First basketball game in the brand new Dickies Arena in Fort Worth. Looks like a beautiful arena.

ive already booked a hotel withing walking distance. I think its going to be a great location for us.

(12-06-2019 09:17 PM)tigerjeb Wrote:  ive already booked a hotel withing walking distance. I think its going to be a great location for us.

Yeah, FW is awesome.

My nephew is there and says it’s a great basketball facility

(12-06-2019 09:45 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  My nephew is there and says it’s a great basketball facility

Says tourney ads everywhere

Check out the Dickies Arena wikipedia page. Seats 13,300 for basketball and has a scoreboard that runs the length of the court. Wow.

Barring a complete collapse, Wichita State will bring at least 5,000 fans. They will make the place rock. For a title game, Shocker fans by themselves would fill at least half the arena.

Should have added, it may be so successful that the conference will leave it there permanently. That is what the Missouri Valley did with St. Louis. Been there maybe 25 years or more. There was a semi-final game there once between WSU and Bradley during the Turgeon years that sold out the place (18,000). The Shockers and the Braves both went to the Sweet 16 that year.

Thanks for the heads up. Looks really nice.

WSU tweeted out today tournament ticket information is in the mail.

From the looks of the stadium, I would still prefer the BOK Center. Granted, the BOK might be too big for the AAC in terms of how many fans are expected (~19k vs 13k at Dickies) I just like the seating setup better at BOK.

Hey kids, we are going to spend 4 days in Tulsa!

Daddy, you are the best and take us to such luxurious locations!!!!!

(01-13-2020 02:57 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Hey kids, we are going to spend 4 days in Tulsa!

Daddy, you are the best and take us to such luxurious locations!!!!!

Yeah, when I think the height of luxury, I think an arena in Ft. Worth, Texas. Home to the Ft. Worth Stock Rodeo.

(01-13-2020 02:57 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Hey kids, we are going to spend 4 days in Tulsa!

Daddy, you are the best and take us to such luxurious locations!!!!!

You might reconsider

I'm trying to figure out what the ESPN2 part is referring to? I know some of the games will probably appear on that network, but what does that have to do with the site?

(01-13-2020 05:22 PM)Coach Bonez89 Wrote:  I'm trying to figure out what the ESPN2 part is referring to? I know some of the games will probably appear on that network, but what does that have to do with the site?

1. I don't think the initial post had anything to do with the AAC being on ESPN2. It was just telling people to look at ESPN2 to check out what the arena looks like.

2. The initial post was on Dec 6th. It was brought back up today with a post about ticket information.

(01-13-2020 02:51 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  From the looks of the stadium, I would still prefer the BOK Center. Granted, the BOK might be too big for the AAC in terms of how many fans are expected (~19k vs 13k at Dickies) I just like the seating setup better at BOK.

I wonder if the drive being cut down by 95% helps out too.

(01-13-2020 05:54 PM)ShockerFever Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 02:51 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  From the looks of the stadium, I would still prefer the BOK Center. Granted, the BOK might be too big for the AAC in terms of how many fans are expected (~19k vs 13k at Dickies) I just like the seating setup better at BOK.

I wonder if the drive being cut down by 95% helps out too.

I was just talking the level of arena. I don't live in Tulsa anymore but I think it would be a decent host site as well. It's not like SMU is going to bring a ton of fans every season to that Ft. Worth arena. They bring 5K to 6K to their home games. I'm guessing the rest of the games between teams not named Wichita or Memphis will be relatively sparsely attended.

(01-13-2020 06:50 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 05:54 PM)ShockerFever Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 02:51 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  From the looks of the stadium, I would still prefer the BOK Center. Granted, the BOK might be too big for the AAC in terms of how many fans are expected (~19k vs 13k at Dickies) I just like the seating setup better at BOK.

I wonder if the drive being cut down by 95% helps out too.

I was just talking the level of arena. I don't live in Tulsa anymore but I think it would be a decent host site as well. It's not like SMU is going to bring a ton of fans every season to that Ft. Worth arena. They bring 5K to 6K to their home games. I'm guessing the rest of the games between teams not named Wichita or Memphis will be relatively sparsely attended.

We've covered this many times on the board.

Drivable schools who also have an alumni presence in DFW. SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, Houston, Wichita, arguably Memphis.

Easy cheap flights, Cincinnati, Temple, the Florida schools. Especially with UConn leaving it is unlikely the tournament will leave the metro. I expect it will be the highest overall attended and average attendance of any AAC tourney.

(01-13-2020 07:11 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 06:50 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 05:54 PM)ShockerFever Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 02:51 PM)invisiblehand Wrote:  From the looks of the stadium, I would still prefer the BOK Center. Granted, the BOK might be too big for the AAC in terms of how many fans are expected (~19k vs 13k at Dickies) I just like the seating setup better at BOK.

I wonder if the drive being cut down by 95% helps out too.

I was just talking the level of arena. I don't live in Tulsa anymore but I think it would be a decent host site as well. It's not like SMU is going to bring a ton of fans every season to that Ft. Worth arena. They bring 5K to 6K to their home games. I'm guessing the rest of the games between teams not named Wichita or Memphis will be relatively sparsely attended.

We've covered this many times on the board.

Drivable schools who also have an alumni presence in DFW. SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, Houston, Wichita, arguably Memphis.

Easy cheap flights, Cincinnati, Temple, the Florida schools. Especially with UConn leaving it is unlikely the tournament will leave the metro. I expect it will be the highest overall attended and average attendance of any AAC tourney.

Memphis and WSU will show up. Tulane can’t even fill their small arena at home much less bring a ton of travel fans. UConn will sit this one out unless their team goes on a run before the end of the season. ECU and the Florida schools aren’t bringing anyone. Temple is unlikely to as well. We might see a smattering of Tulsa fans maybe 1K cincy fans and 2K Houston fans (unless Houston ends up being an at large level)