Quick turn-around: UP @ Pepp, Saturday, 2pm

DaTruRochin wrote:Uh yeah... during the UW/UCLA broadcast they mentioned UW's loss to Portland State to start off the season several times...

Hmmm. Seems to be a theme recently, national media confusing us with our neighbors downtown.

up7587 wrote:

DaTruRochin wrote:Uh yeah... during the UW/UCLA broadcast they mentioned UW's loss to Portland State to start off the season several times...

Hmmm. Seems to be a theme recently, national media confusing us with our neighbors downtown.

It doesn't help when they make the tournament... And a good portion of the media STILL can't pronounce Gonzaga, I wouldn't expect the slip to end any time soon...

There have been many times in my life when I told someone (both inside and outside the city of Portland) that I went to the University of Portland and they said something to the effect of "Oh, Portland State, same thing right?" I think we need some kind of ad campaign that says "UP, kind of like PSU, only 100times better"

I think that happens to every Pilot...

DaTruRochin wrote:

PilotNut wrote:Other than that, is all about $$$ and interest. I doubt we would get a home game due to a relatively small facility/following and lack of "name recognition"...

Uh yeah... during the UW/UCLA broadcast they mentioned UW's loss to Portland State to start off the season several times...

Maybe somebody should write the broadcasters an e-mail. Who was it FSN?

You're right there doesn't seem to be any criteria for how NIT teams are chosen. In a perfect world, it would be nice if the bubble teams and the teams that have an RPI between 65-98 could make it since they take about 32 teams, but, it doesn't sound like it works that way at all. They like the biggest name schools who can fill the seats who didn't make the tourney it sounds like.