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Just saw Marquette will be in Fort Meyers next year. Georgia Tech, Marquette, Mississippi State, and Utah is the field.

What all are the others for next season?

Nova, UCONN, and Xavier are apparently in PK85 field.

kayako wrote:Nova, UCONN, and Xavier are apparently in PK85 field.

Is that already again? that doesn't seem possible.

Guess able to get 3 in with UConn being one of them since they shifted conferences. Kind of like 1st year how Georgetown and Butler both went to Atlantis- and actually had to play each other.

IIRC it was leaked by Rothstein with no official announcement, so I guess invitations can change a little. It wouldn't surprise me if a Nike AAC school replace one of the 3 BE members.

It's funny- but my mind on those tournaments has changed quite a bit. To me now it's better to be in one like what Marquette has compared to a brutal one. Yeah won't get the huge exposure, but with 20 conference games and 2 conference challenges- not to mention like for Marquette the guaranteed game with Wisconsin- you're going to have exposure.

stever20 wrote:It's funny- but my mind on those tournaments has changed quite a bit. To me now it's better to be in one like what Marquette has compared to a brutal one. Yeah won't get the huge exposure, but with 20 conference games and 2 conference challenges- not to mention like for Marquette the guaranteed game with Wisconsin- you're going to have exposure.

I don't know which philosophy is better, and it's probably a case-by-case situation (remember Georgetown actually pulled out of PK80), but yeah I've always felt that a tougher schedule isn't necessarily a better schedule given the current state of the BE. Besides, all those solid programs listed won't even be on the same bracket, it's basically 2 tournaments running concurrently. Great for visiting fans, but the field is probably overrated. Like is it gonna be better than this past Battle for Atlantis?

kayako wrote:

stever20 wrote:It's funny- but my mind on those tournaments has changed quite a bit. To me now it's better to be in one like what Marquette has compared to a brutal one. Yeah won't get the huge exposure, but with 20 conference games and 2 conference challenges- not to mention like for Marquette the guaranteed game with Wisconsin- you're going to have exposure.

I don't know which philosophy is better, and it's probably a case-by-case situation (remember Georgetown actually pulled out of PK80), but yeah I've always felt that a tougher schedule isn't necessarily a better schedule given the current state of the BE. Besides, all those solid programs listed won't even be on the same bracket, it's basically 2 tournaments running concurrently. Great for visiting fans, but the field is probably overrated. Like is it gonna be better than this past Battle for Atlantis?

I know the 1st PK80 was incredible- both fields really were great.

Think Maui was supposed to be really good next year as well.

stever20 wrote:
Think Maui was supposed to be really good next year as well.

Just checked it out and yeah it's pretty good.

https://www.mauinews.com/sports/local-sports/2021/04/maui-jim-maui-invitational-announces-field-for-2022/

Arizona, Arkansas, Creighton, OSU, Louisville (minus Chris Mack), Texas Tech, Cincinnati, and San Diego State.

I know Providence is at the Hall of Fame Tournament at Mohegan Sun. They go there every 4 years when they allowed back, as its only an hour from campus.

Looks like Miami, Maryland, and St. Louis are the other three teams.

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status/1446555524435255297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1446555524435255297%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsaturdaytradition.com%2Fmaryland-football%2Freport-maryland-to-play-in-2022-hall-of-fame-tip-off-at-mohegan-sun%2F

St John's in Empire Classic with Richmond, Temple, and Syracuse.