{"id":2550,"date":"2012-03-05T17:02:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-05T21:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=2550"},"modified":"2012-03-05T17:02:56","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T21:02:56","slug":"ctc-day-eight-preview-the-eye-of-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=2550","title":{"rendered":"CTC Day Eight Preview: The Eye of the Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Webster&#8217;s Dictionary defines <em>eye<\/em>, as &#8220;an area in the center of a tropical cyclone marked only by light winds or complete calm.&#8221;\u00a0 That is what this day is every year.\u00a0 The cyclone of the CTC has been building up with intensity all week, leading to a chaotic weekend of games all over the country.\u00a0 Now, on this Monday, we have a bit of respite, a bit of calm &#8211; an &#8220;eye,&#8221; in the storm, if you will.\u00a0 In years past, this day was just for putting the finishing touches on the first week&#8217;s tournaments, but the MAC changed their format this year to include four First Round games on this day.\u00a0 Even so, we still only have 12 games all day, none starting before 7:00.\u00a0 But, like any tropical storm, it is not wise to assume that the calm in the middle means that the storm has passed you by.\u00a0 We haven&#8217;t yet seen the true intensity of the 2012 CTC tornado&#8230;and it&#8217;s only a day or two away.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TONIGHT&#8217;S TOURNAMENTS:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Championships<\/em><br \/>\nColonial<br \/>\nMAAC<br \/>\nWCC<br \/>\nSoCon<\/p>\n<p><em>Semifinal Doubleheaders<\/em><br \/>\nSun Belt<br \/>\nSummit<\/p>\n<p><em>First Round Quadruple-Header<\/em><br \/>\nMid-American<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Webster&#8217;s Dictionary defines eye, as &#8220;an area in the center of a tropical cyclone marked only by light winds or complete calm.&#8221;\u00a0 That is what this day is every year.\u00a0 The cyclone of the CTC has been building up with &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=2550\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[479,483],"tags":[1261],"class_list":["post-2550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conf-tourney-challenge","category-conference-tourney-challenge","tag-ctc-2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2551,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2550\/revisions\/2551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}