(11-23-2016 05:37 AM)solohawks Wrote:  

(11-23-2016 02:09 AM)geewizNU Wrote:  

(11-22-2016 11:43 PM)solohawks Wrote:  This isn't CAA related but Fort Wayne beat Indiana tonight at their gym.

I wanna know how they got that home game scheduled. That is literally like us getting UNC to come to Trask

Sometimes it's just luck. There's no need to think about it so much.

NU getting Michigan State in Boston last year was pure luck. Both of the AD's are on the NCAA Selection committee and have a friendship. We needed a home game and asked, MSU's AD liked the challenge of playing a road game in Boston in a historic arena against a good mid-major team. The MSU fans loved the arena and the entire trip.

Indiana hadn't played in Fort Wayne since 1967. There were more IU fans in the 11,000 seat arena that IPFW fans.

BC hasn't played NU in Matthews Arena since 1985. We've asked a lot, they say NO.

We've asked UConn when Calhoun was coaching there to come back to Boston. We offered to name the court after him and have a ceremony to honor what he did at NU. Their AD at the time said we had to pay them about half a million to make up them losing a home game.
We said thanks, but no thanks.

Providence came to Matthews Arena in Matt Janning's senior year. It was great. PC brought a lot of fans. It wasn't a complete sellout like Michigan State, but it was close.

IU also got 2 home games from IPFW out of the deal.

Very creative deal by IPFW that I'm sure they are glad that they made

NU did a 3 for 1 with Duke from 1992 - 1995. First 3 were in Durham before they smashed us at Matthews in 1995.

I think IPFW is glad too, for what it did for the Ft. Wayne community.