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Message: [QUOTE="Phil, post: 4588753, member: 66"] I am happy that the aggregate attendance numbers are up, but I'm taken aback by some of the numbers at the lower end of the hosting schools. What on earth is going on at Duke? UCLA doesn't stunned me as they haven't very supportive. I heard it's due to the proliferation of alternatives but I don't know whether that's the full story. Notre Dame surprises me a bit, I thought they had a rather fan base, but maybe I've given too much weight to attorney number of vocal fans. Villanova is suffering from the fact that it's a small school while inventing decent program, absent Maddy they haven't really been a top-tier program so this is new to them. Stanford should be embarrassed. They used to have a active fan club but those days may be behind us. I'm going to throw out a proposal which I don't expect to get enthusiastic support but I'd be interested in hearing the reaction. While I know some fans grumble that it ought to be neutral sites, and that's a good long-term goal is not a feasible current goal. Let's remember that whether we like it or not, allowing teams to host as opposed to neutral sites is a recognition that it's important to have fans in the seats. While allowing the top team to host as an interesting wrinkle to regular-season performance, if you reach the top 16 based on performance but like Duke can't put any fans in the seats maybe we ought to rethink who should get rewarded with hosting. What if the NCAA to say we are going to award hosting sites, starting with the top teams in order, and award to those teams who commit to purchasing at least 8000 tickets. If you can resell 8000 tickets or more this cost you nothing. If you don't think you can sell 8000 tickets you have to absorb the cost of the difference. Six teams had over 8000 tickets sold and would be perfectly happy with this arrangement. Utah would find themselves on the hook for hundred and 50 seats, and would probably find that a trivial expense for the benefits of hosting. If one or more of the top 16 teams declines, then the offer goes out to the five seeds. This year, That's Iowa State, Oklahoma, Washington state, and Louisville. I don't know what Iowa States attendance was this year but the coach is very active promotionally so my guess is he would be willing to make the guarantee to get a hosting option. There would obviously be some details to work out. What if so many top seeds declined that going to the five seeds doesn't go far enough you keep down the list? What if Villanova makes the case that this is an unfair financial burden for small school? [/QUOTE]

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