which team is hurt most by NCAA tourney cancellation?

[pearl31]

I'm thinking it's probably a program that doesn't reload every year and seemingly had all the pieces sort of fall together this year -
nominees:
San Diego St
Dayton
Iowa
Penn St
Baylor

others?

 

[Orangezoo]

As in CuseMan4's thread- Dayton by a mile.

 

[Trueblue25]

Dayton.

PSU should count it’s blessings it still has an athletic program.

 

[jdubs30]

Hurts Rutgers too. Not that they would have won

 

[Marty McFly]

SU?

 

[tbonezone]

i think every team will be ok down the road.why not ? the players can still hold on to the belief that it might have been them this year when in reality only one team was gonna win. i feel worse for the collaterals. the vendors and the parkers and the pizza guys and their parlors. the hotels and motels the maids and bartenders and everyone else whose income people staying home is gonna cost them maybe more than they can afford.
and of course for those who get truly sick. missing out on a few large venue events won't mean much down the road to most of us. for some people it will be way more than an inconvenience. hope we all emerge stronger.

 

[PauliePeppas]

Dayton...once in a lifetime team for a program like that.

 

[jncuse]

As a fan of the 1994 Montreal Expos, who was screwed from their best opportunity to win a title, I am very sympathetic to fans such as Dayton who don't get great opportunities like this very often.

But in a way the situations are apples and oranges.

- The Expos season was ended due to player and owner greed, and the fans were screwed.
- The Dayton fans were not screwed by anybody, just an unfortunate situation.

But real life just moved on despite the 1994 strike.
In this case Dayton fans not only have to feel bad about their team, they now have to deal with some real life health and economic concerns.

 

[orange79]

As in CuseMan4's thread- Dayton by a mile.

Ah, I don't know.

I still haven't quite forgiven them for 2014.

 

[DonLightfoot]

As a fan of the 1994 Montreal Expos, who was screwed from their best opportunity to win a title, I am very sympathetic to fans such as Dayton who don't get great opportunities like this very often.

I'm with you on that. I started going to their games when they first got the franchise. Had a lot of drunken nights at old Jarry Park Didn't seem to have the same atmosphere at Olympic Stadium.

As far as the BB teams who would be most disappointed, I would agree with the list by the original poster.

 

[Wrinkle]

Add Creighton in there, if Zegarowski is healthy

 

[Eric15]

As in CuseMan4's thread- Dayton by a mile.

Without question. I have a bunch of family in Dayton and really wanted them to win it all.

 

[Orangezoo]

Ah, I don't know.

I still haven't quite forgiven them for 2014.

We also demolished them in 2016 to be fair...

 

[orange79]

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We also demolished them in 2016 to be fair...

I know.

Still didn't quite get us even, in my mind.

 

[Nicknack]

Not sure what all you clowns are talking about. Cuse by far. We were just three wins away from getting a 9 seed and running the table. Sheesh.

 

[stuckinbig11]

Dayton. None of the others had a chance.

 

[Newhouser]

FSU - very good team in a year with no great teams with a coach who is also on a short race with Father Time.

 

[NorSyr66]

Dayton...once in a lifetime team for a program like that.

Be careful folks....Univ of Dayton was the runner up to UCLA in the mid 1960's They had a pretty good team with a player named Don May. This year was a great run for the Univ of Dayton but truly not the only one.

 

[Charbroil]

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I know.

Still didn't quite get us even, in my mind.

I disagree. The beatdown of Dayton in 2016 helped spur a Final Four run. So that more than made up for it.

Now getting redemption against Vermont in 2010 after the 2005 upset certainly didn’t get us even. I still have nightmares about that loss.

 

[hungrychuck]

UNC and SU probably among the teams that were helped the most.

 

[calorange]

As a fan of the 1994 Montreal Expos, 2002 Sacramento Kings, who was were screwed from their best opportunity to win a title, I am very sympathetic to fans such as Dayton who don't get great opportunities like this very often.

FIFY.

 

[themorey]

Hurts Rutgers too. Not that they would have won

Rutgers hasn't been to the tourny since 1991, a 29 year drought. I think this hurst them the most.

 

[orangenirvana]

Buttgers.

They'll have to wait another 29 years to have a chance at losing in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

 

[UnknownOrange]

Allow me to spend some time this morning feeling sorry for Rutgers & Penn Sta...NEVER