2021-22 Schedule

[gojacksgo]

Any word how the scrimmage with Iowa state went yesterday?

[BTownJack]

Any word how the scrimmage with Iowa state went yesterday?

I heard it went well and we can really score it. But we had a few guys out but I'm not sure why. We will scrimmage Drake this coming weekend instead of playing any exhibition games this year. Which is totally fine with me as that seems to be better for the development of the team than a blowout scrimmage game.

[bigticket1]

It will be interesting to see what happens Covid-wise when players come back after being home from Christmas break. Saw a tweet from a national writer that a lot of cancellations are expected when teams get back together. Jacks may be fortunate to have players from areas where the new variant hasn't really taken hold yet. The professional leagues have been a mess with positive tests, and a few college FB teams are starting to back out of bowl games.

[Southeast]

It will be interesting to see what happens Covid-wise when players come back after being home from Christmas break. Saw a tweet from a national writer that a lot of cancellations are expected when teams get back together. Jacks may be fortunate to have players from areas where the new variant hasn't really taken hold yet. The professional leagues have been a mess with positive tests, and a few college FB teams are starting to back out of bowl games.

I haven’t seen anything official yet, but assume the Summit will be decided by winning percentage again like last year.

A quick scroll through tomorrow’s MBB games on the ESPN app show 14 of 29 games are cancelled or postponed. The Summit is likely to get hit soon.

[bigticket1]

And so it begins. Jacks game in Grand Forks on New Year's Day canceled due to issues in the ND program. Declared a no contest, and will not be made up. Kansas City men and Denver women also have problems, and games this week involving them also canceled.

[91jack]

And so it begins. Jacks game in Grand Forks on New Year's Day canceled due to issues in the ND program. Declared a no contest, and will not be made up. Kansas City men and Denver women also have problems, and games this week involving them also canceled.

I understand going by winning percentage but it can make things unfair.

Last year, SDSU's WBB team had both games against USD at home.

On the men's side, SDSU had games against Denver (1-13 in the Summit league) and Omaha (3-11 in the Summit league) cancelled. SDSU did win the conference but those were the two worst teams in the league. That could cost teams a seed or two, Didn't NDSU have to beat USD the last game of the season for SDSU to get the top seed?

I guess it is probably the fairest way to do things but it does not punish the teams that make the games get cancelled but it could hurt the other team.
Heck, I think my WBB team will have Covid problems when they have a road trip to South Dakota. J.K.

[Southeast]

At least we’re missing a road game. The worst case is having to cancel a home game against one of the bottom-level teams. It seems like that happened to us last year.
It’s concerning that the SDSU/USD games are next week. It would be a shame to miss those.

[bigticket1]

At least we’re missing a road game. The worst case is having to cancel a home game against one of the bottom-level teams. It seems like that happened to us last year.
It’s concerning that the SDSU/USD games are next week. It would be a shame to miss those.

You have to think that most college campuses are going to have a spike when students return, especially if the new variant is involved.

[jakejc795]

I haven’t seen anything official yet, but assume the Summit will be decided by winning percentage again like last year.

A quick scroll through tomorrow’s MBB games on the ESPN app show 14 of 29 games are cancelled or postponed. The Summit is likely to get hit soon.

Per this afternoon's news release, winning percentage will be the first criteria for seeding purposes

[OldHare]

Per this afternoon's news release, winning percentage will be the first criteria for seeding purposes

Just in time for the cancellations for KC & UND men and likely Denver women.

[jacks1]

Weird. Seems like the underdogs are the only teams covid affects.

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[jakejc795]

Weird. Seems like the underdogs are the only teams covid affects.

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It affected the 'Yotes last season too, and I suspect fans of the other teams would accuse conference favorites of engaging in protocol conspiracies/masking positive cases to prevent cancellations

[jakejc795]

Just in time for the cancellations for KC & UND men and likely Denver women.

It'd be interesting to research differences in testing protocols, Covid prevalence & incidence, and athletics budgets to ascertain potential correlations among those and other variables.

Assuming the Summit is ensuring teams have relatively similar testing and mitigation measures in place, I don't think it'd be fair to force teams to forfeit if/when cases are detected. That serves to discourage players from reporting symptoms, and potentially being tested, and teams from reporting positive cases.

However, if the league finds specific instances of lax testing & mitigation and/or repeat violations, I could understand forcing teams to forfeit

[jackdaniel]

I understand going by winning percentage but it can make things unfair.

Last year, SDSU's WBB team had both games against USD at home.

On the men's side, SDSU had games against Denver (1-13 in the Summit league) and Omaha (3-11 in the Summit league) cancelled. SDSU did win the conference but those were the two worst teams in the league. That could cost teams a seed or two, Didn't NDSU have to beat USD the last game of the season for SDSU to get the top seed?

I guess it is probably the fairest way to do things but it does not punish the teams that make the games get cancelled but it could hurt the other team.
Heck, I think my WBB team will have Covid problems when they have a road trip to South Dakota. J.K.

What if 1 team cancels more tough games, likely losses, and because of it has a higher winning percentage than a team who has more games cancelled playing doormats ( likely w's) This skews the whole process making it totally unfair. Asterisk time again.