Comments on: DHC in review, and rearview

By: cappie the dog

cappie the dog — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 04:00:55 +0000

Hawaii, and other mid-level programs, desperate for national recognition, are whores to the whims of the once-monolithic ESPN. As Dan Patrick puts it, derisively, “The mothership.”

Midnight tip-off? Sure.

I can’t recall a more depressing feeling than leaving the SSC parking lot after losing to freakin’ High Point.

2:15 in the morning, and I have a 6:30 work start-time. Yeah, that was a good idea.

Hawaii wants any sort of exposure so badly, they’ll play at an ungodly hour.

Another example, that season-killing road trip to Montana in the BracketBusters. I still remember their point guard. Will Cherry.

I hate ESPN. But, of course, they are a necessary evil.

By: Hapaguy

Hapaguy — Fri, 29 Dec 2017 11:14:22 +0000

kahuna I understood your point but it makes no sense. ESPN, I believe, owns the rights to the DHC and UH is the host school. What is to prevent ESPN from deciding to play the DHC at the Blaisdell with no UH? Nothing! UH is virtually not in control of anything….

By: kahuna

kahuna — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 23:14:40 +0000

With regard to playing the top teams in the tournament first…who knows. Maybe Ganot was not objecting to that match up. Not everyone is afraid of competition you know. Maybe Ganot was thinking that a team like Miami would be jet lagged and its better to catch them early before they get their legs back.

Brackets are made ahead of time sometimes and who knew Miami was going to be that highly rated. If Miami was 4-6 nobody would make a peep….but they were undefeated, all of a sudden UH fans get all scared. I am willing to bet the players embraced the challenge to take down the #6 team in the country instead of whining about how tough a match up it was.

By: kahuna

kahuna — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 23:08:00 +0000

Hapa….you don’t understand my point. The Diamond Head Classic is played at the Stan Sherriff Center, which is owned by the University of Hawaii. My point is if ESPN was to expel UH from the tournament, UH can just tell ESPN that they cannot use arena.

What???…you think ESPN can do what they want and take over an arena ? When I say UH control their own destiny, I meant that ESPN cannot kick them out like they did with Chaminade.

Chamindae was invited to host the tournament. HOWEVER, they do not own the place so they cannot tell ESPN to go pound sand like UH can if ESPN try to kick UH out of the DHC.

Not sure why this is hard to understand.

By: Hapaguy

Hapaguy — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 22:57:08 +0000

#3 Kahuna. UH cannot even control the bracket for the DHC. How they going control their own destiny with regards to the DHC?

By: Kahuna

Kahuna — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 19:24:26 +0000

If UH get pushed out….UH can kindly tell ESPN they cannot use the Stan Sherriff center….simple as that.

They can push Chaminade out because Chaminade does not “own” the Lahaina Civic Center so they really have no say on who can play or not.

If ESPN would tell UH that UH is no longer needed then Matlin can tell ESPN go play at Blaisdell while UH go find another sponsored tournament where UH can generate income and run the tournament themselves. Of course, that tourney won’t have the media coverage but if UH get booted from the DHC, they get no media coverage anyway so no…….UH is not in the same situation as Chaminade. UH can control their own “destiny”.

By: Hapaguy

Hapaguy — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:19:01 +0000

I don’t understand why UH allows ESPN to make the bracket that way. Why in the world is the host team playing the best team, 6th ranked Miami, on the first night of the tournament? ESPN will eventually push us out of our own tourney like they did to Chaminade and the Maui Invitational…..

By: cappie the dog

cappie the dog — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 04:15:56 +0000

I can make myself cry if I think too hard about that Wichita State game.

I think it was Christian Standhardinger who didn’t block out his man after the missed free throw.