UTEP hosting the 2011 CUSA basketball tournament is five years old? I know. I know.

I say yes, because of inflation

A fan of a school who has yet to play a game in CUSA is tired our 5 year old attitude on this subject....

(02-20-2014 03:53 PM)Niner National Wrote:  

(02-20-2014 03:22 PM)adluther Wrote:  

(02-11-2014 05:10 PM)stanman505 Wrote:  It should go to the city that puts up the most guaranteed money to CUSA. Nothing else really matters.

Ehhh not necessarily what you want- the money is important, but also, no one wants their Conference Championship game to have less than 100 fans at it on a big network on selection Sunday. Perception goes a long way. Butts in seats give viewers the perception that the fans of teams care about the teams, whether true or not. More times than not, I feel that is the reason Memphis hosted the CUSA tourny. Fans came out, Memphis typically made the finals, therefore there were butts in seats for TV games.

Nashville would be a good option in future years when the SEC tournament is not in town (I know its in Nashville in 2015- not sure about going forward). You have WKU and MTSU near by, it's central to a majority of the teams, great city, great venue, plenty to do to attract fans as it is a tourist destination as well.

This.

I'd absolutely go to Nashville. It's a great tourist city and its driving distance from Charlotte. UAB is less than 3 hours away and Marshall is ~5.

That's five schools within a reasonable drive and Nashville shouldn't be a problem to find a flight to for everyone else.

In the west, I don't really care where it is because I likely won't be going anyway.

You can forget about Nashville. The SEC has Nashville booked all the way through 2026.

I vote for the Ratchet City -- Shreveport-Bossier!

Easily accessible via Interstates 20 and 49! (You can actually attend if you live in the Central Time Zone! You can drive to Shreveport! And be a fan in person instead of watching All-Access on your computer!) And on your way down I-20, you can stop by the Duck Commander's warehouse and knock that off your bucket list!

Neutral site, regional support! No team should have true home court advantage when deciding a conference championship. Let the best team win instead of giving the home team an unfair advantage.

Tech hosted an NCAA WBB Tournament regional there in 2011, and attendance was pretty good (5,377 for WBB).





CenturyLink Center (capacity 12,297)





Doesn't Shreveport look fun? Six riverboat casinos, the Louisiana Boardwalk, and a neon bridge! What more could you ask for? A Bass Pro Shop? Of course we have one! Shreveport-Bossier has it all!







Everybody needs a taste of Shreveport's fine dining before they die!

Rumors are the CIAA tournament, which has been in Charlotte for years, is now shopping for a new home of the tournament... I am wondering if they are doing so, because the arena/Charlotte chamber are approaching CUSA?

(02-20-2014 03:22 PM)adluther Wrote:  

(02-11-2014 05:10 PM)stanman505 Wrote:  It should go to the city that puts up the most guaranteed money to CUSA. Nothing else really matters.

Ehhh not necessarily what you want- the money is important, but also, no one wants their Conference Championship game to have less than 100 fans at it on a big network on selection Sunday. Perception goes a long way. Butts in seats give viewers the perception that the fans of teams care about the teams, whether true or not. More times than not, I feel that is the reason Memphis hosted the CUSA tourny. Fans came out, Memphis typically made the finals, therefore there were butts in seats for TV games.

Nashville would be a good option in future years when the SEC tournament is not in town (I know its in Nashville in 2015- not sure about going forward). You have WKU and MTSU near by, it's central to a majority of the teams, great city, great venue, plenty to do to attract fans as it is a tourist destination as well.

I don't think UTEP/El Paso should host the tournament every year. I do think it should rotate around with UTEP hosting every 2/3 years. El Paso will put in a high bid for the tournament and the people will show up. I think the lowest attended game I went to last time it was in El Paso had about 3k fans, which is more than what half the schools in CUSA average for their home games. That was a Thursday afternoon session with UAB, ECU, Marshall and UCF I believe. The new people in the conference will see that the games will be well attended this year regardless of who is playing.

Shreveport does look nice but who's putting up the money. I don't see Shreveport CC in the mix anywhere. Or are you putting up the money for them?

(02-11-2014 05:05 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Not sure I'd be a fan of it being in Shreveport. La Tech doesn't do a very good job filling their own arena with a very good team. Could they fill an arena an hour away?

I think it should always be in a bigger city so there are are number of entertainment options for people attending. It also seems like the CLC is way out on its own. Cities like Charlotte and Nashville have their venues downtown. Birmingham appears to have the same.

I have nothing against La Tech and I do think the tournament should move around so that all fan bases have a reasonable chance to catch the conference tournament, I'm just not sure Shreveport is a good option. I'd hate to see the CUSA championship on national television with an empty arena.

Louisiana Tech had total gate receipts of just over $149,000 for their 15 home basketball games last year or an average of $10,000 per game. That's an average of l,000 paying fans at $10 bucks a ticket. What you have seen is a lot of smoke and mirrors mostly to just get their name in a paper other than the rag in Dogpatch.

(02-24-2014 04:38 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(02-11-2014 05:05 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Not sure I'd be a fan of it being in Shreveport. La Tech doesn't do a very good job filling their own arena with a very good team. Could they fill an arena an hour away?

I think it should always be in a bigger city so there are are number of entertainment options for people attending. It also seems like the CLC is way out on its own. Cities like Charlotte and Nashville have their venues downtown. Birmingham appears to have the same.

I have nothing against La Tech and I do think the tournament should move around so that all fan bases have a reasonable chance to catch the conference tournament, I'm just not sure Shreveport is a good option. I'd hate to see the CUSA championship on national television with an empty arena.

Louisiana Tech had total gate receipts of just over $149,000 for their 15 home basketball games last year or an average of $10,000 per game. That's an average of l,000 paying fans at $10 bucks a ticket. What you have seen is a lot of smoke and mirrors mostly to just get their name in a paper other than the rag in Dogpatch.

Hey EE, go to hell

(02-24-2014 01:55 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Shreveport does look nice but who's putting up the money. I don't see Shreveport CC in the mix anywhere. Or are you putting up the money for them?

That's the million dollar question -

I haven't heard "any leaks" about who would be willing to guarantee the income to the conference - other than the fact we know Shreveport can't because it doesn't have the money to do anything

That's why I have said from the start this is a political move by TECH to get back in the good graces with S'port/Bossier

Have also heard the conference is not asking $1,000,000 in guarantee due to the fact its a transition year but that still doesn't mean they are not asking for something - my guess is $500,000 to $750,000

Shreveport in the spring is a great time to visit. It's the winter time that sucks.

(02-24-2014 05:02 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 04:38 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(02-11-2014 05:05 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Not sure I'd be a fan of it being in Shreveport. La Tech doesn't do a very good job filling their own arena with a very good team. Could they fill an arena an hour away?

I think it should always be in a bigger city so there are are number of entertainment options for people attending. It also seems like the CLC is way out on its own. Cities like Charlotte and Nashville have their venues downtown. Birmingham appears to have the same.

I have nothing against La Tech and I do think the tournament should move around so that all fan bases have a reasonable chance to catch the conference tournament, I'm just not sure Shreveport is a good option. I'd hate to see the CUSA championship on national television with an empty arena.

Louisiana Tech had total gate receipts of just over $149,000 for their 15 home basketball games last year or an average of $10,000 per game. That's an average of l,000 paying fans at $10 bucks a ticket. What you have seen is a lot of smoke and mirrors mostly to just get their name in a paper other than the rag in Dogpatch.

Hey EE, go to hell

Thanks for the invite but I have other plans. I forgot to add that last year was one of their best in years, fact is they were looking at ncaa but settled for nit, and can definitely agree with them that these financial results were pitiful (although common for them) in light of their good showing on the floor. This post has NOTHING to do with attendance, only factual gate receipts info. There could have been 10,000 let in for each game but they only sold tickets to about l,000.

(02-24-2014 05:30 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  Shreveport in the spring is a great time to visit. It's the winter time that sucks.

Is it because it gets too cold or because it gets too wet? Or why is it in your opinion?

(02-24-2014 05:17 PM)DwayneW1 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 01:55 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Shreveport does look nice but who's putting up the money. I don't see Shreveport CC in the mix anywhere. Or are you putting up the money for them?

That's the million dollar question -

I haven't heard "any leaks" about who would be willing to guarantee the income to the conference - other than the fact we know Shreveport can't because it doesn't have the money to do anything

That's why I have said from the start this is a political move by TECH to get back in the good graces with S'port/Bossier

Have also heard the conference is not asking $1,000,000 in guarantee due to the fact its a transition year but that still doesn't mean they are not asking for something - my guess is $500,000 to $750,000

Let me explain for all you newbies. The cusa tourney goes to the location that bids the highest, no more no less. There are no minimums or maxims, just the highest number EXCEPT if New Orleans bid $1mil and UTEP bid $1mil it would go to New Orleans due to central locations, etc.

(02-24-2014 05:30 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  Shreveport in the spring is a great time to visit. It's the winter time that sucks.

...not sure if serious.

...and I'm from Jackson.

(02-24-2014 08:53 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  Let me explain for all you newbies. The cusa tourney goes to the location that bids the highest, no more no less. There are no minimums or maxims, just the highest number EXCEPT if New Orleans bid $1mil and UTEP bid $1mil it would go to New Orleans due to central locations, etc.

Let me repeat -

All indications coming out of Dallas is that the million dollar guarantee is off the table for 2014-2015

There will be some guarantee but it will NOT be $1mm -

(02-28-2014 12:29 PM)DwayneW1 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 08:53 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  Let me explain for all you newbies. The cusa tourney goes to the location that bids the highest, no more no less. There are no minimums or maxims, just the highest number EXCEPT if New Orleans bid $1mil and UTEP bid $1mil it would go to New Orleans due to central locations, etc.

Let me repeat -

All indications coming out of Dallas is that the million dollar guarantee is off the table for 2014-2015

There will be some guarantee but it will NOT be $1mm -

So I guess they are saying that the bid must be less than one mil or they wont accept it.

(02-24-2014 04:38 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(02-11-2014 05:05 PM)Niner National Wrote:  Not sure I'd be a fan of it being in Shreveport. La Tech doesn't do a very good job filling their own arena with a very good team. Could they fill an arena an hour away?

I think it should always be in a bigger city so there are are number of entertainment options for people attending. It also seems like the CLC is way out on its own. Cities like Charlotte and Nashville have their venues downtown. Birmingham appears to have the same.

I have nothing against La Tech and I do think the tournament should move around so that all fan bases have a reasonable chance to catch the conference tournament, I'm just not sure Shreveport is a good option. I'd hate to see the CUSA championship on national television with an empty arena.

Louisiana Tech had total gate receipts of just over $149,000 for their 15 home basketball games last year or an average of $10,000 per game. That's an average of l,000 paying fans at $10 bucks a ticket. What you have seen is a lot of smoke and mirrors mostly to just get their name in a paper other than the rag in Dogpatch.

The fact that you for years have been so obsessed with a school that you insist sucks shows how big of a pathetic loser you are. I suggest that you eat in front of a mirror, at least you will feel like you aren't eating alone.

(02-28-2014 12:57 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  

(02-28-2014 12:29 PM)DwayneW1 Wrote:  

(02-24-2014 08:53 PM)eager eagle Wrote:  Let me explain for all you newbies. The cusa tourney goes to the location that bids the highest, no more no less. There are no minimums or maxims, just the highest number EXCEPT if New Orleans bid $1mil and UTEP bid $1mil it would go to New Orleans due to central locations, etc.

Let me repeat -

All indications coming out of Dallas is that the million dollar guarantee is off the table for 2014-2015

There will be some guarantee but it will NOT be $1mm -

So I guess they are saying that the bid must be less than one mil or they wont accept it.

No, I'm saying that the conference has concluded that NO ONE will be willing to ante up a $1,000,000 guarantee during this transition period -

BIG DIFFERENCE