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RMoore1999 said:
I thought I recalled you saying B1G has no interest in Connecticut and that UVA, UNC and FSU won't leave ACC. My bad if I misremembered.
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You did ...

The positions and the postings are changeable. The arguments are ongoing. And, anyone representing what they truly did say ... is subject to condemnation. So ... play along.

I like your POV. But, honestly, I don't think we are going anywhere good within 3 years. It will be a slog and we just need to keep working to improve.
 
Pudge said:
You did ...

The positions and the postings are changeable. The arguments are ongoing. And, anyone representing what they truly did say ... is subject to condemnation. So ... play along.

I like your POV. But, honestly, I don't think we are going anywhere good within 3 years. It will be a slog and we just need to keep working to improve.
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He actually didn't but thanks for chiming in.
 
Not 4 2-3 days going between hotel, games, bar, etc. I'd rather do that than try to enjoy a Vegas club with $50 cover charge and $16 goose and soda.

whaler11 said:
New Orleans is the most overrated city in the country.

They would be well served to hold the tourney in Hartford. At least they'd sell some tickets.
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husky91 said:
Not 4 2-3 days going between hotel, games, bar, etc. I'd rather do that than try to enjoy a Vegas club with $50 cover charge and $16 goose and soda.
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I get that most people like New Orleans. I can't stand it. I'd rather they rotate it between Hartford, Cincinnati and Memphis if someplace like Brooklyn isn't interested.

Honestly after going to 9 of the last 10 Big East tourneys I can't even imagine going to this thing unless it's in Hartford or NYC. The only other place I'd consider is Atlantic City.
 
Chicago. It is in the middle of the country, great bars and retaurants and our new conference is so screwed up geographiclly that any tournament site isn't going to make sense.
 
whaler11 said:
Why are the attendances different inside the same session.

How is UConn/SMU outdrawing UConn NCSU when NCSU had 5 times more fans at the game than SMU even has.
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1. People leaving.
2. Tourney draws better (look, I was at a Thanksgiving game at the garden in 2004 against Georgia Tech. Place was a morgue, there was no one there. That was the year UConn played GT in the NCAA final).
 
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Temple is in Philadelphia. That's another place they might hold it.
 
Highest bidder for it with a 6-year guaranteed take can have it.

Next problem :)
 
Why not play it on some Navy ship off the coast of San Diego. That seems to work well. I can see it now, UConn up 19 on SMU in the championship game at half, and its called for darkness and they become co-champions. This just keeps getting better.......
 
Why would they have it in NY when they only have one NY area school? I think NOLA and Orlando make the most sense. They need to maximize proximity for the most schools and that is no it the northeast.

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I agree the tourney should be at the higher seeds home court. give them a chance to earn some extra revenue... At least for the first few years in order for the league to gain some traction.
The last thing this league needs is pictures of a half-empty MSG or some other arena.
Maybe have the NBE Semi's and Final at MSG or Barclays. should the expected happen, two day's of Memphis, Uconn, Cincy, and Temple could be some really good games and would generate some interest.
 
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RS9999X said:
Highest bidder for it with a 6-year guaranteed take can have it.

Next problem :)
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Arenas don't bid. You go to them, hat in hand. You pay them. They don't pay you.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Why would they have it in NY when they only have one NY area school? I think NOLA and Orlando make the most sense. They need to maximize proximity for the most schools and that is no it the northeast.

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Because NYC is NYC.
 
Once Butler, Xavier, etc. leave the A10, Barclays will prefer the NNNBE to the A10.
 
UCFBfan said:
Just have highest seeds host their own games throughout the tourny. Championship game is at highest remaing seeds court. The idea of a neutral location for a league no one wants is idiotic and a money pit.

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Don't have a tournament. If noone cares about it, then the reg. season champ gets the autobid.
 
whaler11 said:
I get that most people like New Orleans. I can't stand it. I'd rather they rotate it between Hartford, Cincinnati and Memphis if someplace like Brooklyn isn't interested.

Honestly after going to 9 of the last 10 Big East tourneys I can't even imagine going to this thing unless it's in Hartford or NYC. The only other place I'd consider is Atlantic City.
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I'm really not surprised that you don't like New Orleans. Obviously I don't know you, but the impression you give off here, is of someone who does not know how to have fun.
 
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huskyjawz said:
I'm really not surprised that you don't like New Orleans. Obviously I don't know you, but the impression you give off here, is of someone who does not know how to have fun.
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Funny. I don't like NOLA because the weather and city are disgusting. It's amateur hour on the party side. It's like Daytona with beads. Give me Vegas or Manhattan or Montreal any day.

Credit to their casino blackjack dealers who consistently break the rules and end up paying you.
 
It's amateur hr. on Bourbon St. for sure, but if that's where you are, then you are the amateur.

Vegas is a joke. No culture, fake Europe, fake NY.
 
upstater said:
Arenas don't bid. You go to them, hat in hand. You pay them. They don't pay you.
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In the NNBE that may become true. Look at the completion for the women's tourney

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RS9999X said:
In the NNBE that may become true. Look at the completion for the women's tourney

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It's true now. It's always been true. The BE pays MSG. Not the other way around.
 
upstater said:
Because NYC is NYC.
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And for me that is the most overrated city in the world. Can't stand the place. But it was a great setting for the BET with so many teams in the DC to Boston corridor back in the day. For the NNBE it wouldn't work.

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HuskyHawk said:
And for me that is the most overrated city in the world. Can't stand the place. But it was a great setting for the BET with so many teams in the DC to Boston corridor back in the day. For the NNBE it wouldn't work.

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So, you don't like NYC, but you want to move it to other cities (that are no doubt less attractive to the majority) because that's going to better how?
 
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huskyjawz said:
It's amateur hr. on Bourbon St. for sure, but if that's where you are, then you are the amateur.

Vegas is a joke. No culture, fake Europe, fake NY.
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Ok - i don't go to Vegas for the culture. I also like Baltimore and Tampa and don't really like Boston. I'm pretty sure people can have opinions on cities... I'd prefer to never go to New Orleans again

It's a bad place for the tournament anyway because you need locals and the locals have spoken. They don't give a damn about Tulane.
 
upstater said:
It's true now. It's always been true. The BE pays MSG. Not the other way around.
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Near'y every stadium offers some sort of perks and often do so in combination with the Chamber of Commerce or state development agencies to land conventions and events. In reality the BE may need to do home site to sell out the arenas barring an offer they can't refuse for a neutral site.
 
RS9999X said:
Near'y every stadium offers some sort of perks and often do so in combination with the Chamber of Commerce or state development agencies to land conventions and events. In reality the BE may need to do home site to sell out the arenas barring an offer they can't refuse for a neutral site.
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We're talking New York City and MSG here. We've read articles about the BE needing to sell more seats to break even; in football you have conferences and teams losing money to travel to these bowls while the bowls reap the benefits. The field is definitely tilted away from the universities on this.
 
Baltimore is a great town. Tampa? Where, Clearwater, St Pete or actually Tampa?

NOlA is a great party town with great food. Good spot for 2-3 days.


whaler11 said:
Ok - i don't go to Vegas for the culture. I also like Baltimore and Tampa and don't really like Boston. I'm pretty sure people can have opinions on cities... I'd prefer to never go to New Orleans again

It's a bad place for the tournament anyway because you need locals and the locals have spoken. They don't give a damn about Tulane.
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CAHUSKY said:
You honestly think one Uconn fan will travel to NOLA knowing they will have to spend $ to attend NCAA tourney games the following week?
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I would in a heartbeat.
 
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