UConn and Cincy to ACC by 2014 -MHver3

[whaler11]

Of course the ACC would love to add MSG to the mix.

The Conference tournaments have lost their luster across the board because all the emphasis is on the NCAA tourney. The ACC tourney used to be the best, the Big East has been for many years - time will tell who is best in the future but the conference tourney glory days have passed - in 68 team NCAA tourney they just don't matter enough to be huge events if there aren't blood rivalries.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Of course the ACC would love to add MSG to the mix.

The Conference tournaments have lost their luster across the board because all the emphasis is on the NCAA tourney. The ACC tourney used to be the best, the Big East has been for many years - time will tell who is best in the future but the conference tourney glory days have passed - in 68 team NCAA tourney they just don't matter enough to be huge events if there aren't blood rivalries.

Purely hypothetical, but aside from a Knicks NBA Finals game, would an ACC Friday Night Semi's of UConn vs. Syracuse / Duke vs. UNC be the toughest MSG ticket for basketball ever?

 

[Jericho]

Two points on the ACC tournament

1) It has generally sucked for years because Duke always wins (10 out of the past 13 years before last year when FSU won). That includes years in which UNC and Maryland actually won national titles and a year in which Georgia Tech finished as runner-up. These teams did great nationally, yet still could not win the conference tournament. It's sadly been boring.

2) While I'm sure that the North Carolina schools want the tourney in NC, that does not mean they always get what they want. It has moved around a fair amount in recent years (being in Atlanta or DC when not in Charlotte or Greensboro). Swafford openly spoke of wanting it in NYC, but neither facility (MSG or Barclays) bothered to bid this last time (even after Syracuse came on board). I'm sure the ACC would accept a NY tourney if it wasn't an all the time thing. The question is if NYC wants the ACC (with the Big East break up it has to look more appealing)

 

[jdb50]

One thing that is a plus for the BET has been playing the semi's and finals on Friday and Saturday nights. They just go hand in hand with a more big time feel. I would like to see the UConn mens BB team play more Saturday night games and get rid of the noon starts. I think you'd get a larger rowdier crowd just like the night games at the Rent.

 

[mcs333]

After expansion the ACC decided to move the tour. around. Five different sites from 2005 to 2009. There were many complaints from the BB schools ie tobacco road. Even though the tour. was a sellout, game day attendance dropped significantly. So they decided to go back to Greensboro . 2010, 2011, 2012 in Atl, and now back to Greensboro for 2013, 2014, 2015. There is now talk to make it the pernament home of the tour..