Mr. Greenjeans
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'68griz said:
Of course it doesn't make sense, we're talking about the NCAA/derp.
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Conference Tournament to Las Vegas?
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Of course it doesn't make sense, we're talking about the NCAA/derp.
billings_poke
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Actually the new FBS football championship game/playoff is not NCAA sponsored. It is controlled by a separate group and the NCAA only sanctions it and has nothing to do with running it or profits at all. Just like the BCS before it the FBS schools have totally cut the NCAA out of postseason bowls and playoffs.
SWeberCat02
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Sounds like it will very likely be moving to Vegas:
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sacstateman
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I would favor Reno because BSC would not be competing against WCC, Pac12, WAC for hotel space and hotel deals. Also Reno is closer to every BSC school other than NAU and SUU.
Reno has much more limited connections to Big Sky cities, unless one is using a car from Sacramento, which doesn't have a fan base.sacstateman said:
Allegiant flies to most Big Sky locales and is affordable. Place like Cedar City, Flagstaff, and Sacramento are drivable. Hotel space and deals? Las Vegas will be barraging Big Sky sports with hotel and car deals. In March, it wants the traffic.
statler & waldorf
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GrizLA said:
Exactly. Attendance would be a joke. I hope this is just a rumor.
Reading Foolerton's comments in the Missoulian, it doesn't sound like attendance is the concern. It sounds like the schools are concerned about their own travel costs and don't really give a crap if there are fans at the tourneyment. And this is why the Big Sky Conference is terrible. When the cost of travel for basketball, one of the smallest traveling contingents a school has, is just too expensive for conference members, you know you're hanging with the wrong crowd.
griz4life said:
THIS!!!!!
Zags fans seem to like the Las Vegas tournement option. I have a lifetime goal of never setting foot in Vegas, so I'll have to pass, but I'm sure others would love some nice weather that time of year.
One of the things Ido like about the potential change is the "fixed date" of the tourney. While March is not necessarily a good time to visit Vegas because of the weather, it beats most places. I would never just drop everything and fly to Ogden just because the Griz are playing but with eight teams, and a fixed site with a fixed date of competition, I would consider Las Vegas since there are so many other things to do while Portland State is playing Northern Colorado to a near empty house. Other conferences seem to do ok with this, and bring their bands and pep squads and fans that can only add to a college game. So, maybe, even though I doubt it will happen, this might be a good gamble. It would also give the SoCal and Arizona high school kids a better picture. I think the women's programs should coincide as well...
'68griz said:
Yup. Instead of the possibility of having the Big Sky Champ hosting with a couple thousand fans in attendance during the tournament, there will be probably a couple hundred fans attending the tournament if held in Vegas. :?
AllWeatherFan said:
Zag fans love it because 9 years out of ten, they're going to the Dance even if they lose in the first round of their tournament. Obviously, that ain't so with the BSC.
No reward for the regular season? NO way.
i'm coming around to this idea, but for selfish reasons. as la says, i can't fly to missoula or ogden on short notice, but i could to las vegas on a fixed date. so the conference would be adding at least two--and i am loud.
question is, what's the regular-season incentive? first you were playing for the chance to go straight to the ncaa's. then you were playing for home court, a huge advantage in getting to the dance. seedings, sure, but the plum was homecourt advantage. doesn't that make the regular season rather meaningless?
reno? nah! just ain't interesting.
question is, what's the regular-season incentive? first you were playing for the chance to go straight to the ncaa's. then you were playing for home court, a huge advantage in getting to the dance. seedings, sure, but the plum was homecourt advantage. doesn't that make the regular season rather meaningless?
reno? nah! just ain't interesting.
Yes.
And if I'm a BSC coach, I coast the first 2/3 of the season to prepare for the conference tournament. Who cares if I'm 1-24 as long as I win the last 3 games of the year.
DUMB!
citay said:
The only way I would even like having the tournament played on a neutral court is if the Big Sky regular season champion got an automatic bid into the Dance. But that won't ever happen because if that were the scenario, there wouldn't need to be a tournament because the NCAA will never take two teams from a bad Big Sky Basketball conference.
GrizLA said:
Mmmmm, I'm not sure I understand.
Anyone who wins their conference deserves to go. Personally, I hate tournaments and would do away with all of them, but greed prevents that. So in a one-bid league like the BSC, you should do all you can to protect your best team.
Great post, EG!!EverettGriz said:
sacstateman
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EverettGriz said:
With the top eight only going to the tourney your 1-24 team is staying home...... I know that was an over the top reaction but no team that goes 1-24 is ever going to win three in a row at the end of a season
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