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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3398843, member: 2117"] If they want to maximize attendance, do what volleyball does and let the #1 seeds host until the Final Four. Fact is if teams are close to home, theyll get butts in seats. South Carolina/Oregon/Dallas regionals will be heavily attended this year since each has a nearby school playing there. UCONN has had the luxury almost every year of playing in front of essentially a home crowd to get to the final four since the East region is usually in their backyard. I dont love the current set up, but I think it's far more effective than going to Vegas (which has zero fanbases nearby) and as long as sites are strategically picked fan attendance should be steing even if it somewhat unfairly favors teams nearby (ex. Louisville and Mississippi State had to play road games as #1 seeds last year in the elite 8). Pairing it with men's isnt a good call either IMO. The west regional is usually in California which is a blackhole attendance wise for women's collegiate sports. KC is also a common spot for midwest and attendance would be weak there too. And UCONN fans will be less likely to go to MSG in NYC than to go to Albany where traffic and parking will be much easier. Plus, big time fans of the men's games usually arent fans of women's so I don't see fans checking out the women's games just because they're there. Not the best parallel, but the boys McDonalds AA game is always well attended and the girl's game is usually pretty empty despite being in the same arena and same day I believe. [/QUOTE]

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