So, since there has been some interest in non-conference tourneys (and since the William Shatner Invitational was so successful), I figure we can make a push to have unofficial tourneys in Div-1 Crum.  

The number of interested owners will dictate the amount of tourneys we unofficially put together.   If only 8 people are interested, then we'll only have 2 tourneys.  If 9 people are interested, I'll recruit 3 others to have a number divisible by 3 (or else have 3 teams schedule a Sim-AI as the 4th team).

These would be 4-team, round robin tourneys. 
Kind of a World Cup Group Stage format, with the tiebreaker being:
(1) head to head, then (2) point differential.  
There would be really no prize other than to claim ownership of an unofficial cyber trophy.

Ideally, I think, I will try to have each tourney include 2 "Big-Six" teams, and 2 non-Big-Six teams.   In future years, we can set aside Games #2, #3, and #4 for these tourneys, but for Season 79, since so many non-conf games have been scheduled, we'll get a little creative, and have non-consecutive weeks for the tourneys. 

Anyone interested can either send me a site-mail or add a message below saying if you're interested. 

Let me know if you have any preferences, like a specific tourney ("I'd want to be in the Maui Classic") or if you're looking for specific opponents from a certain conference, or a specific set of human opponents.  Or maybe a Big Six team wants to be with 3 other Big Sixes, or non-Big-Sixes want to be together.

Anyway, I think this might be cool.

My open games happen to be Games #2, #4, #6, #7, #8, and #9.

Interestingly, I checked some current schedules, and some teams are already close to having a potential 4-team tourney (like, Davidson, UConn, Clemson, and Stony Brook almost have the round robin set up already).  

Also, I'll try to be somewhat logical about this.  So if Santa Clara is interested, I would try to place them in the Cable Car Classic, for example.

If this works well, then maybe Seble will look into incorporating a more official tourney system in the future.

NON-CONFERENCE TOURNEY POSSIBILITIES:

Only 1 team per conference for each mini tourney
Ideally, 2 Big-Sixes per tourney. 

Great Alaska Shootout
Maui Classic
Wooden Legacy
NIT Tip-Off 

Paradise Jam
Battle for Atlantis
Las Vegas Invitational
Jimmy V

Charleston Classic
Puerto Rico Tip-Off
Hall of Fame Tip-Off
Cancun Challenge

Wounded Warrior 2k Tourney
Barclays Tourney
Cable Car Classic
Armed Forces Classic

Emerald Coast Classic
Lake Buena Vista Advocare Classic
Diamond Head Classic
South Padre Invitational

Battle in Seattle
Fleet In-Bank Classic <--- old defunct tourney was held in Providence, had major schools participate
Rainbow Classic
Coaches vs Cancer

SIX TOTAL TOURNEYS:

MAUI CLASSIC - locked:
1 - UCLA - Pac-12, lakevin.
2 - Maryland - ACC, rcoffey45.
3 - La Salle - Atlantic-10, pseudochamp.
4 - Wright State - Horizon, jcor.

GREAT ALASKA SHOOTOUT - locked:
1 - Texas - Big-12, knappj.
2 - Pittsburgh - Big East, goodtymes31.
3 - Colorado State - Mountain West, bbunch.
4 - Holy Cross - Patriot, npb7768.

BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS - locked:
1 - LSU - SEC, treyomo.
2 - NC State - ACC, skinzfan36.
3 - Rhode Island, A-10, alebear.
4 - Penn - Ivy League, matthewm3.

CABLE CAR CLASSIC - locked:
1 - California, Pac-12, bucknaked.
2 - Texas Tech, Big-12, luthien217.
3 - Santa Clara, WCC, brantm217.
4 - Wyoming, Mountain West, bc1985.

WOUNDED WARRIOR 2K CLASSIC - locked:
1 - St John's, Big East, sionnach99.
2 - Penn State, Big Ten, z0601.
3 - Davidson, Southern, reisel.
4 - Butler, Horizon, garwood34.

PARADISE JAM - locked:
1 - Georgia Tech, ACC, apeofwrath.
2 - Memphis, C-USA, unc_tigers.
3 - Harvard, Ivy League, guyo26.
4 - Southern MIssissippi, C-USA, iccoachb.

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I'll start...

Holy Cross.
Patriot League.
Wouldn't mind playing northeastern teams, but will play anyone.
Ideally, Maui Classic or Great Alaska Shootout, but could play in the Fleet Classic in Providence.

Butler vs Arkansas is already scheduled, and
Arkansas vs Providence is already scheduled, and
Holy Cross vs Providence is already scheduled, so
we're halfway there to a Butler-Providence-Arkansas-Holy Cross mini tourney if interested.

We will definitely join one with Colorado St.  No real preference, we will join any tourney that will have us. 

Posted by bbunch on 10/14/2015 10:18:00 PM (view original):
We will definitely join one with Colorado St.  No real preference, we will join any tourney that will have us. 

Thanks bbunch,
Slotted you in the Great Alaska Shootout, which Colorado State won last year in real life.

So far, the response to these Crum Tourneys has been outstanding.   I've received a number of application (notice the word "application" is not plural), and that number is "1" so far, but I hear the word is spreading.  Crum is setting up a ground breaking, revolutionary tourney system, all class, world class.    Join today and you can forever be a member of the first ever HD Maui Classic in any world... doesn't that sound amazing... and no one can ever take that away from you, that you were the first ever participant in the Maui... someday people will be reserving spots many years in advance... can I pencil you in for Crum "Battle 4 Atlantis" Season 88 today...?   Thanks...

* puts popcorn in microwave *

LaSalle out of the A-10 would be honored to be included. feel free to throw us anywhere you'd like. We have all ten schedule slots open so we'll work with whatever comes our way.

Sitemail sent, Pittsburgh would be open to being in it.

Thanks guys, I penciled you in tentatively based on schedule openings.  The slots may change.

You can pencil my Santa Clara squad in. Let's make it happen.

Awwww, UCLA?  They're the worst!

(Getting an early start on trash talking)

Thanks guys!
The Maui and the Great Alaska are set. Looking to fill the Cable Car and "Battle 4 Atlantis" next. Santa Clara and Penn are tentatively placed in the Cable Car. Need 2 Big-Sixes per tourney.

I wouldn't mind (NC State) taking my guys on a trip to the Bahamas