(04-14-2014 12:25 PM)Knightshift Wrote:  

(04-14-2014 12:00 PM)KNIGHTTIME Wrote:  

(04-14-2014 11:31 AM)bearcatlawjd Wrote:  I hope UCF is better by 2016. Orlando is a great vacation destination and I would love to make that an annual trip.

Nervous about UCF (probably Amway) hosting the AAC tourney. Our fanbase is more on the football side but Orlando will bring the traveling fans.

Me too. Orlando is obviously a great destination to host ANYTHING in March while it's still mostly cold and miserable everywhere else. But I'm skeptical about how well the community will support it. I know schools like Memphis, UConn, Cincy, etc., will bring their share of fans, but I don't know if it's enough to keep the Amway Center from looking like an empty cavern for most games. If Aresco thinks UCF fans will come in droves to support the non-UCF games, he'll be sadly mistaken. Heck, I'm skeptical if UCF fans show up in droves at our OWN games. It kills me to say that, but it's true.

It's like that almost everywhere.....don't be bothered/embarrassed/etc. We've got rabid college basketball and NBA fans, but once the Tigers lost, the crowds shrunk. Two consecutive years was a curious choice, but we will live with it, plan for it, and move on.