Arizona Coming to Athens for Preseason NIT

However, in a cruel tease, it is impossible for Georgia to play them given that the NIT is run by boobs. The Athens Pod for the P-NIT was announced today. I was wrong about 3 of the 4 teams in my predictions yesterday. Shocker huh? The participants will be:

Georgia
Arizona
Santa Clara
Mississippi Valley

Sadly, it's not set up as a tournament bracket at this point. That means no UGA vs. 'Zona possibility. Our two games are set. The schedule is:

University of Georgia
Nov. 24th	Mon.	Mississippi Valley vs. Arizona	5:45 PM, ET
Nov. 24th	Mon.	Santa Clara @ Georgia	8:00 PM, ET

Nov. 25th	Tues.	Santa Clara vs. Arizona	5:45 PM, ET
Nov. 25th	Tues.	Mississippi Valley @ Georgia	8 PM, ET

Why on earth would the P-NIT organizers send Santa Clara and Arizona all the way across country to play in an empty gym in Athens, GA at 5:45 on a Tuesday? That's idiotic. How does that help ticket sales for the P-NIT? How does that help the schools?

Damn. I was excited at first. Arizona in Athens would be a very big deal.

PWD