(03-17-2014 01:00 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  yeah, 1173 is something to be proud of

I took his comment as meaning that he didn't buy the FIU attendance claim. But that's just me.

(03-19-2014 10:05 AM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(03-17-2014 01:00 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  yeah, 1173 is something to be proud of

I took his comment as meaning that he didn't buy the FIU attendance claim. But that's just me.

I know what he meant, but for him to laugh at 1,500 - 2,000 actual butts in seats for the morning session not involving UTEP, when his school announced attendance is barely over 1,000 doesn't sit well with me.

(03-18-2014 02:10 PM)Funslinger Wrote:  

(03-18-2014 01:38 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Okay. I'm tired of all this squabbling. My question is: Why, if those first games aren't televised do we have to have them at the cusa host city/town. Since we have so many teams and the bottom dwellers always play the first games why can't they play their games at the highest seeded schools. Instead of having 5 days in the host city's gym/arena give those schools a break by lowering their costs from having to travel to far away places like Florida or El Paso. Heck, if things had worked out that way FIU and FAU would have no need to leave Florida. Then for instance they could play in a close by school like Marshal, ODU etc.

We don't need those games at the same place. At a minimum there should only be 3 days of conference play in the host city. But, I guess that takes too much common sense.

I could live with that as long as the top teams get byes and don't have to play until arriving at the tournament site.

Maybe exempt the top 6 teams from the elimination games and have 7 host 14, 8 host 13, 9 host 12 and 10 host 11 as suggested by usm99. Reseed the winners as 7-10 and head to tourney site. Top two seeds get a double bye while seeds 3-10 get down to two teams. Then have the semifinals.

However, I'm not in favor of this because it may increase travel expenses for seeds 11-14 as they may potentially have to make arrangements for two trips instead of one. The only teams that could save travel expenses would be losers among seeds 7-10 as they would have no need to travel.

Yeah Fun, I thought of that afterward. But what I'm trying to convey is why do we need the bottom 2 seeds in the tourney at all. Chances are pretty good that they will lose in the first or second round. Plus you know that their fans won't attend either. Either just eliminated the 13-16 seeds entirely and shorten the tourney. Good for the pocketbooks of both the schools and the fans that do attend.

(03-19-2014 03:04 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Yeah Fun, I thought of that afterward. But what I'm trying to convey is why do we need the bottom 2 seeds in the tourney at all. Chances are pretty good that they will lose in the first or second round. Plus you know that their fans won't attend either. Either just eliminated the 13-16 seeds entirely and shorten the tourney. Good for the pocketbooks of both the schools and the fans that do attend.

I think they idea is some fans might need to plan their trips back in January when they wouldn't be sure if their team would even make the tournament...and thus not go at at all even if they do qualify. I know back when we were in the Belt, there were some years when they had opening round games on campus sites and only the quarters onward were at the neutral location.

I never could attend those because I was never sure if we'd even be there until way too late to find affordable flights to the tourney site.

(03-19-2014 10:26 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 10:05 AM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(03-17-2014 01:00 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  yeah, 1173 is something to be proud of

I took his comment as meaning that he didn't buy the FIU attendance claim. But that's just me.

I know what he meant, but for him to laugh at 1,500 - 2,000 actual butts in seats for the morning session not involving UTEP, when his school announced attendance is barely over 1,000 doesn't sit well with me.

So because FAU doesn't draw as well as well as UTEP, I'm not allowed to talk about basketball attendance at all? Lol okay Putin. Would you like to police anything else I do? Here I'll give you a head start... I wear pastels before Easter.

(03-19-2014 08:47 PM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 10:26 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 10:05 AM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(03-17-2014 01:00 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  yeah, 1173 is something to be proud of

I took his comment as meaning that he didn't buy the FIU attendance claim. But that's just me.

I know what he meant, but for him to laugh at 1,500 - 2,000 actual butts in seats for the morning session not involving UTEP, when his school announced attendance is barely over 1,000 doesn't sit well with me.

So because FAU doesn't draw as well as well as UTEP, I'm not allowed to talk about basketball attendance at all? Lol okay Putin. Would you like to police anything else I do? Here I'll give you a head start... I wear pastels before Easter.

so does 1173 of your announced attendance, which is a lot lower than people wearing orange and blue at the cusa tournament on a weekday morning session not involving UTEP.

(03-20-2014 12:28 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 08:47 PM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 10:26 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 10:05 AM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(03-17-2014 01:00 PM)randaddyminer Wrote:  yeah, 1173 is something to be proud of

I took his comment as meaning that he didn't buy the FIU attendance claim. But that's just me.

I know what he meant, but for him to laugh at 1,500 - 2,000 actual butts in seats for the morning session not involving UTEP, when his school announced attendance is barely over 1,000 doesn't sit well with me.

So because FAU doesn't draw as well as well as UTEP, I'm not allowed to talk about basketball attendance at all? Lol okay Putin. Would you like to police anything else I do? Here I'll give you a head start... I wear pastels before Easter.

so does 1173 of your announced attendance, which is a lot lower than people wearing orange and blue at the cusa tournament on a weekday morning session not involving UTEP.

(03-20-2014 12:44 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:28 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 08:47 PM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 10:26 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 10:05 AM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  I took his comment as meaning that he didn't buy the FIU attendance claim. But that's just me.

I know what he meant, but for him to laugh at 1,500 - 2,000 actual butts in seats for the morning session not involving UTEP, when his school announced attendance is barely over 1,000 doesn't sit well with me.

So because FAU doesn't draw as well as well as UTEP, I'm not allowed to talk about basketball attendance at all? Lol okay Putin. Would you like to police anything else I do? Here I'll give you a head start... I wear pastels before Easter.

so does 1173 of your announced attendance, which is a lot lower than people wearing orange and blue at the cusa tournament on a weekday morning session not involving UTEP.

hey, you brought it upon yourself

(03-20-2014 12:47 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:44 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:28 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 08:47 PM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 10:26 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  I know what he meant, but for him to laugh at 1,500 - 2,000 actual butts in seats for the morning session not involving UTEP, when his school announced attendance is barely over 1,000 doesn't sit well with me.

So because FAU doesn't draw as well as well as UTEP, I'm not allowed to talk about basketball attendance at all? Lol okay Putin. Would you like to police anything else I do? Here I'll give you a head start... I wear pastels before Easter.

so does 1173 of your announced attendance, which is a lot lower than people wearing orange and blue at the cusa tournament on a weekday morning session not involving UTEP.

hey, you brought it upon yourself

By trying to say that I didn't buy 3,000 fans at that game? If you insist.

(03-20-2014 12:51 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:47 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:44 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:28 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-19-2014 08:47 PM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  So because FAU doesn't draw as well as well as UTEP, I'm not allowed to talk about basketball attendance at all? Lol okay Putin. Would you like to police anything else I do? Here I'll give you a head start... I wear pastels before Easter.

so does 1173 of your announced attendance, which is a lot lower than people wearing orange and blue at the cusa tournament on a weekday morning session not involving UTEP.

hey, you brought it upon yourself

By trying to say that I didn't buy 3,000 fans at that game? If you insist.

why are you complaining about 3000 fans?

(03-20-2014 12:52 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:51 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:47 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:44 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:28 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  so does 1173 of your announced attendance, which is a lot lower than people wearing orange and blue at the cusa tournament on a weekday morning session not involving UTEP.

hey, you brought it upon yourself

By trying to say that I didn't buy 3,000 fans at that game? If you insist.

why are you complaining about 3000 fans?

I don't think you understood my original post....
I was trying to say that I didn't believe that number, of more than 3,000 fans at that game, is true. I made a joke about CUSA saying there were over 3,000 fans at that game, by comparing that to FIU saying over 2/3 of their football stadium was full this past season.
I never attacked UTEP fans. Don't know why I would? But for some reason you took me saying that I think the conference stretched those numbers as an attack, and continued to state that because FAU draws a small amount of fans I have no basis to attack UTEP fans, even though once again, I never did.

Needless to say, the joke went right over your head.

(03-20-2014 01:17 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:52 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:51 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:47 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:44 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

hey, you brought it upon yourself

By trying to say that I didn't buy 3,000 fans at that game? If you insist.

why are you complaining about 3000 fans?

I don't think you understood my original post....
I was trying to say that I didn't believe that number, of more than 3,000 fans at that game, is true. I made a joke about CUSA saying there were over 3,000 fans at that game, by comparing that to FIU saying over 2/3 of their football stadium was full this past season.
I never attacked UTEP fans. Don't know why I would? But for some reason you took me saying that I think the conference stretched those numbers as an attack, and continued to state that because FAU draws a small amount of fans I have no basis to attack UTEP fans, even though once again, I never did.

Needless to say, the joke went right over your head.

No, the joke didn't go over my head. I'm giving you crap because why would a school who barely averaged 1000 fans, be given room to talk on anything attendance.

(03-20-2014 01:32 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 01:17 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:52 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:51 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:47 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  hey, you brought it upon yourself

By trying to say that I didn't buy 3,000 fans at that game? If you insist.

why are you complaining about 3000 fans?

I don't think you understood my original post....
I was trying to say that I didn't believe that number, of more than 3,000 fans at that game, is true. I made a joke about CUSA saying there were over 3,000 fans at that game, by comparing that to FIU saying over 2/3 of their football stadium was full this past season.
I never attacked UTEP fans. Don't know why I would? But for some reason you took me saying that I think the conference stretched those numbers as an attack, and continued to state that because FAU draws a small amount of fans I have no basis to attack UTEP fans, even though once again, I never did.

Needless to say, the joke went right over your head.

No, the joke didn't go over my head. I'm giving you crap because why would a school who barely averaged 1000 fans, be given room to talk on anything attendance.

So because FAU averages just above 1,000, I'm not allowed to say that it looked like CUSA stretched the numbers of some of the tournament games?
Okay, well since that's the case, I guess because we beat you in basketball, UTEP fans aren't given room to talk anything about basketball.

Here's the only solution that matters:

Release the bracket seeding and times before the season is finished.


We all know CUSA was trying to give UTEP the advantage by scheduling all of their games evenly and in the afternoon for ticket sales.

(03-20-2014 03:31 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 01:32 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 01:17 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:52 AM)randaddyminer Wrote:  

(03-20-2014 12:51 AM)FAUAEPi Wrote:  By trying to say that I didn't buy 3,000 fans at that game? If you insist.

why are you complaining about 3000 fans?

I don't think you understood my original post....
I was trying to say that I didn't believe that number, of more than 3,000 fans at that game, is true. I made a joke about CUSA saying there were over 3,000 fans at that game, by comparing that to FIU saying over 2/3 of their football stadium was full this past season.
I never attacked UTEP fans. Don't know why I would? But for some reason you took me saying that I think the conference stretched those numbers as an attack, and continued to state that because FAU draws a small amount of fans I have no basis to attack UTEP fans, even though once again, I never did.

Needless to say, the joke went right over your head.

No, the joke didn't go over my head. I'm giving you crap because why would a school who barely averaged 1000 fans, be given room to talk on anything attendance.

So because FAU averages just above 1,000, I'm not allowed to say that it looked like CUSA stretched the numbers of some of the tournament games?
Okay, well since that's the case, I guess because we beat you in basketball, UTEP fans aren't given room to talk anything about basketball.

they didn't stretch the numbers, those were the actual tickets sold. Did everyone show up? No. Did FAU actually have 1000 fans at their games? Probably not.

Trust me, I'm not going to talk about on the court basketball till next year