After a Western Illinois loss Monday, the Jacks have clinched a return birth to the WNIT. Now the speculation can begin; will the Jacks get the first round bye they deserve, or will they have to play a first round game. It's a double edge sword because if the Jacks get a first round bye they have better chance of winning the tournament. As we all know, we play to win the game.
If they don't get a bye, they will likely host the game and will have an amazing sellout crowd. I have been to a sold out Minnesota Twins game and a sold out Sioux Falls Storm playoff game where the everyone stood up the entire game, but I have never seen, felt, or heard anything like the two WNIT games last season at Frost. Student lining up at 10 in the morning for a 7 p.m. game. Just crazy stuff. If SDSU were to host five or six home games with sell out crowds or 5,500-6,000, it would be something unprecedented in the state of South Dakota. Only a handful of WNIT outdraw the Jacks, which is sad. A new Division I program with about 11,500 students averages better attendance than schools three-times their size.
The bad part is that if we don't get a bye, we will have to play two games over spring break. It would be interesting to see the student turnout for a WNIT game over spring break.
Final thought: I feel sorry for Centenary on Saturday night.
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