Riverstar Park
July 5th, 2007, 09:10 AM
From Jim Wessel:
We are going to have to back-peddle on a post we made a week or two ago. We attempted to work the schedule for a Saturday night finish and we have decided we need to scrap the plan. Our fear is that too many things can happen that could throw the bracket into a cluster. Because of the 48 team field in order to pull off the Saturday night finish we were going to be using 15 fields at 3 complexes and our fear is that an injury or a couple extra inning or high scoring games could throw one field substantially behind and throw the entire tournament too far behind. While we wanted a Saturday night finals we don't want a 4:00 AM finish. Lastly, for those teams that fall into the loser's bracket early it would have been an impossible amount of games in one day to play.
All teams should have been informed but just in case we are posting here to make sure that communication is complete. There will be 4 teams returning in the Major NIT on Sunday games starting at 8:00 AM and the finals at 11:00am, the if game at 12:30pm.
Games start Friday night at 5:30PM and all teams will play one or two games on Friday evening. Games start at 8:00 Saturday morning and the last round is scheduled for 9:20. We will post the bracket as soon as seeding is available from the national office.
For the C & D teams: All those teams that are eliminated in either the first or second round of the losers bracket will be placed in a two separate two and out Qualifiers, one for C teams and one for D teams. The highest finishing C and D teams in the Major NIT will receive the paid World berth and $500.00 travel money. However, if no C or D team makes it to the 3rd round of the loser's bracket then both berths will fall into the separate two and out Qualifiers with the top finishing team receiving the paid World berth and the $500 travel money and the 2nd place team receiving the paid National berth and $500.00 travel money. If you are not clear on this please call Dave at 513-385-5304 or Bill at 513-323-4263. The C and D qualifiers will start Saturday at 1:20 at Eggleston and 2:40 at Riverstar and the finals for Sunday at 2:15 at Eggleston.
Thanks and look forward to seeing you!
Wessel Sports
We are going to have to back-peddle on a post we made a week or two ago. We attempted to work the schedule for a Saturday night finish and we have decided we need to scrap the plan. Our fear is that too many things can happen that could throw the bracket into a cluster. Because of the 48 team field in order to pull off the Saturday night finish we were going to be using 15 fields at 3 complexes and our fear is that an injury or a couple extra inning or high scoring games could throw one field substantially behind and throw the entire tournament too far behind. While we wanted a Saturday night finals we don't want a 4:00 AM finish. Lastly, for those teams that fall into the loser's bracket early it would have been an impossible amount of games in one day to play.
All teams should have been informed but just in case we are posting here to make sure that communication is complete. There will be 4 teams returning in the Major NIT on Sunday games starting at 8:00 AM and the finals at 11:00am, the if game at 12:30pm.
Games start Friday night at 5:30PM and all teams will play one or two games on Friday evening. Games start at 8:00 Saturday morning and the last round is scheduled for 9:20. We will post the bracket as soon as seeding is available from the national office.
For the C & D teams: All those teams that are eliminated in either the first or second round of the losers bracket will be placed in a two separate two and out Qualifiers, one for C teams and one for D teams. The highest finishing C and D teams in the Major NIT will receive the paid World berth and $500.00 travel money. However, if no C or D team makes it to the 3rd round of the loser's bracket then both berths will fall into the separate two and out Qualifiers with the top finishing team receiving the paid World berth and the $500 travel money and the 2nd place team receiving the paid National berth and $500.00 travel money. If you are not clear on this please call Dave at 513-385-5304 or Bill at 513-323-4263. The C and D qualifiers will start Saturday at 1:20 at Eggleston and 2:40 at Riverstar and the finals for Sunday at 2:15 at Eggleston.
Thanks and look forward to seeing you!
Wessel Sports