. Until then please use the RSVP option. You can RSVP for others, but you must put their names in the comment section. 1A. You can RSVP for others, but you must put their names in the comment section. 1B. Seating will always be on a first come first serve basis. I reserve the right to balance the tables to allow for all players to be able to play. 1C. You are expected to handle yourself in a professional manner. Anyone caught cheating, starting a fight or verbally abusing anyone will not be invited back. You are my guest and it is a privilege not a right to be able to play at my house so conduct yourself accordingly. 1D. I respectfully ask all players to check the meet-up site, participate in the message board when appropriate and keep a current RSVP status for each game. Players that go long periods of time without checking the site are normally dismissed from the group due to lack of activity. 2. Buy-in and Re-buys 2A. Maximum buy-in when blinds are $1 - $1 is $100. 2B. Re-buys may be made for as much as the chip leaders stack. For example: If the chip leader has $350, you may re-buy for no more than $350. 2C. Re-buys can be made at any point after a hand has concluded. 3. Rules of Play 3A. The game is No Limit Texas Hold'em. 3B. Blind sizes currently are: Big = $1, small = $1. 3C. The 7-2 game will be played for two - one hour blocks of time (8 to 9 and 12 to 1am). 3D. Players may run two or more boards when agreed upon. 3E. Cheating, collusion and stealing, or the perception thereof, will be investigated and met with stack seizure, dismissal and banishment if valid. I will inform other local groups as well. 3F. All winning players must give a 45 minute pre-announcement before leaving the session. Absolutely no "cash and dash" allowed. If you leave without giving notice when you are up, you will not be welcome back ever again. 4. Best Hand of the Night Jackpot (BHNJ) 4A. All players will support the BHNJ. 4B. A player must play at least 4 hours to qualify to win the BHNJ. 4C. Both hole cards must be used to qualify for the BHNJ. 4C1. The hand doesn't need to go to showdown to win. The player will expose his hand to qualify it as a winning hand. 4D. Uncalled bets do not count when calculating the BHNJ rake. 4E. All chips raked will be awarded in the BHNJ minus a $10 donation to off-set fees connected with Meet-up.com subscription costs and new decks of cards occasionally. 4F. The BHNJ rake is: Pot size and rake $21 to $40 = $1 $41 to $60 = $2 $61 to $80 = $3 Over $80 = $4 max rake. 4G. The BHNJ can be used to support the freeroll tournament prize pool. When this is the case the BHNJ pay out is: $100 for the best hand $50 for the worst bad beat (best hand that gets beat) 4H. When the BHNJ isn't supporting the freeroll tournament prize pool it will be paid out at: 75% of rake to best hand 25% of rake to worst bad beat 4I. A player may win multiple BHNJ prizes. 4J. The BHNJ will be paid out at 1am (Sunday morning). 5. The Freeroll Tournament 5A. All players must qualify for the freeroll tournament by meeting a minimum number of cash game sessions played (4) and a minimum amount of buy in dollars ($400). 5B. There will be at least 6 qualiting sessions (due to scheduling conflicts I have the right to add more qualifiers) for each free roll 5C. The prize fund will be the rake over the high hand and bad beat jackpots each session 5D. Tournament play begins immediately at the appointed time. 5E. Late players will be blinded out until they appear. 5F. Substitute players are allowed for a qualified player but only from the list of players that have played over the qualifying sessions. 5G. Levels, chips and blinds used for the tournament will be the same as the Friday night TOC. You will start with 30,000 in chips and the blind levels will be 30 minutes long. 6. Other House Rules 6A. When the weather is bad I will post a note on the door about taking your shoes off. Please respect it. 6B. Smoking is not allowed in the house at any time. All smoking must be done on the back porch. 6C. Smokers will be considerate of non-smokers when outside. Non-smokers will bring to light any grievance immediately. 6D. Alcohol and spirits are allowed anytime but the user must be in control of himself at all times. 6E. You imply that you are an honest gentlemen when entering my home. 6F. Full Blown Tilt (FBT) is allowed as long as personal attacks are not included.

Len's No Limit Cash Game Atmosphere We are a group of devoted poker players that focus on a quality game and the tolerance of different styles of play. The level of poker is very good. There will be a ball game on in the background with good conversation and beer and spirits but the focus always remains on poker and the respectful treatment of others. The group is comprised of professional people. Our core values are integrity, honor in play and respect for all including my dog who loves people and looks forward to poker nights. This is a legal house game. There is no rake that beneifits me and only me. We do not pay dealers to deal for us. Len's No Limit Cash Game House Rules 1. RSVP - If you want to play you must RSVP so I know how many people will be there. Over time we will develop a group of regulars who will only have to tell me when they will not be there. Until then please use the RSVP option. You can RSVP for others, but you must put their names in the comment section. 1A. You can RSVP for others, but you must put their names in the comment section. 1B. Seating will always be on a first come first serve basis. I reserve the right to balance the tables to allow for all players to be able to play. 1C. You are expected to handle yourself in a professional manner. Anyone caught cheating, starting a fight or verbally abusing anyone will not be invited back. You are my guest and it is a privilege not a right to be able to play at my house so conduct yourself accordingly. 1D. I respectfully ask all players to check the meet-up site, participate in the message board when appropriate and keep a current RSVP status for each game. Players that go long periods of time without checking the site are normally dismissed from the group due to lack of activity. 2. Buy-in and Re-buys 2A. Maximum buy-in when blinds are $1 - $1 is $100. 2B. Re-buys may be made for as much as the chip leaders stack. For example: If the chip leader has $350, you may re-buy for no more than $350. 2C. Re-buys can be made at any point after a hand has concluded. 3. Rules of Play 3A. The game is No Limit Texas Hold'em. 3B. Blind sizes currently are: Big = $1, small = $1. 3C. The 7-2 game will be played for two - one hour blocks of time (8 to 9 and 12 to 1am). 3D. Players may run two or more boards when agreed upon. 3E. Cheating, collusion and stealing, or the perception thereof, will be investigated and met with stack seizure, dismissal and banishment if valid. I will inform other local groups as well. 3F. All winning players must give a 45 minute pre-announcement before leaving the session. Absolutely no "cash and dash" allowed. If you leave without giving notice when you are up, you will not be welcome back ever again. 4. Best Hand of the Night Jackpot (BHNJ) 4A. All players will support the BHNJ. 4B. A player must play at least 4 hours to qualify to win the BHNJ. 4C. Both hole cards must be used to qualify for the BHNJ. 4C1. The hand doesn't need to go to showdown to win. The player will expose his hand to qualify it as a winning hand. 4D. Uncalled bets do not count when calculating the BHNJ rake. 4E. All chips raked will be awarded in the BHNJ minus a $10 donation to off-set fees connected with Meet-up.com subscription costs and new decks of cards occasionally. 4F. The BHNJ rake is: Pot size and rake $21 to $40 = $1 $41 to $60 = $2 $61 to $80 = $3 Over $80 = $4 max rake. 4G. The BHNJ can be used to support the freeroll tournament prize pool. When this is the case the BHNJ pay out is: $100 for the best hand $50 for the worst bad beat (best hand that gets beat) 4H. When the BHNJ isn't supporting the freeroll tournament prize pool it will be paid out at: 75% of rake to best hand 25% of rake to worst bad beat 4I. A player may win multiple BHNJ prizes. 4J. The BHNJ will be paid out at 1am (Sunday morning). 5. The Freeroll Tournament 5A. All players must qualify for the freeroll tournament by meeting a minimum number of cash game sessions played (4) and a minimum amount of buy in dollars ($400). 5B. There will be at least 6 qualiting sessions (due to scheduling conflicts I have the right to add more qualifiers) for each free roll 5C. The prize fund will be the rake over the high hand and bad beat jackpots each session 5D. Tournament play begins immediately at the appointed time. 5E. Late players will be blinded out until they appear. 5F. Substitute players are allowed for a qualified player but only from the list of players that have played over the qualifying sessions. 5G. Levels, chips and blinds used for the tournament will be the same as the Friday night TOC. You will start with 30,000 in chips and the blind levels will be 30 minutes long. 6. Other House Rules 6A. When the weather is bad I will post a note on the door about taking your shoes off. Please respect it. 6B. Smoking is not allowed in the house at any time. All smoking must be done on the back porch. 6C. Smokers will be considerate of non-smokers when outside. Non-smokers will bring to light any grievance immediately. 6D. Alcohol and spirits are allowed anytime but the user must be in control of himself at all times. 6E. You imply that you are an honest gentlemen when entering my home. 6F. Full Blown Tilt (FBT) is allowed as long as personal attacks are not included.

Len's No Limit Cash Game Atmosphere We are a group of devoted poker players that focus on a quality game and the tolerance of different styles of play. The level of poker is very good. There will be a ball game on in the background with good conversation and beer and spirits but the focus always remains on poker and the respectful treatment of others. The group is comprised of professional people. Our core values are integrity, honor in play and respect for all including my dog who loves people and looks forward to poker nights. This is a legal house game. There is no rake that beneifits me and only me. We do not pay dealers to deal for us. Len's No Limit Cash Game House Rules 1. RSVP - If you want to play you must RSVP so I know how many people will be there. Over time we will develop a group of regulars who will only have to tell me when they will not be there. Until then please use the RSVP option. You can RSVP for others, but you must put their names in the comment section. 1A. You can RSVP for others, but you must put their names in the comment section. 1B. Seating will always be on a first come first serve basis. I reserve the right to balance the tables to allow for all players to be able to play. 1C. You are expected to handle yourself in a professional manner. Anyone caught cheating, starting a fight or verbally abusing anyone will not be invited back. You are my guest and it is a privilege not a right to be able to play at my house so conduct yourself accordingly. 1D. I respectfully ask all players to check the meet-up site, participate in the message board when appropriate and keep a current RSVP status for each game. Players that go long periods of time without checking the site are normally dismissed from the group due to lack of activity. 2. Buy-in and Re-buys 2A. Maximum buy-in when blinds are $1 - $1 is $100. 2B. Re-buys may be made for as much as the chip leaders stack. For example: If the chip leader has $350, you may re-buy for no more than $350. 2C. Re-buys can be made at any point after a hand has concluded. 3. Rules of Play 3A. The game is No Limit Texas Hold'em. 3B. Blind sizes currently are: Big = $1, small = $1. 3C. The 7-2 game will be played for two - one hour blocks of time (8 to 9 and 12 to 1am). 3D. Players may run two or more boards when agreed upon. 3E. Cheating, collusion and stealing, or the perception thereof, will be investigated and met with stack seizure, dismissal and banishment if valid. I will inform other local groups as well. 3F. All winning players must give a 45 minute pre-announcement before leaving the session. Absolutely no "cash and dash" allowed. If you leave without giving notice when you are up, you will not be welcome back ever again. 4. Best Hand of the Night Jackpot (BHNJ) 4A. All players will support the BHNJ. 4B. A player must play at least 4 hours to qualify to win the BHNJ. 4C. Both hole cards must be used to qualify for the BHNJ. 4C1. The hand doesn't need to go to showdown to win. The player will expose his hand to qualify it as a winning hand. 4D. Uncalled bets do not count when calculating the BHNJ rake. 4E. All chips raked will be awarded in the BHNJ minus a $10 donation to off-set fees connected with Meet-up.com subscription costs and new decks of cards occasionally. 4F. The BHNJ rake is: Pot size and rake $21 to $40 = $1 $41 to $60 = $2 $61 to $80 = $3 Over $80 = $4 max rake. 4G. The BHNJ can be used to support the freeroll tournament prize pool. When this is the case the BHNJ pay out is: $100 for the best hand $50 for the worst bad beat (best hand that gets beat) 4H. When the BHNJ isn't supporting the freeroll tournament prize pool it will be paid out at: 75% of rake to best hand 25% of rake to worst bad beat 4I. A player may win multiple BHNJ prizes. 4J. The BHNJ will be paid out at 1am (Sunday morning). 5. The Freeroll Tournament 5A. All players must qualify for the freeroll tournament by meeting a minimum number of cash game sessions played (4) and a minimum amount of buy in dollars ($400). 5B. There will be at least 6 qualiting sessions (due to scheduling conflicts I have the right to add more qualifiers) for each free roll 5C. The prize fund will be the rake over the high hand and bad beat jackpots each session 5D. Tournament play begins immediately at the appointed time. 5E. Late players will be blinded out until they appear. 5F. Substitute players are allowed for a qualified player but only from the list of players that have played over the qualifying sessions. 5G. Levels, chips and blinds used for the tournament will be the same as the Friday night TOC. You will start with 30,000 in chips and the blind levels will be 30 minutes long. 6. Other House Rules 6A. When the weather is bad I will post a note on the door about taking your shoes off. Please respect it. 6B. Smoking is not allowed in the house at any time. All smoking must be done on the back porch. 6C. Smokers will be considerate of non-smokers when outside. Non-smokers will bring to light any grievance immediately. 6D. Alcohol and spirits are allowed anytime but the user must be in control of himself at all times. 6E. You imply that you are an honest gentlemen when entering my home. 6F. Full Blown Tilt (FBT) is allowed as long as personal attacks are not included.

Sports: vs. Green BayWhen: 09/17/10 @ 7:00pmCost: $5Call: 262-1440Web: www.uwbadgers.comMore Information: Volleyball releases 2010 Schedule The University of Wisconsin volleyball team will play 32 matches in 2010, including matches against seven teams that competed in the 2009 NCAA tournament and five teams that won 20-or-more matches last season. "This is a good schedule for the group we have next year," said UW coach Pete Waite, who enters his 12th season with the Badgers this fall. "We will have a lot of freshman and sophomores in the mix and they'll need some time preparing for Big Ten play. The mix of teams gives us the opportunity to build some chemistry and confidence." UW returns 11 letterwinners and five starters from last season's 11-18 team. Wisconsin opens the season on Aug. 27-28 at the William & Mary Tribe Invitational in Williamsburg, Va. The Badgers take on Winthrop (19-11 in 2009), William & Mary (18-11), Connecticut (14-17) and Seton Hall (12-18) in the tournament. "We're going to play at William & Mary to allow Kelsey Maloney to compete near her hometown of Centreville, Va," explains Waite. "She lives furthest from campus, and her family rarely gets to see her play." UW opens its home season on Sept. 3-4 by hosting the 19th-annual InnTowner Invitational. Wisconsin takes on Duquesne (16-14), Chicago State (0-25) and Loyola-Chicago (12-17) in the round-robin tournament. The Badgers continue tournament play at the UWM Panther Invitational on Sept. 10-11 in Milwaukee. UW takes on Milwaukee (16-15), Central Michigan (17-13) and Toledo (17-12) in the Klotsche Center. Wisconsin plays two single matches to wrap up its non-conference season. Waite will take on Northern Illinois, where he coached for 11 years, for the first time since coming to the UW. The Badgers and Huskies (14-16) will face off on Sept. 14 in DeKalb, Ill. "The match at Northern Illinois will be interesting since I haven't taken a team there to compete since I left," says Waite. "It will be in a different gym than I used to coach in, but I'll be familiar with the rest of campus. Our players really have no history there, so it will just be another chance to compete for them." UW wraps up its non-conference season on Sept. 17 with a match vs. Green Bay (10-20) in the UW Field House. "The Green Bay match is a single game that worked out well in both of our schedules to play midweek," explains Waite. "The entire non-conference schedule will allow for all of our underclassmen to get some experience and hopefully some wins under their belts before taking on some very tough Big Ten opponents." The conference had six teams compete in the NCAA tournament with Penn State (36-0) winning its third-straight national title in 2009. Minnesota (28-8) advanced to the final four and ended the season ranked fourth while Michigan (27-10) made it to the elite eight of the NCAA tournament and was ranked ninth in the final poll. Illinois (26-5) was ranked 10th in the final coaches poll, advancing to the sweet 16 while Ohio State (25-10) lost in the second round and Michigan State (17-16) lost in the first round. "The Big Ten will be as tough as ever with some programs really hitting a peak right now," says Waite. "With the way our current players have improved this spring combined with our strong core of newcomers, we feel we can be right in the mix. We feel like we can be much more competitive this season and there will be some really exciting matches in the Field House." Wisconsin faces three NCAA tournament teams at home to start the Big Ten season. The Badgers take on Ohio State in their conference home opener on Sept. 24 and face Penn State on Sept. 26. UW also plays Illinois on Sept. 29. The 64-team bracket for the 2010 NCAA Tournament will be announced on Nov. 28 with first and second round matches being played on Dec. 2-5 on the site of a participating team. Regional play will be Dec. 10-11 in Austin, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; Seattle, Wash.; and University Park, Pa. The NCAA championship will be held on Dec. 16 and 18 in the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. 2010 Wisconsin Volleyball Schedule Friday Aug. 27 at William & Mary Tribe Invitational, Williamsburg, Va. Wisconsin vs. Winthrop 9 a.m. Wisconsin vs. William & Mary 6 p.m. Saturday Aug. 28 at William & Mary Tribe Invitational, Williamsburg, Va. Wisconsin vs. Connecticut 11 a.m. Wisconsin vs. Seton Hall 4 p.m. FRIDAY SEPT. 3 INNTOWNER INVITATIONAL Wisconsin vs. Duquesne 7 p.m. SATURDAY SEPT. 4 INNTOWNER INVITATIONAL Wisconsin vs. Chicago State 11 a.m. Wisconsin vs. Loyola-Chicago 7 p.m. Friday Sept. 10 at UWM Panther Invitational, Milwaukee, Wis. Wisconsin vs. Milwaukee 7 p.m. Saturday Sept. 11 at UWM Panther Invitational, Milwaukee, Wis. Wisconsin vs. Central Michigan TBA Wisconsin vs. Toledo TBA Tuesday Sept. 14 at Northern Illinois, DeKalb, Ill. 7 p.m. FRIDAY SEPT. 17 GREEN BAY 7 p.m. FRIDAY SEPT. 24 OHIO STATE 7 p.m. SUNDAY SEPT. 26 PENN STATE 1 p.m. WEDNESDAY SEPT. 29 ILLINOIS 7 p.m. FRIDAY OCT. 1 NORTHWESTERN 7 p.m. Friday Oct. 8 at Michigan 6 p.m. Saturday Oct. 9 at Michigan State 5:30 p.m. FRIDAY OCT. 15 INDIANA 7 p.m. SUNDAY OCT. 17 PURDUE 1 p.m. Friday Oct. 22 at Iowa 7 p.m. Sunday Oct. 24 at Minnesota (Williams Arena) 1 p.m. FRIDAY OCT. 29 MICHIGAN STATE 7 p.m. SATURDAY OCT. 30 MICHIGAN 7 p.m. Wednesday Nov. 3 at Illinois 7 p.m. Saturday Nov. 6 at Northwestern 7 p.m. Friday Nov. 12 at Penn State 6 p.m. Saturday Nov. 13 at Ohio State 6 p.m. FRIDAY NOV. 19 MINNESOTA 7 p.m. SATURDAY NOV. 20 IOWA 7 p.m. Friday Nov. 26 at Purdue 6 p.m. Saturday Nov. 27 at Indiana 6 p.m. Thur.-Sun. Dec. 2-5 NCAA First & Second Rounds, TBA Fri.-Sat. Dec. 10-11 at NCAA Regionals, TBA (Seattle, Wash.; University Park, Pa.; Austin, Texas; Dayton, Ohio) Thur. & Sat. Dec. 16 & 18 at NCAA Championship, Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo. All home matches, in CAPS, held at the UW Field House, 1450 Monroe St. All times Central.

I'm taping the Big 12 games (specifically Kansas) for my son while he's away but I'm not sure how to find the schedules. So far I've lucked out because of local morning Kansas City news broadcasts but I slept late this morning and missed the news. Where can I go (on the web) to find out KU's schedule for today and the rest of the week? (Or however long the tournaments last) Thank you ahead of time for your help.

Answer: ESPN is a good site with all sports information. Kansas beat Kansas State last night in the Big 12 conference title game which is the last Big 12 game of the year. We'll find out tonight when the NCAA tournament qualified Big 12 teams will play again, who their playing and their seed in the tourney. ESPN's website will have all that information either later tonight or tomorrow.

Seton Hall was 9-9 in The Big East which is the hardest conference in Division 1. There overall record was 18-12, and suffered no bad losses, as well as 4 overtime losses to West Virginia, Marquette, Viginia Tech, and South Florida . They also have good wins such as against Pitt, AT Cornell, against Louisville, and against Notre Dame. There Rpi is 54, and strength of schedule is 30. In my opinion they should get in

Answer: At 18-12, it will be hard for Seton Hall to make it in, however, I do think they are more deserving than Illinois and Georgia Tech.

Hi! Where to look Big 12 tournament schedule? Full list please. I FOUND Big 12 tournament schedule. And I watch Big 12 tournament online HERE: http://trunc.it/3xy7u Enjoy! HQ video!

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Answer: i see you included points and games remaining on this one. could you do one where you calculate their expected points for the end of the season? that might be cool. i dont know how hard that would be. BQ: i agree, its a good idea.

Hey I wrote this up a little while ago because I was thinking about how to make tennis more popular in the USA. Please read and give some coherent answers and comments. Thank you. Ideas for National Tennis League: -Splits the professional season into two 4 month sections. -1 section where the players play for a team in team competition against other teams, with teams representing major cities as they do in other American professional sport. The season would culminate in playoffs with a champion team being crowned. -1 section where the players play individually in tournaments around the world including the grand slams as they play now. The grand slams would be spaced out with one month between each with 2 tier 1 tournaments between each and then a rest week right before the grand slams. Many of the minor tournaments would not be played by the high level professional players or would be played by lower ranked players. -Attracts people to a sport in a way they have not been before. Team sports are popular in America. -Rules for National Tennis League: -5 starters who play singles -4 starters who play doubles(can include players from the singles play or be different) -Play 2 out of 3 set matches -Each game is played first one to reach 6 points. No ad scoring and no win by 2 scoring. -Each set is determined by first to 6 games with no win by 2 scoring. -Setup of the matchplay would be as follows: -#1 singles play first alone(main attraction) -#2 singles, #3 singles, and #4 singles then play at the same time on different courts. -#5 singles, #1 doubles, and #2 doubles then play to finish and decide the winning team. -Each win by a singles or doubles team is worth 1 point. First team to reach 4 points wins. -If a team reaches 4 points before all 7 matches are completed the remaining matches must still be completed, however reserve players can be substituted in for the scheduled players if the team decides to do so to prevent possible injury to main players. -Each team will carry 14 players with 5-7 starters and 7-9 reserves. Season: -Will extend over a 4 month period -16 teams total in 2 conferences(east, west) with 8 teams in each conference. -Each team will player a match against every other team in its conference once(28 matches per conference) plus 5 matches against 5 teams from the other conference (40 matches total) resulting in 12 matches per team and 96 matches total for the regular season. -Each team will have one match per week for the first 12 weeks of the season resulting in a 3 month long regular season. Playoffs: -top 4 teams from both conferences advance to the playoffs. -same format of regular season matchplay with a 3 out of 5 series between the #1 and #4 seeded teams and #2 and #3 seeded teams in each conference semifinal. -Seeding will be based on regular season records, if a tie should occur in records then the team that won the head to head match would get the spot. -Conference Finals will also be a 3 out of 5 series between the winners of the conference semifinals with 1 team advancing from each conference to the finals. -The National Tennis League Championship will be a 4 out of 7 series played between the 2 conference champions. The first one to win 4 matches will be crowned champion. Pros to the NTL: -Would hopefully finally make tennis a popular sport in America. Tennis is the best sport in my opinion and has never been given the respect it deserves in the U.S. This is because not enough people have gotten interested in it. Hopefully with team competition and easy to access viewing at stadiums in big cities, a large fan base would grow and tennis could become a big hit. -Would hopefully spark some young talent in America as there is a drought in young American tennis talent at the moment. We need a future! -Would give some lower ranked players on the ATP a chance to make some money and gain some fame as they struggle on the top tour. With 14 players on 16 teams that gives spots to 224 players. The top 224 players on the ATP are all amazing, talented players, so there would always be high quality tennis, but it would give chances to those players in the 100-200 ranked range a chance to escape anonymity. Cons to the NTL: -The biggest one I see is funding. Funding to build stadiums around the country, funding to pay the players, funding to hire staff and coaches and management and broadcasters for each team, funding for advertising, and funding for a billion other things. The NTL would need to develop a wide fanbase and get some good television deals and get people to come out to the matches to be able to survive. Also the NTL would need some rich sponsors to start the sport off. -Finding a time of the year when people would have time to watch and developing a fanbase. I often hear friends and family complain when football/basketball season is over that they have no sports to Continuation from Above: -Finding a time of the year when people would have time to watch and developing a fanbase. I often hear friends and family complain when football/basketball season is over that they have no sports to watch. So I would think that the summer would be an excellent time would be an excellent time to start the tennis season off, maybe right after hockey and basketball playoffs are over. The only other major sport going on is baseball. FAQ: -Why did I change the scoring in the games to first to 6 points with no ad scoring and no win by 2 scoring?-I think that Americans like to see big plays and big moments in their sports and they don't like things to drag out. This new format will stop games from dragging out in endless deuce games but won't make games and matches really short by only going to first to 4 points. Plus many big points and swings in the match will be created at situations like 5-5 in a game at 5-5 in the set, which would Continuation from Above: which would lead to some pretty intense moments. -What about a WNTL for the women?-That's a good idea too as women's tennis is already the most popular female sport out there and this could do much better than the WNBA or any other female professional sport. -how would this league come about?-It would need some rich sponsors willing to make some gambles on it, a strong tennis community willing to embrace the league and support it to help grow the fanbase and feed money into it to help start it off, have the support of the top players in the world and in America like Roddick, Federer, and Nadal to bring out people excited to see them play, and it would probably need some luck to work. Now I realize that the chances of this are very minute and that I haven't thought this through all the way. But I was just thinking about why tennis isn't more popular in the U.S. and I devised this. I realize there are literally hundreds of small details Continuation from Above: I realize there are literally hundreds of small details I haven't thought through, but this was just a raw idea and I would like to hear your thoughts, comments, compliments, complaints, etc. Just try to say it in an intelligent format. Thank you! Oh and by the way, sorry that this is so long lol.

Answer: I'm glad you took the time to write this up. Sounds very interesting. However, the match play you proposed is similar to the current USTA adult league matches. For example, a team in an adult league play 3 lines of doubles and 2 lines of singles on the spring mixed league. They play home and away for about 2.5 to 3 months. Very similar to what you proposed. IMHO, sadly, tennis in the US will never be as big as basketball, baseball, football, and hockey. Even when US tennis was really big in the early 90s with Sampras, Agassi, Chang, and Courier, the public didn't really have the interest. They'd rather watch a football or a boring baseball game, that I just don't understand. I guess tennis was not invented in the US, and that's one problem. Most of what the US like to watch and play were invented in the US. And what's even more disappointing is that a sport network like ESPN would rather replay old World Series of Poker events than broadcast some old classic tennis matches. That's just unacceptable. I honestly don't know how to promote tennis to the vase US audience. Billie Jean King has done a wonderful job with World Team Tennis. But I feel something is missing. And I'm not sure what it is that can really grab the US public. Your NTL proposal was interesting, but even a league like the WNBA is struggling to survive. I guess Americans have our own sports, but I just wish tennis, or even soccer would be more popular in the US :)

There is potential in the big 12 that the 4th, 5th and 6th seeds in the big 12 tourny will all be at 9-7 in conference play. Each of these teams, OKST, UT, TAMU, split games equally this year. Who gets the better seed if every team is 9-7 this weekend? Anyone have any idea on how this would play out? Organized by best schedule? RPI? KSU could also end the season at 9-7. Any thoughts?

Answer: This is kinda old. Don't know if it's changed. a. If two teams are tied and they are from different divisions, the winner of the game between the two tied teams shall be the higher seed. b.If two teams are tied and they are from the same division, the team with an advantage in head-to-head competition shall be the higher seed. c. If two teams remain tied, there will be a comparison of overall record against division teams only (10 divisional games). d. If two teams remain tied, there will be a comparison of record against the highest ranked team(s) (based upon Conference winning percentage) in the division and proceeding through in order of divisional record. e. If two teams remain tied, there will be a *comparison of record against the highest ranked team(s) (based upon Conference winning percentage) in the opposite division and proceeding through in order of divisional record. f. If two teams remain tied, the higher seed will be chosen by draw. g. If three or more teams are tied, ties among divisional opponents will be broken first by using steps (b) through (f) and the head-to-head results will be used to break ties between non-divisional teams. When three or more teams from the same division are tied step (b) will consist of a mini- round robin among the tied teams. At any point during the process of breaking ties among three or more teams that the number of tied teams are reduced to two, head-to-head competition would be used as the primary tie-breaker, followed-by steps (c) through (f). Note: When comparing against the "highest ranked team(s)" in either division, the comparison will be based upon how tied teams did against all teams in a given placement, rather than a team that wins a tiebreaker at another position. For example, if two teams are tied for fifth and two teams are tied for first, the head-to-head comparison would be how the fifth place teams did against the first place teams combined, and vice-versa. Draw - In the event tiebreaking procedures are unsuccessful and a draw is necessary in determining seeding, the following procedure will be used: a. The drawing will be conducted in public or with media attendance b. Institutions involved in the drawing have the right to have a local representative in attendance at the drawing c. A single slip of paper with names representing each of the tied institutions will be placed into a container and will be drawn in order of seeding from highest (#1) to lowest (#12) .

Those 2 conferences have had the toughest schedule by far. Will that make them tough to beat in the tourney or will they be too tired & battered from a grueling season to finish the job? UConn will have played 12 ranked teams in regular season compared to Oklahoma's 5.

Answer: Playing tougher teams during the season only makes you a tougher team. With both conferences playing tougher schedules during the regular season, that will just make them that much harder to beat come tourney time. I predict two, maybe three teams will make it to the Final Four this year from these two conferences.

They just beat Washington No. 23 tonight. Their record is 13-8 and 3-5 in the Pac 10 and their in 6th place in the Pac 10. Here is their remaining schedule: Sat, Jan 31 Washington St. 1:00 pm Thu, Feb 5 at Oregon St. 8:30 pm Sat, Feb 7 at Oregon 3:30 pm Thu, Feb 12 USC 10:30 pm Sat, Feb 14 (17) UCLA 1:00 pm Sun, Feb 22 at (14) Arizona St. 10:00 pm Thu, Feb 26 at Washington St. 9:00 pm Sat, Feb 28 at (23) Washington Thu, Mar 5 California Sat, Mar 7 Stanford Plus the Pac 10 Tournament Their 72 in RPI but this is before their win tonight against No. 23 Washington so you have to imagine they will jump a couple of spots. Their big wins earlier this year are against No.4 Gonzaga, Kansas, Weber State, Houston and No.23 Washington. Basically, down the stretch what does their record need to be? Obviously they make it if they win the Pac 10 tournament. Do they need 20 wins to be in? Where do they need to finish in the Pac 10 to get in? Also note this year the selection committee may be tougher on them because they put Arizona in over Arizona State last year which alot of people considered a major snub because ASU finished better with a better record. Please explain your answer to get best answer. *Note Arizona is going for its 24th straight tournament appearence and 24th straight 20+ win season.

Answer: I think they will need to win 20, which meens they'll need to win 7 of their last 10, plus I think they'll at least need to do well in the pac 10 tourney, if they don't win it. They will be hurt by their cake schedule, their only 2 big wins were at home, to Washington State and Gonzaga. They might miss out on that 24th, but we'll see.

There are 3 that are Correct! 1. Exhausted by the long day, sleep was impossible to resist. 2. We saw the dome of Missouri's state capitol entering Jefferson City. 3. Sleeping late after the prom, most of us never noticed the small earthquake. 4. Jeff found cheese, bread, and some eggs looking for somthing to eat. 5. To be mailed today, I'll spend the morning typing. 6. My dog raced along as I left the house braking loudly. 7. Auden piled the branches to be fed into the chipper in the side yard. 8. Taking another look, the Big Dipper finally became visible. 9. Shirley always wore a bathing cap when she swam on her head. 10. Talking loudly, the phone interrupted her conversation. 11. After a hoy day at the beach, a shower sounded inviting. 12. I saw two deer and a raccoon riding my bicycle through the park. 13. Fans at the tournament lined up three hours befor the scheduled starting time. 14. Abandoning the dockyards, the island of Malta was left by the British Navy Need to rewrite ones that dont make sense can someone do 1 as an example?

Answer: There are 3 that are Correct! 1. Exhausted by the long day, sleep was impossible to resist. No. Sleep can't be exhausted. 2. We saw the dome of Missouri's state capitol entering Jefferson City. No. the dome was not entering Jefferson City 3. Sleeping late after the prom, most of us never noticed the small earthquake. Correct 4. Jeff found cheese, bread, and some eggs looking for somthing to eat. No. Cheese, bread & eggs don't eat 5. To be mailed today, I'll spend the morning typing. No. I won't be mailed. 6. My dog raced along as I left the house barking loudly. No. I don't bark 7. Auden piled the branches to be fed into the chipper in the side yard. I'm iffy on this one. 8. Taking another look, the Big Dipper finally became visible. No. The Big Dippper doesn't take a look 9. Shirley always wore a bathing cap when she swam on her head. No. She didn't swim on her head, she swam in the pool 10. Talking loudly, the phone interrupted her conversation. No. The phone didn't talk loudly. It rang loudly, but she was talking louder 11. After a hot day at the beach, a shower sounded inviting. Correct 12. I saw two deer and a raccoon riding my bicycle through the park. No. The 4-legs don't ride bikes 13. Fans at the tournament lined up three hours befor the scheduled starting time. Correct 14. Abandoning the dockyards, the island of Malta was left by the British Navy. No. The island didn't abandon the dockyards, the navy did