Madison Square Garden to host B1G Tournament in 2018

[OkaForPrez]

P.S. I'd play the AAC tourney in February if it meant getting back into the garden.

 

[pj]

P.S. I'd play the AAC tourney in February if it meant getting back into the garden.

This is an idea. How about a holiday tourney to settle the AAC's auto bid. New Year's Eve Madness. Free liquor at midnight.

 

[btstimpy]

P.S. I'd play the AAC tourney in February if it meant getting back into the garden.

I don't see any reason why the AAC couldn't have its men's basketball tournament in MSG in another year besides 2018 on the same weekend that the B1G has now scheduled for 2018. The AAC would have to meet the minimum ticket expectations of the Garden, but that week is certainly a possibility. The Big Ten has now showed this.

 

[Adios]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/chi-big-ten-madison-square-garden-20140605-story.html

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• I can't see the Big Ten holding tournament at MSG without UConn coming on as full member -- soon. Rutgers is a sorry excuse for a basketball program.
  edsilverstein
  at 1:25 PM June 07, 2014

We're going to the Big Ten.

 

[Seaa Blue]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/chi-big-ten-madison-square-garden-20140605-story.html

We're going to the Big Ten.

I believe you are correct. Rutgers didn't have multiple Wolverines and Buckeyes hanging around their board before their announcement. I believe that's a good sign. Just need to get that AAU thing figured out.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I'm not surprised that the Big Ten is playing its tournament in New York. Jim Delaney has been Napoleonic about setting up shop there with his office and everything. I'm surprised he's forcing all the Big Ten basketball teams to shorten their schedule and play on the same schedule as the Colonial Athletic Association. It's going over like a fart in church too.

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/c...4/12/09/big-ten-tournament-new-york/20122853/

But the man, Delaney, is hell bent on having it there. Now he will. Popular or Unpopular. The schools will just salute and say "Thank you sir, may I have another!".

So it is simple for UConn, if we aren't in the B1G by the time the 2018 tournament occurs, we want the TV audience to see thousands of empty seats and to be able to hear the conversations among the few people who show up. We need it to flop, since UConn has shown it can fill the building by itself.