(03-07-2017 01:09 PM)sctvman Wrote:  I certainly wasn't surprised by your turnout, but most of our fans probably were. A lot of them got there late because of the traffic. Many were coming from work.

Next year the tourney is 3/2-3/5, and UNCW has spring break starting that weekend, but CofC does not. They don't have it until two weeks later. If CofC does well next year, expect a much bigger student presence.

The tourney was also overshadowed a bit here locally because South Carolina and Clemson were playing in baseball this weekend, along with CofC and the Citadel. College baseball is huge here, just like in ILM, but there are a lot of casual fans who turn the page from college basketball as soon as college baseball starts here.

The tourney was also much more well covered locally compared to Baltimore. All 6 of our local sportscasters (3 stations) were covering the game last night, doing live shots for all their shows, plus 2 stations sent reporters to do reports on the economic impact. In Baltimore last year, I remember they did a :30 highlight package for Towson's game, but not much more.

Fine with us. Charleston is more than welcome to host "home games" for UNCW the next two years. Your hospitality in doing so is certainly appreciated...