Another lesser reason why they are doing this is perhaps for the students that are on spring break during this week. UNCW, W&M, JMU, and Northeastern have spring break during CAA tournament week next year, while CofC is still in school for another week.

I guess they think people will travel from up north, make a couple of days of it on their way to/from Florida, and go that way. CofC would probably set up shuttles from downtown Charleston to take students to the Coliseum.

Last year, since it was spring break, there were few CofC students for the first game, maybe 50 or so for game 2, and the section was filled for the finals, while UNCW filled their section for at least the semis and the finals, and probably the first game too.

The semifinals last year drew 4,708 fans. And that was with CofC playing in a good slot, 4:30 on a Sunday. UNCW and William & Mary brought as many fans as CofC did. The championship drew 6,342.

You can't expect families to stay till 11 or 11:30pm on a weeknight to watch semifinal games of a non-major league. The ACC and other major leagues can do that because of all the boosters that usually buy these tickets for these tourneys, while the CAA and other leagues at our level don't have as much of that.

Also, most of CofC's fan base is to the south of the Coliseum. Mostly West Ashley, downtown Charleston, Mount Pleasant, and James Island, so they would have to drive 15-20 minutes or more to get home. You saw this last year during the finals. Many of our fans were late-arriving, because they were either headed there straight from work downtown or Mount Pleasant.

I could understand doing this for FS1/2 or a ESPN net, but not for a network that even sports fans don't often know exists. NBCSN was basically out of the question because of their expansion of their hockey package, which draws more younger viewers than mid-major basketball.