(03-11-2017 12:55 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(03-11-2017 12:36 PM)Lenvillecards Wrote:  I'll tackle the recruiting angle argument here & use an example. 247 #1 overall recruit is Mohamed Bamba who coincidentally is from New York, NY. He is uncommitted & the site lists 23 schools recruiting him, 6 are from the ACC (Duke, FSU, UofL, NC, Syracuse & WF). Being able to tell this recruit that he will be able to come home & play in front of his family & friends can give these ACC teams an edge over the teams that can't, depending on how important that is to him. That also helps diminish that edge would give to the BE schools recruiting him. Having area teams in the ACC also helps. In recruiting you take & use every edge you can get.

As far as to where the ACC tournament should be played, I obviously prefer Louisville but I know that's not happening. If we have to pick one location then I think it should either be NY or DC. If we are keeping a rotation then Greensboro/Charlotte should definitely be in the mix with DC & NY. MSG will always command the stage in NY however. Can Brooklyn match MSG? Perhaps, over time as the ACC tournament proves to be far superior than the BE tournament. The BE at MSG didn't become BE at MSG overnight & neither did the ACC tourney in Greensboro.

Brooklyn to me is like this:

In NYC Baseball there is Yankee Stadium (MSG) and the Mets CitiField (Brooklyn)

Brooklyn is ok but it isn't MSG.

That's true when you compare the stages but what about the actors on the stage? Sooner or later wouldn't the audience choose the show over the stage?