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Besides eliminating this idiotic experiment, other things improve and increase the officiating pool, to see Dee Kantor, Joe Visaly, etc almost every game is embarrassing, these 2 to still be involved in the major tournament is a negative, they were both doing the 2018 championship game, remember the non call that gave the game to ND.
 
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That’s a bit of a stretch. Philadelphia is the 23rd largest US port by tonnage, right behind two inland river ports: St Louis & Huntington, WV.
Quoting only half of my post? Not that it matters much
 

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Besides eliminating this idiotic experiment, other things improve and increase the officiating pool, to see Dee Kantor, Joe Visaly, etc almost every game is embarrassing, these 2 to still be involved in the major tournament is a negative, they were both doing the 2018 championship game, remember the non call that gave the game to ND. What chance either would do another major game after that in the men's tournament?
To not show the obvious bias if ESPN is to continue to broadcast the tournament they should, not going to happen, drop their financial stake in the conferences they push all season.
 

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The two regional sites is stupid. I think in 2025 a Texas city is the most eastern regional site for that tournament. How unfair is that for the eastern parts of the country, and how lucky is it that any school in the western part of the country will be close by, even if they are in the east regional. If they continue this scenario, the Eastern region should at least be east of the Mississippi River, making the commute for the East teams just as easy for those teams as well as the teams in the West. I think this has been one of the worst decisions the NCAA has made, and if the NCAA wants to remain relevant, they should get their act together and return to the 4 regional sites.
It wasn’t broken. It didn’t need to be fixed. I’m sure Geno and other east coast coaches love the Idea of traveling 3,000 west to participate in “regional” games. A 5 hour trip via non-stop charter from Hartford. All day if traveling commercially with stops, lay-overs and plane changes. :confused:
 
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Women athletes have already complained that their BB championship budget is only 1/2 that of men which results in the marginalization of women's sports.
Female students want the NCAA to increase the women's budget, not decrease it.
They also want more games televised, less over-lap with the men's games and lower ticket prices.
They want to generate more money from TV rights to promote equality with the men and to get the attention that WCBB deserves
The women's March Madness needs to be run the same as the men's March Madness with more TV marketing, not cheaper just to save money & to lower the quality of the tourney.

"Last year, the Women’s March Madness Final Four was the most-watched Final Four weekend since 2012 for the women’s tournament, with 3.46 million viewers. In addition, the 2022 Women’s March Madness Finals was the most-watched finals for women’s college basketball since 2004, with 4.85 million viewers on the ESPN networks."

As long as men are running the tournament, this disparity will probably continue in perpetuity.
 
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The Georgia vs FSU HAME IN Iowa had 14,000 in attendance. 96% capacity and you know those weren’t dawgs or Seminoles.

Iowa deserves a Regional.
This is a great point. Teams that routinely draw the largest crowds should have regionals near them. SC, UConn, and Iowa draw huge crowds and other teams like Tennessee, Louisville, and Notre Dame are regularly high in attendance. Adding a west coast school/area and maybe a more southern school/area (maybe LSU, Texas, Baylor, and/or Arizona) would make it pretty as far as location goes. That’s basically how the regionals were spread out before so I’m surprised they would move away from that.
 
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Atlanta is in a coastal state.
Dallas is in a coastal state
Philadelphia is in a coastal state

If you count the Great Lakes states as coastal, that eliminates about every city you mention except Phoenix.

Let's face it, the VAST majority of American live in "coastal states." Indeed about 40% live in coastal COUNTIES!

You're right about that. What I should have said was not on the extreme edges of the USA. Not on the east and west coasts. Although you are right that Georgia is on the east coast, Atlanta is much easier to fly into than is Greenville.
 
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