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Message: [QUOTE="DefenseBB, post: 3398784, member: 7492"] The biggest concern the NCAA has over WCBB NCAAT is the Regional attendance issue that the West in particular as well as the Midwest, South or Southwest has not been well attended. Only theEast when UConn is placed in that bracket has attendance reached capacity. One noted WCBB pundit has postulated to have all 4 regions held in Las Vegas. Maybe, maybe not. How about leveraging schools and the administrations by having the WCBB pair up with the Men? For example; the Men’s Midwest and West Regions are Indianapolis and Los Angeles on March 26 & 28. So have the women play on March 27 & 29 at these venues. The Southwest and East Regions are in Houston and New York on March 27 & 29 so the WCBB teams in these regions would play the 28 & 30th. You will have some crossover fans and school administrators and teams who will go and watch peer conference members or former colleagues who coach/admin in the Women’s game. The stress on the NCAA to host and man these events becomes less and the TV production would be less. There are clearly enough flights and hotel rooms to accommodate teams and fans in these big cities. It’s nice to think the women’s game can stand on its own but the reality is, it can’t as evidenced by the 1st two rounds hosted at the top 16 seeded teams schools. Only the Final Four has sold out. What say you BYers? [/QUOTE]