They had teams on standby for 24 hours, but we're well past that now. Bball
did run into something similar, with Virginia Commonwealth having to pull
out just before their game, although the tournament had started by that
point. Personally, I think Notre Dame should have been replaced, but
there's probably nothing you could do about Michigan if the positive only
came up this morning.

This is why I'm totally confused that the NC$$ didn't send everybody to
Pittsburgh and do a single bubble there. Getting teams in might have been a
challenge (it always is with the bubble environment), but you could also
have sent somebody (Providence and/or Lowell) to be standby and there
wouldn't be an issue getting them there.

John


On Fri, 26 Mar 2021 at 14:27, Michael R. Patten <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I wonder why they didn’t have teams on standby like bball did
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Doug Peterson
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2021 2:22 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Things were going too smoothly....
>
> I feel bad for all the team members that had to travel all the way to
> their regional site only to be told they could not play, sort of insult to
> injury.
>
> Doug Peterson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Bob Griebel <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Mar 26, 2021 1:48 PM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Things were going too smoothly....
> >
> >That must be devastating news for all the opposing fans who had their
> >hearts set on listening to The Victors.
> >
> >There's always next year.
> >
> >
> >
> >On 3/26/2021 1:16 PM, Mark Lewin wrote:
> >> I just heard that Michigan had to withdraw and had to forfeit their
> opening game against Minnesota Duluth.  As I did yesterday, I will change
> all entries for that game to UMD 1-0.
> >>
> >> For those who chose Michigan in their bracket, you may change your
> >> entries In the northeast regional and the national semifinals and
> finals.  You have until 4PM to make your changes since that should have
> been the starting time of the first Michigan game.
> >>
> >> Yes, I know that’s not a perfect solution but. It’s Thebes I can do on
> the fly.
> >> So says the guy who chose Michigan to win the national championship.
> >> Sent from my iPad
>


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