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I think the next chance the final four comes east somewhere other than Atlanta 2031 is whenever the Washington Commanders ever get their new place built. The NCAA has the next five Final Fours scheduled already and then I would assume Minnesota and Nashville will each get one in the next round of selections.
 
uh-no said:
lolllll

the alamodome seats 64k. st pete seats 20k
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Tropicana Field attendance for the 1999 Final Four was 41,340. The Rays can get about 40,000 but they tarp over some of the upper sections and have about 25,000 capacity for normal baseball games.

At the Final Four in 2004 the attendance was 44,468 at the Alamodome. And that's why I said what I said. But attendance for the 2025 Final Four semifinals games (championship was a little smaller it says in the figures the NCAA released) was 68,252. Did they add on to the stadium between 2004 and 2025? I have no idea.
 
HooperScooper said:
Tropicana Field attendance for the 1999 Final Four was 41,340. The Rays can get about 40,000 but they tarp over some of the upper sections and have about 25,000 capacity for normal baseball games.

At the Final Four in 2004 the attendance was 44,468 at the Alamodome. And that's why I said what I said. But attendance for the 2025 Final Four semifinals games (championship was a little smaller it says in the figures the NCAA released) was 68,252. Did they add on to the stadium between 2004 and 2025? I have no idea.
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IIRC, San Antonio had ~half the stadium curtained off in '04. I believe they can get over 70k in there for a non-football event.
 
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HooperScooper said:
Tropicana Field attendance for the 1999 Final Four was 41,340. The Rays can get about 40,000 but they tarp over some of the upper sections and have about 25,000 capacity for normal baseball games.

At the Final Four in 2004 the attendance was 44,468 at the Alamodome. And that's why I said what I said. But attendance for the 2025 Final Four semifinals games (championship was a little smaller it says in the figures the NCAA released) was 68,252. Did they add on to the stadium between 2004 and 2025? I have no idea.
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I think the domes all used to do what the Carrier Dome does and put the court up against two or three sides of the permanent stands and then used temporary bleachers for the rest. In recent years, I believe the NCAA just throws the court out at midfield of a football stadium and uses the entire bowl and then puts the students on the field level basically in the end zones. They gave up on sight lines and just max out tickets now.

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REB1094 said:
The offseason fun begins. I'm annoyed that we're having this conversation 1 day after the title game. But that's just where the game is right now

tbh there is only one no brainer starter, Silas Demary. I expect a big jump next year. Think a Tristen Newton 2nd year leap. AP All America contention. Junior County is our only other PG so I'd expect an upperclassman PG transfer

It gets situational after that.

First thing first we need a home run starting PF. He needs to be a really good scorer and a really good defender. Type of guy you build the entire gameplan around. Unfortunately I'd also look for a quality C. Early to mid season Reibe is a penciled in starter but he fell off as the year went on. I'd bet that Reibe develops well over the summer and becomes a starter. He had REALLY promising moments and very high potential. But this will be more a Samson/Tarris situation than a Sanogo/Clingan or Clingan/Samson.

This is where it gets really difficult. Maybe we lose Braylon to the NBA and you slot in Ross at starting SF or bring in a transfer that can create his own shot. But if not, you're bringing back the Solo Ball/Braylon Mullins backcourt that got abused defensively by bigger and stronger players. You can probably get away with this if you bring in big defenders at PF-C

If you can't bring in those PF/Cs, do you (gulp) bring one of Solo or Braylon off the bench so you can start Ross and get some size and defense in the starting 5? I feel gross just thinking about this. But I don't think it is a good idea to run back the Silas/Solo/Braylon rotation unless there's some real size and defensive dominance behind them. I know that lineup just made the title game, but most of that March run was on the backs of Reed and Karaban

PG: Silas, upperclassman transfer, County
SG-SF: Solo, Braylon, Ross, Landrew/transfer?
PF: superstar transfer, Stewart
C: Reibe and high quality transfer
Probably some mid major senior transfers like a Millender or Koroma situation at F/C
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If Reibe is your starter, the team will not be a Final Four team next year. Period. The kid needs more time to be the featured center. I think he will get there, but not next year.
 
husky429 said:
I haven't read the thread. I can't remember if I even posted in.
Backup guard that can give us 20mpg+ at the 1/2
Starting PF
Starting big
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It isn't rocket science in this case. Although it will like be a time-share at center (after Reibe makes sizeable gains this summer, otherwise less of a time share).

The nature of the PF depends on Mullins (no Mullins and you need a scorer, with Mullins you can slide a bit on offense to improve defense/rebounding/athleticism).

At the guard, I'd want a pure PG so that there is one on the team.
 
ec33 said:
It isn't rocket science in this case. Although it will like be a time-share at center (after Reibe makes sizeable gains this summer, otherwise less of a time share).

The nature of the PF depends on Mullins (no Mullins and you need a scorer, with Mullins you can slide a bit on offense to improve defense/rebounding/athleticism).

At the guard, I'd want a pure PG so that there is one on the team.
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Or maybe they move him to the 2.
 
Tmac4468 said:
IIRC, San Antonio had ~half the stadium curtained off in '04. I believe they can get over 70k in there for a non-football event.
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I don't remember that. I wonder why they did that. I'm sure they could have sold more than 44,000 tickets.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Or maybe they move him to the 2.
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I’ve come around on this but Hurley isn’t benching Ball after he was a starter on a finals run. Let’s just hope his wrist was the issue and he shoots 45% from 3 next year.

PSA- enough with the posts about stadium capacity who cares
 
bendm said:
As of today we need 3 transfers:

Silas / Transfer
Ball / Ross
Mullins / Landrew
Transfer / Stew
Transfer / Reibe
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You guys are crazy if you think Reibe won’t be our starting center next year. You forget how well he played when Reed was out??!! It’s not easy coming off the bench playing limited minutes. I trust the staff to get him ready
 
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Emoney2737 said:
You guys are crazy if you think Reibe won’t be our starting center next year. You forget how well he played when Reed was out??!! It’s not easy coming off the bench playing limited minutes. I trust the staff to get him ready
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But everyone says it didn't matter Tarris was coming off the bench last year.....

Hard to know what to expect out of Reibe with an offseason and leap. He did not finish this year well at all - was cringeworthy much of the time. Will leave it in the hands of the staff to manage that. We'll probably know by the quality of who'm we pick up what the intention is.
 
Reibe will be terrific but it doesn’t matter if he’s the starter or not because we still need a beast down there to do what Tarris did.
 
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