It's one of the older tournaments and due to prestige generally gets the best collection of teams. Teams and players have always liked it because it's a chance for the school to essentially pay for a bonding vacation for players/coaches (skirting NCAA bylaws for the last 40 years, but less relevant with recent NCAA changes). A lot of the other MTE tournaments are held in cavernous neutral site buildings that don't fill up, so the atmosphere is lacking. By contrast, the Maui gym being so small and the destination being so appealing gives it an electric atmosphere. The rims are notoriously soft, allowing for good shooting and high scores.I'm a relative newcomer to CBB but why is the Maui held in such high regard? Terrible time slots and the convention center is tiny, who is affording the tickets and airfare to Hawaii, especially from the East Coast?
Seems like there's much better MTEs
Usually great fields, very intimate environment and tradition. Has a brand. Logistics not so much.I'm a relative newcomer to CBB but why is the Maui held in such high regard? Terrible time slots and the convention center is tiny, who is affording the tickets and airfare to Hawaii, especially from the East Coast?
Seems like there's much better MTEs
Because UConn wins it in years it also wins the national championshipI'm a relative newcomer to CBB but why is the Maui held in such high regard? Terrible time slots and the convention center is tiny, who is affording the tickets and airfare to Hawaii, especially from the East Coast?
Seems like there's much better MTEs
Calhoun also was known to pull a player super quick if they didn’t start the game right.He didn't start them, but Coach K, once -very early in a game - pulled all his starters and sent in a line up of scrubs and walk ons. He let them play a few minutes before he sent the embarrassed players back in.
Barely lost to UNC and played Iowa State close…likely much better than ColoradoDayton is a very good team, by the way...
My wife had a cocktail at 8pm and I faced a very tough choice. Decided to wait until later. She passed out at 9pm. I'm still going strong, started nursing a beer at 10:30.Just cracke open my 3rd Miller Lite as this is the biggest drinking night of the year so drink up.
I also find this interesting.Telling that the 7th place game has the smallest line of the week for UConn...
You had to jinx it, didn't you?This UNC/MSU game better not go to overtime.

And of course.....This UNC/MSU game better not go to overtime.
Now watch it go multiple OTsYou had to jinx it, didn't you?![]()
Post/Avatar?Glad I'm a night owl.