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(03-09-2016 12:46 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  https://twitter.com/KLV1063/status/7076071027939737

LINKS NOT WORKING FOR ME

(03-09-2016 12:48 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(03-09-2016 12:46 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  https://twitter.com/KLV1063/status/7076071027939737

LINKS NOT WORKING FOR ME

hopefully I fixed it

And Hot Springs didn't "suck"

It was a pretty neat place-- it kind of grew on me after a while

(03-09-2016 12:52 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  And Hot Springs didn't "suck"

It was a pretty neat place-- it kind of grew on me after a while

Would you ever want to pay to fly there?

The most shocking part of this is that FAU-FIU have basketball fans.

(03-09-2016 01:00 PM)Blue_Trombone Wrote:  

(03-09-2016 12:52 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  And Hot Springs didn't "suck"

It was a pretty neat place-- it kind of grew on me after a while

Would you ever want to pay to fly there?

Just fly into Little Rock (one hour drive).

I would-- the setup was not bad at all. Two courts in the same convention center.

You could go from one game to the next "arena" with a 2-minute walk.

We drove (about 6.5 hours).

very funny. If FAU and FIU had good teams and good support I wouldn't be against the tournament being held in Miami or Ft Lauderdale permanently.

(03-09-2016 01:06 PM)JCMiner Wrote:   very funny. If FAU and FIU had good teams and good support I wouldn't be against the tournament being held in Miami or Ft Lauderdale permanently.

That was my point.

UTEP hosted it due to your tremendous hoops fanbase.

Don't like it? Let them bid.

I think the point is FAU and FIU don't have major basketball fan bases. I'm sure the thinking is -- who cares if their several hundred fans (literally) can't go, when you've got thousands at UAB, MT, WKU, Marshall, USM?

(03-09-2016 01:07 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  Don't like it? Let them bid.

He does not, nor ever will, speak for FIU or Panther fans. He is a whiner by nature though, so not surprised by his comments.

(03-09-2016 01:25 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  I think the point is FAU and FIU don't have basketball fans. I'm sure the thinking is -- who cares if their several hundred fans (literally) can't go, when you've got thousands at UAB, MT, WKU, Marshall, USM?

What #s did MTSU send to the tourny last year and this year?

(03-09-2016 01:31 PM)FIU4Ever Wrote:  

(03-09-2016 01:25 PM)Ole Blue Wrote:  I think the point is FAU and FIU don't have basketball fans. I'm sure the thinking is -- who cares if their several hundred fans (literally) can't go, when you've got thousands at UAB, MT, WKU, Marshall, USM?

What #s did MTSU send to the tourny last year and this year?

Not bad at all. Ask the UAB fans.

I only made the championship game, however.

But I will admit that the majority of our fans that go to the tourney are retired folk.

Ken LaVicka
‏@KLV1063
@OwlFamilyFAU "mainstay" fans things may be exaggerating a bit. Don't mistake passion for showing up. Been at plenty of empty MTSU/UAB gms.

At least for the women's games at FAU ........

Our women's broadcaster counts the fans in the stands, and we most always have more in MT blue.

(03-09-2016 01:01 PM)wh49er Wrote:  The most shocking part of this is that FAU-FIU have basketball fans.

+1

(03-09-2016 01:38 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Ken LaVicka
‏@KLV1063
@OwlFamilyFAU "mainstay" fans things may be exaggerating a bit. Don't mistake passion for showing up. Been at plenty of empty MTSU/UAB gms.

I was raising the same points you are to him. I don't think that college basketball has enough of a following in S. Florida in general to support the tourney. I know that UAB/MTSU/WKU fans are fairly rabid but could not speak for thier attendance.

Honestly if the tourney was in S. Florida would the faithful mentioned above drive down? Sure we are a great location especially in the early spring, but i just dont think it would work here. Lets not make it inconvenient for people so we can have the highest attendance possible.

As for Ken I do enjoy his broadcast work. Yes he goes a tad over the top in regards to the owls but Id rather have someone with passion for the team then a dead voice.

(03-09-2016 02:39 PM)OwlFamily Wrote:  

(03-09-2016 01:38 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Ken LaVicka
‏@KLV1063
@OwlFamilyFAU "mainstay" fans things may be exaggerating a bit. Don't mistake passion for showing up. Been at plenty of empty MTSU/UAB gms.

I was raising the same points you are to him. I don't think that college basketball has enough of a following in S. Florida in general to support the tourney. I know that UAB/MTSU/WKU fans are fairly rabid but could not speak for thier attendance.

Honestly if the tourney was in S. Florida would the faithful mentioned above drive down? Sure we are a great location especially in the early spring, but i just dont think it would work here. Lets not make it inconvenient for people so we can have the highest attendance possible.

As for Ken I do enjoy his broadcast work. Yes he goes a tad over the top in regards to the owls but Id rather have someone with passion for the team then a dead voice.

Maybe one day that will change, who knows ?

I cannot believe FIU, though-- with that huge student population-- cannot get more folks to their hoops games. Their athletics department is sitting on their collective asses and just cashing their paycheck-- no thinking "outside the box". The Golden Dazzlers are worth the price of attendance.

At MT--- I"ve always thought we needed a "Bruce Pearl" type of coach for football (rah-rah guy). And wins, of course.

Heck, Rick Insell, our women's coach, draws the 14th largest attendance in the nation-- he has sort of a cult following. He is a Barnum & Bailey type of guy. Self promotion and winning works.

FAU should promote the hell out of that baseball team (but hard to compete with Spring Training, I guess)

(03-09-2016 02:45 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Maybe one day that will change, who knows ?

I cannot believe FIU, though-- with that huge student population-- cannot get more folks to their hoops games. Their athletics department is sitting on their collective asses and just cashing their paycheck-- no thinking "outside the box". The Golden Dazzlers are worth the price of attendance.

At MT--- I"ve always thought we needed a "Bruce Pearl" type of coach for football (rah-rah guy). And wins, of course.

Heck, Rick Insell, our women's coach, draws the 14th largest attendance in the nation-- he has sort of a cult following. He is a Barnum & Bailey type of guy. Self promotion and winning works.

FAU should promote the hell out of that baseball team (but hard to compete with Spring Training, I guess)

That and the stadium is a hole. As much as I love FAU football I swear if I the powerball, I am getting Baseball a quality stadium. They are without a doubt are most successful program. It just doesnt generate revenue.