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RE: Should we have the tournament rotate between Memphis and Wichita?
(04-10-2017 07:15 AM)PurpleReigns Wrote:  One east, one west with both having strong support from the locals.

UCONN didn't support the tournament that much, having it in Florida during the Spring actually hurts us in potential attendance, and most other places don't make sense outside of say Temple/Philly.


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No.

Put it in Memphis and keep it there.
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(04-10-2017 10:29 AM)Hurricane Drummer Wrote:  We should rotate the tourney through Branson, Missouri. It's fairly centralized on the west side. It's only 4 hours from Tulsa. Plus I can go to the Dixie Stampede between games and get a whole chicken to myself while I watch a drama of the South rising again!

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(04-10-2017 09:31 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  
(04-10-2017 09:27 PM)Wushock37 Wrote:  I still think having it in the YUM! Center in Louisville would work great...but it won't happen

the AAC would have to supply clothes pins for every one to hold their nose with just to avoid the stench....pass

It beats having to hire armed security to avoid the gang action around the UC campus....
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RE: Should we have the tournament rotate between Memphis and Wichita?
(04-10-2017 10:13 PM)Wushock37 Wrote:  
(04-10-2017 09:31 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  
(04-10-2017 09:27 PM)Wushock37 Wrote:  I still think having it in the YUM! Center in Louisville would work great...but it won't happen

the AAC would have to supply clothes pins for every one to hold their nose with just to avoid the stench....pass

It beats having to hire armed security to avoid the gang action around the UC campus....

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RE: Should we have the tournament rotate between Memphis and Wichita?
IF we added VCU and Dayton, I think Richmond, VA would be a good location for the east and Memphis, TN for the west
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I like OKC for a site on the western side. Tulsa, SMU and WSU all <3 hrs. Houston and Memphis <6.5 hr drive.
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RE: Should we have the tournament rotate between Memphis and Wichita?
(04-10-2017 10:13 PM)Wushock37 Wrote:  
(04-10-2017 09:31 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  
(04-10-2017 09:27 PM)Wushock37 Wrote:  I still think having it in the YUM! Center in Louisville would work great...but it won't happen

the AAC would have to supply clothes pins for every one to hold their nose with just to avoid the stench....pass

It beats having to hire armed security to avoid the gang action around the UC campus....

typical Louisville *@#hole - I guess that the ghetto around the fairgrounds and "papa john" stadium (not to be confused with the "madam pitino" arena) is like a pristine area.....
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(04-11-2017 06:32 AM)Downtown Shocker Brown Wrote:  I like OKC for a site on the western side. Tulsa, SMU and WSU all <3 hrs. Houston and Memphis <6.5 hr drive.

once us has its renovation done, it'd be nice if the league would at least give it a look
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(04-10-2017 09:27 PM)Wushock37 Wrote:  I still think having it in the YUM! Center in Louisville would work great...but it won't happen

Not that it matters because we'd just lose our first game anyway, but I'd rather Memphis boycott than play in that ******* town.
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(04-10-2017 09:53 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  
(04-10-2017 07:15 AM)PurpleReigns Wrote:  One east, one west with both having strong support from the locals.

UCONN didn't support the tournament that much, having it in Florida during the Spring actually hurts us in potential attendance, and most other places don't make sense outside of say Temple/Philly.


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No.

Put it in Memphis and keep it there.

yes, i agree
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RE: Should we have the tournament rotate between Memphis and Wichita?
(04-10-2017 09:11 PM)Someone_Else Wrote:  No, although Wichita would love it, IBA only holds 14K. Wichita fans would travel in large numbers to Tulsa and Dallas though. Houston would be more of a stretch.

Only 14,000? 03-lmfao

You are not from around these parts, are ya?

Over the last 3 AAC Tournaments (twice Hartford, once Orlando), the number of games played in front of 5,000 or more actual fans can be counted on one hand (actually, on 3-4 fingers).

Unlike Wichita State, almost NO ONE "travels" for this tournament, hence the need to rely on 90% or more local fan base to show up.

If Wichita's new City Arena puts in a competitive bid, odds are they will host a Tournament in the future.

I can also see Cinci put in a future bid to hold it in their renovated on campus arena once completed too.

Orlando will certainly benefit from Wichita State fans traveling to their first AAC Tournament (a slightly more fun and warmer location than St Louis) and those WSU fans will see how "small" most traveling fan bases are (,even though for some like UCONN, thousands of their alumni now live in FL so they don't even need to travel far to attend).

Only 14,000 seats a concern? 03-lmfao

Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, KS (15,004 capacity)

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I still think that the tourney should be held in memphis every year. IK memphis sucks but the city has so much history and it was pretty successful during the first conference tourney. Ik UConn and Memphis need to get there **** together but, if they do we could have 4-5 ranked teams like our first year which would boost ratings.
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What about having it in Nashville, Indianapolis, or Atlanta
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(04-11-2017 09:23 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  
(04-10-2017 09:11 PM)Someone_Else Wrote:  No, although Wichita would love it, IBA only holds 14K. Wichita fans would travel in large numbers to Tulsa and Dallas though. Houston would be more of a stretch.

Only 14,000? 03-lmfao

You are not from around these parts, are ya?

Over the last 3 AAC Tournaments (twice Hartford, once Orlando), the number of games played in front of 5,000 or more actual fans can be counted on one hand (actually, on 3-4 fingers).

Unlike Wichita State, almost NO ONE "travels" for this tournament, hence the need to rely on 90% or more local fan base to show up.

If Wichita's new City Arena puts in a competitive bid, odds are they will host a Tournament in the future.

I can also see Cinci put in a future bid to hold it in their renovated on campus arena once completed too.

Orlando will certainly benefit from Wichita State fans traveling to their first AAC Tournament (a slightly more fun and warmer location than St Louis) and those WSU fans will see how "small" most traveling fan bases are (,even though for some like UCONN, thousands of their alumni now live in FL so they don't even need to travel far to attend).

Only 14,000 seats a concern? 03-lmfao

Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, KS (15,004 capacity)

[Image: gallery_images_photo_1439.jpg?1418669613]

[Image: intrust-bank-arena1.jpg?w=650]

Intrust Bank Arena would be a good building to host the tourney. Also, Wichita is currently sinking in a lot of money to downtown. They are trying to make it nice for the NCAA tourney next year
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One thing we shouldn't do is have higher seeds host the tourney games. That puts us with the lower level conferences that can't get arenas to agree to let them rent their space. No matter what we do with the Conference tourney. Don't have higher seeds host it.
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RE: Should we have the tournament rotate between Memphis and Wichita?
(04-11-2017 10:11 AM)Huskypride Wrote:  One thing we shouldn't do is have higher seeds host the tourney games. That puts us with the lower level conferences that can't get arenas to agree to let them rent their space. No matter what we do with the Conference tourney. Don't have higher seeds host it.
I don't disagree. But if the solution to avoiding this is giving a team permanent home-court advantage (as many have proposed about Memphis in this thread), I think that is even worse.
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(04-11-2017 10:15 AM)Wudizzle Wrote:  
(04-11-2017 10:11 AM)Huskypride Wrote:  One thing we shouldn't do is have higher seeds host the tourney games. That puts us with the lower level conferences that can't get arenas to agree to let them rent their space. No matter what we do with the Conference tourney. Don't have higher seeds host it.
I don't disagree. But if the solution to avoiding this is giving a team permanent home-court advantage (as many have proposed about Memphis in this thread), I think that is even worse.

ik, but it is hard to find an arena that isn't already rented out during conference tourney season, that is also in the center of the AAC footprint.
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RE: Should we have the tournament rotate between Memphis and Wichita?
I do like the idea of a rotating conference tournament in conference cities. Off the top of my head, I don't think there's a single AAC town that doesn't have an arena that could host, even if it's not the school's home court--Tulsa has BOK, Wichita has Intrust, New Orleans has Smoothie King, Cincinnati has US Bank, etc. With a relatively "new" conference like this, it would be a way to generate some excitement in the conference's hometowns and build some familiarity with casual fans.
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(04-11-2017 10:26 AM)Rocky Mountain Shock Wrote:  I do like the idea of a rotating conference tournament in conference cities. Off the top of my head, I don't think there's a single AAC town that doesn't have an arena that could host, even if it's not the school's home court--Tulsa has BOK, Wichita has Intrust, New Orleans has Smoothie King, Cincinnati has US Bank, etc. With a relatively "new" conference like this, it would be a way to generate some excitement in the conference's hometowns and build some familiarity with casual fans.

yes, but if we want to be like the big conferences. We need to have one NBA sized arena that we play our tourney at every year.
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(04-11-2017 09:23 AM)KnightLight Wrote:  
(04-10-2017 09:11 PM)Someone_Else Wrote:  No, although Wichita would love it, IBA only holds 14K. Wichita fans would travel in large numbers to Tulsa and Dallas though. Houston would be more of a stretch.

Only 14,000? 03-lmfao

You are not from around these parts, are ya?

Over the last 3 AAC Tournaments (twice Hartford, once Orlando), the number of games played in front of 5,000 or more actual fans can be counted on one hand (actually, on 3-4 fingers).

Unlike Wichita State, almost NO ONE "travels" for this tournament, hence the need to rely on 90% or more local fan base to show up.

If Wichita's new City Arena puts in a competitive bid, odds are they will host a Tournament in the future.

I can also see Cinci put in a future bid to hold it in their renovated on campus arena once completed too.

Orlando will certainly benefit from Wichita State fans traveling to their first AAC Tournament (a slightly more fun and warmer location than St Louis) and those WSU fans will see how "small" most traveling fan bases are (,even though for some like UCONN, thousands of their alumni now live in FL so they don't even need to travel far to attend).

Only 14,000 seats a concern? 03-lmfao

Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, KS (15,004 capacity)

[Image: gallery_images_photo_1439.jpg?1418669613]

[Image: intrust-bank-arena1.jpg?w=650]

Maybe I'm crazy, but I remember hearing that Creighton sent 8K-9K fans to MSG for their first Big East tournament. So that might be a good measuring point for what you'll see from WSU this next season. Those two fan bases are very similar in the way they travel.
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