And the conference tournament will be played in...
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I wonder what attendance is going to look like when Memphis is knocked out in the first round.
Crappy... like everywhere else when the host gets knocked out early.
I would like to see Tulsa get it in 2020 if they aren't hosting an NCAA first round. Despite all the talk of poor attendance in Tulsa the attendance at the CUSA tourneys they hosted would beat any of the AAC sites so far except Memphis.
That is the downside of having the tourney at a school site or city. The top conferences don't hold their tourneys at these sites for that very reason. I wonder how close we are as a conference to having our conference tourney at non-school affiliated sites?
Memphis is one of the better options. That's a fun trip. We couldn't host because of NCAA in Tulsa that year.
Their fan support for other games is pitiful, but they will probably have a new coach by then and maybe they are better.
Their fan support for other games is pitiful, but they will probably have a new coach by then and maybe they are better.
Memphis hosted the AAC tourney in 2014 and was knocked out early by UConn...it's best attended AAC tourney to date.
2014 attendance: 63,636
2015 attendance: 45,480
2016 attendance: 38,871
I see why they wanted to come back.
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Memphis is awesome, went there for the TU-Memphis football game last season, visited the Bass Pro, hung around Beal St, you have got a great city.
2018 and 2019 are set...
2018 - Orlando (Amway Center)
2019 - Memphis (FedExForum)
2020? - Tulsa (BOK Center)?
I'd really like that set up. Tulsa is the home team while WSU is 2.5 hours, SMU is 4 hours, and Memphis is 5.5 hours away.
that's easy access for 4 strong hoops fan bases.
on top of all of that...it's a truly neutral court unlike FEF or the XL Center
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I'm hoping Tulsa gets 2020 so I can visit the BOK center, see downtown attractions like the Guthrie Center, Philbrook Downtown, Cain's ballroom, and eat at Ti Amo and Juniper.
Memphis is pretty centrally located to the majority of conference members and easy to drive/fly for a lot of them (maybe driving not an option for UCONN fans).
Is this just the men's tournament or are they going to keep the men/women paired? With UCONN the only viable/supported women's team, probably a good idea to keep the women's tournament at Mohegan Sun until someone else shows up and supports their team.
There's a few more options to see and eat at now in downtown Tulsa and probably a few more likely opening before 2020.
we pretty much return everybody but our kicker...
ULM, SIU, @Georgia State, @UConn, Tulane, SMU, and ECU should all be Ws
@UCF, Navy, @Houston, @Tulsa are all toss-ups (I say we go 2-2)
beating UCLA will be tough
I'll guess 9-3 (6-2)
Anyone mentioning Bass Pro as a highlight of any trip is worthy of derision.
the addition of WSU to the league makes BOK more attractive. If Tulsa were to get knocked out early, WSU would still have 5-7,500 fans. If even 2 of the 4 regional schools - TU, SMU, WSU or UM - have strong, the attendance would rival the NCAAs here.
The additions to downtown and Brady now make Tulsa fun at night as well.
The additions to downtown and Brady now make Tulsa fun at night as well.
If you're gonna build 'redneck Disney'...might as well put it where AR, MS, and TN all meet up...it's become quite the tourist attraction.
they're a consensus bottom 15 team this season and I'm planning to see this monstrosity they're making out of Turner Field for myself in Sept.
Whenever my wife and I are where they have one we try to visit bass pro. They put one in Sacramento last year but it's just not as large or well stocked as the ones in Vegas or Broken Arrow.
You forget the Bootheel of Missouri...plenty of Deliverance folks there.
Thank you for helping me prove my point lol
it sure beats having a giant empty pyramid dominate your skyline...
IMO if the AAC wants greater attendance the tourney should be spread out over 6 days and 2 venues, based top 8 seeds.
#1 v #8
#4 v #5
*1 seed is host site. (Tue/Thu)
#2 v #7
#3 v #6
* 2 seed is host site (Wed/Fri)
Title game host is highest remaining seed (Sun)
This format seriously rewards teams who are most deserving and makes the regular season much more meaningful. The format would produce better matchups and boost to RPI ratings. Splitting the first 4 games between 2 venuee should boost the overall tournament attendance, plus no local advantage for subpar season (UConn). Also possible better prime slots if ESPN is willing to broadcast from 2, possible 3 locations.
In the AAC, top 8 schools should be playing for some form of post-season play, more at stake.
Another option to be more fair in terms of who earns a berth to conf tourney, yet very much out of the box, would be the splitting the conf scheduling format into (4) in a somewhat geographical manner - (1) TLS, WSU, SMU (2) UH, UM, TUL (3) UC, UCF, USF (4) TEM, CONN, ECU
Each pod plays a round-robin within the pod annually, (4) games, plus round robin vs another pod on a bi-annual rotation (6) games, non round-robin vs other 2 pods, (3) home, (3) away on bi-annual rotation. Total of (16 conf games). The caveat that makes this out of the box format more equitable is how it feeds the conf tourney. The 2 pods or (6) schools that play round-robin are grouped into a pseudo division or conf tourney bracket of (4), whereas only the top (4) qualify for the conf tourney. This insures the top (8) elgible for conf tourney truly earn their bid by having played all (6) teams in their pseudo division twice. From here you have 2 seperates brackets of seeds (1-4) and can cross bracket the (8) teams or keep them together like the NBA feeds their finals of East v West.
#1 v #4 (Wed-Fri)
#2 v #3 (Wed-Fri)
*1 seed is host
#1 v #4 (Tue-Thu)
#2 v #3 (Tue-Thu)
*1 seed is host
Highest remaining seed or RPI host the title game (Sun)
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I say have the tourney in D.C. a lot of the teams are close and it's a neutral site. Very touristy as well
