(02-12-2018 08:35 AM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(02-12-2018 06:27 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  I still don't know why they didn't just keep it at Memphis (like the first year) as a standing central location for the tournament in this goofy conference footprint rather than moving it around mostly between the corners in Hartford, Orlando, and Dallas.

Memphis is still 7 hours from Cincinnati.

It's 25 degrees in Cincinnati right now. It's 73 in Orlando. That's why the tournament should ALWAYS be in Orlando or Tampa. Cheap flights, nice weather, what's not to like?

That’s an easy day drive. Orlando is like 900 miles away so it’s a flight. Students making a road trip are not normally looking to book flights on a credit card on short notice. People planning to go to the NCAA 1st round are not either.

Conference should have picked Memphis due to being centrally located. In CUSA days UC, Charlotte, Louisville, St Louis etc used to show up en masse when it was held at the Pyramid. As it is I bet UC doesn’t have more than a couple hundred there who are not part of the university entourage.

Now the tournament will rely on UCF fans who are hoping for at least a NIT bid to show up in droves. After they lose in round one that place will be a ghost town.