DwayneW1
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 02:36 PM)Afflicted Wrote: Keep the men's and women's tournaments together. The women's tournament would be even more of an afterthought if it weren't part of the men's. Hold the West tournament in Austin or New Orleans and East tournament in Nashville or Atlanta. I think it's important that they be played at a neutral site from now on. The tournament winners can play a three-game series for the championship like they do in the NBA. This is a good way to make the tournaments geographically sensible for fans, exciting, and fair for everyone involved.
Or have everything through the quarters at campus sites - then the semifinals/finals at a neutral site
It protects the higher seeds and adds credence to winning in the regular season...
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Smaug
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 03:57 PM)DwayneW1 Wrote: (03-16-2015 02:36 PM)Afflicted Wrote: Keep the men's and women's tournaments together. The women's tournament would be even more of an afterthought if it weren't part of the men's. Hold the West tournament in Austin or New Orleans and East tournament in Nashville or Atlanta. I think it's important that they be played at a neutral site from now on. The tournament winners can play a three-game series for the championship like they do in the NBA. This is a good way to make the tournaments geographically sensible for fans, exciting, and fair for everyone involved.
Or have everything through the quarters at campus sites - then the semifinals/finals at a neutral site
It protects the higher seeds and adds credence to winning in the regular season...
You are still asking event venues to schedule games at a moment's notice. Not to mention all the fans that would have to make vacation/travel plans in the same length of time.
(This post was last modified: 03-16-2015 04:05 PM by Smaug.)
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DaBigBlue
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RE: Nuetral Site options
Or Norfolk/Va Beach, ODU has hosted many NCAA games including the first 2 Final Fours for the Women. We'll have a new arena soon in Va Beach, that will be super nice like NBA nice. Plus cheap off season hotels. It will be well supported. We do the Women's NCAAs about every three years and usually have one of the better total attendance for those brackets. The new practice gym next to the Ted would provide another set of locker rooms and another practice floor for the games.
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 02:05 PM)monarchman Wrote: (03-16-2015 01:37 PM)demiveeman Wrote: (03-16-2015 01:34 PM)USMSTUD Wrote: If they separate the men's and women's tournaments, which was talked about at the last CUSA meetings, then I think a Men's tournament will end up in Biloxi.
The Men and Women's tournaments used to be in two different cities. It didn't work. It won't happen again.
ODU has strong women's attendance (and could be much more once we get back on track). LaTech and MTSU have a following as well. Rotate between those three and you'll have a nice women's tournament. There is more value by splitting it up. It can also help the women side establish some type of an identity.
The C-USA Television Deal isn't separated between Men and Women. Much easier for the TV networks when both tournaments are in the same place.
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Smaug
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 03:59 PM)DaBigBlue Wrote: Or Norfolk/Va Beach, ODU has hosted many NCAA games including the first 2 Final Fours for the Women. We'll have a new arena soon in Va Beach, that will be super nice like NBA nice. Plus cheap off season hotels. It will be well supported. We do the Women's NCAAs about every three years and usually have one of the better total attendance for those brackets. The new practice gym next to the Ted would provide another set of locker rooms and another practice floor for the games.
You are making an argument to host it. I recommend you lobby your AD to reach out to local governments to put a package together for the conference decision-makers.
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Saint Greg
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 03:59 PM)Smaug Wrote: (03-16-2015 03:57 PM)DwayneW1 Wrote: (03-16-2015 02:36 PM)Afflicted Wrote: Keep the men's and women's tournaments together. The women's tournament would be even more of an afterthought if it weren't part of the men's. Hold the West tournament in Austin or New Orleans and East tournament in Nashville or Atlanta. I think it's important that they be played at a neutral site from now on. The tournament winners can play a three-game series for the championship like they do in the NBA. This is a good way to make the tournaments geographically sensible for fans, exciting, and fair for everyone involved.
Or have everything through the quarters at campus sites - then the semifinals/finals at a neutral site
It protects the higher seeds and adds credence to winning in the regular season...
You are still asking event venues to schedule games at a moment's notice. Not to mention all the fans that would have to make vacation/travel plans in the same length of time.
Like our NIT game tomorrow?
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DwayneW1
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 03:59 PM)Smaug Wrote: You are still asking event venues to schedule games at a moment's notice. Not to mention all the fans that would have to make vacation/travel plans in the same length of time.
Not really -
You basically have the schools block one week extra for their arenas
If the Semifinals/Finals are a Saturday/Sunday or a Friday/Saturday you are still going to get the same travel number since the sites are at a neutral site and announced a year in advance
Play Monday 1st round - 5, 6, 7, & 8 host
Play Weds - quarters
Friday - Semis
Saturday - Finals
This year - Tech, UTEP, ODU and UAB would be quarterfinal hosts
Allows you to keep the tourneys together also
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Smaug
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 04:19 PM)Saint Greg Wrote: (03-16-2015 03:59 PM)Smaug Wrote: (03-16-2015 03:57 PM)DwayneW1 Wrote: (03-16-2015 02:36 PM)Afflicted Wrote: Keep the men's and women's tournaments together. The women's tournament would be even more of an afterthought if it weren't part of the men's. Hold the West tournament in Austin or New Orleans and East tournament in Nashville or Atlanta. I think it's important that they be played at a neutral site from now on. The tournament winners can play a three-game series for the championship like they do in the NBA. This is a good way to make the tournaments geographically sensible for fans, exciting, and fair for everyone involved.
Or have everything through the quarters at campus sites - then the semifinals/finals at a neutral site
It protects the higher seeds and adds credence to winning in the regular season...
You are still asking event venues to schedule games at a moment's notice. Not to mention all the fans that would have to make vacation/travel plans in the same length of time.
Like our NIT game tomorrow?
Except for Louisiana Tech fans already in Ruston, sure.
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Smaug
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 04:25 PM)DwayneW1 Wrote: (03-16-2015 03:59 PM)Smaug Wrote: You are still asking event venues to schedule games at a moment's notice. Not to mention all the fans that would have to make vacation/travel plans in the same length of time.
Not really -
You basically have the schools block one week extra for their arenas
If the Semifinals/Finals are a Saturday/Sunday or a Friday/Saturday you are still going to get the same travel number since the sites are at a neutral site and announced a year in advance
Play Monday 1st round - 5, 6, 7, & 8 host
Play Weds - quarters
Friday - Semis
Saturday - Finals
This year - Tech, UTEP, ODU and UAB would be quarterfinal hosts
Allows you to keep the tourneys together also
Still a helluva lot more complicated than announcing a venue 9 months out.
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RE: Nuetral Site options
Whoever is the last place team at the end of January gets to hold the Tournament.
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 03:46 PM)DaBigBlue Wrote: Boca doesn't have any home court advantage, they avg what 1,500 and they're old. I say let's do it, think of the fun stuff they could do. Have golf outing, student volleyball or Bbal. Pep band battles on the beach. We could do a bunch of fun things and maybe get some student down there. You think FAU will run the table down there, ok I'm not too worried. They went 1-11 last 12 games with only win over our conference champs UAB in front of maybe 800.
And it would be well attended.
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RE: Nuetral Site options
I think Knoxville would be a decent neutral site, really close to Marshall, ODU, Charlotte, not too far for MTSU, WKU, UAB, would be great for East Division schools, the west not so much but a lot closer than Greensboro for West schools.
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RE: Nuetral Site options
I think a perfect neutral sites would be Memphis (east) and Austin (west).
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Nuetral Site options
How bout kick out UAB and keep it in Birmingham? Jk.
2016
Mens-East School
Womens-West School
2017
Mens-West School
Womens-East School
What about this. It would rotate to all 14 schools and you wouldn't have to worry about two venues?
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RE: Nuetral Site options
It don't need to be anywhere more than two years unless a big success. Nashville would be a great place , but the OVC and SEC about have nashville locked up
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 05:06 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote: I think Knoxville would be a decent neutral site, really close to Marshall, ODU, Charlotte, not too far for MTSU, WKU, UAB, would be great for East Division schools, the west not so much but a lot closer than Greensboro for West schools.
That's an interesting thought that had not occurred to me. I like that idea if they can scrub the ugly orange for a few days. Don't tell them I said that.
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RE: Nuetral Site options
How about this location:
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 09:04 PM)Hilltopper2K Wrote: (03-16-2015 05:06 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote: I think Knoxville would be a decent neutral site, really close to Marshall, ODU, Charlotte, not too far for MTSU, WKU, UAB, would be great for East Division schools, the west not so much but a lot closer than Greensboro for West schools.
That's an interesting thought that had not occurred to me. I like that idea if they can scrub the ugly orange for a few days. Don't tell them I said that.
Unless you have family, there is nothing worth visiting in Knoxville. I have an uncle there and it is nothing great. Chattanooga is much nicer and has a little more to do.
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RE: Nuetral Site options
Another Neutral site option should be the De Soto Center in Southhaven, MS. Just outside of Memphis. Just north of the casino. A smallish (7000 seast) arena that would make the crowd look better. Centrally located between east and west. Not that far for WKU, MTSU, USM, La Tech, UAB. Drive-able for several others.
(This post was last modified: 03-16-2015 09:27 PM by Hilltopper2K.)
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RE: Nuetral Site options
(03-16-2015 09:23 PM)odubum Wrote: (03-16-2015 09:04 PM)Hilltopper2K Wrote: (03-16-2015 05:06 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote: I think Knoxville would be a decent neutral site, really close to Marshall, ODU, Charlotte, not too far for MTSU, WKU, UAB, would be great for East Division schools, the west not so much but a lot closer than Greensboro for West schools.
That's an interesting thought that had not occurred to me. I like that idea if they can scrub the ugly orange for a few days. Don't tell them I said that.
Unless you have family, there is nothing worth visiting in Knoxville. I have an uncle there and it is nothing great. Chattanooga is much nicer and has a little more to do.
If we did play in Knoxville, I'm getting a cabin in Gatlinburg.
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