While armchair bracketologists begin pretending to understand college basketball and sinking workplace productivity, the Air Force men’s hoops team will be taking a long road trip to begin play Wednesday in an unheralded postseason tournament. After the NCAA selects its 68 teams and the NIT grabs 32, the folks at CollegeInsider.com choose 32 teams for their event, which begins Tuesday and runs through an April 2 title game that will air live on the CBS Sports Network. Home teams reportedly pay about $35,000 for the right to participate, with road teams receiving some money to help cover travel costs. The…
Browsing: Hawaii
For the Friday night-owls out there, here’s what Air Force fans need to know about this week’s Mountain West Conference showdown. Who, where, when: Hawaii (1-8, 0-6 MWC) at Air Force (5-5, 4-2 MWC), Friday, 7:30 p.m. Mountain time (9:30 p.m. Eastern, 4:30 p.m. Hawaii) TV: ESPN2 (Carter Blackburn and Rod Gilmore have the call) Gambling is illegal in most states: Air Force is a 22-point favorite. Must-win? The Falcons need one victory to secure bowl eligibility. If it doesn’t come this week, it’ll need to come Nov. 24 on the road against Fresno State (8-3, 6-1 MWC). The Falcons…
