Will the Big Ten Tournament in Washington DC be a Disaster?
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D.C. downtown area is great to party, was there visiting a friend quite a bit this last summer. I know it's farther away but those two cities are destination cities that families and fans can plan a year in advance to go to. People will be there. I've been to plenty of half full BTT games before.
I like Indianapolis the best because it's fairly centrally located and Indiana is sort of the classic heart of basketball in America. But, Maryland fans should enjoy having the tourney in D.C. and schools like Michigan, (and even Iowa,) have lots of fans all over the country.
As for next year, I plan to book a trip to NYC next year, so its find with me. I love New York.
As for next year, I plan to book a trip to NYC next year, so its find with me. I love New York.
Also by then the street signs might be in Russian.The DC thing will surely be an attendance disaster, especially if Maryland is an early out to go along with the expected early departures of PSU and Rutgers. Who will fill the seats?
The tourney may be an OK draw for TV, but the live atmosphere for most games is likely to be similar to an October intra-squad scrimmage. But who are we to question Mighty Jim Delaney?
There is no reason it can't be in the state of a Big 10 team every year. Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Indy, Cleveland, Detroit, Philly, DC and NYC could do a round robin hosting every year. How fun would it be if it was in Omaha, Des Moines and Minneapolis in back to back to back years. Would be similar to the Big 12 tourney in KC for ISU fans.
I think that's going to be the disaster. Sitting around getting stale for a week 1/2 after the tournament? I hope I'm wrong about what'll happen in the NCAA's. The Big Ten enjoyed a nice little revival when we were the only major conference with a television network. Now, we seem to be losing ground. We're not expanding, we're diluting ourselves.
All eyeballs will be on the B1G. It will actually or at least potentially turn into a big Cash Cow for us.
Will be the biggest show on TV. And not have to share it with the other P5 conferences.
We'll need to schedule a non-con after the BTT. Otherwise we'll be rusty as heck before the NCAAs. So, something midweek after the BTT would be good.
We need to set up a meeting with one of the projected top teams from the mid-majors. Most are done a week earlier the the top conferences. So, that'll work out fine.
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Actually not all eyes will be on the big 10 since all the other power 5 schools will be playing their last conference games that weekend. Maybe Friday night or Thursday. Have to compete with games like Duke UNC always played last game of regular season for both. Saturday 2 semifinals will be on with a ton of other games that day.
There are a few like that. But it isn't anything like football. Not even close. Plus most of the conference championships are already decided. So any of those games will have little meaning.
Conference tournaments - This is win or die basketball. Those games are simply kickass. Even the smaller conference's games are good to watch. Good basketball. BUT this is B1G bball. The brand, the marketing. There will be a distinct advantage here. Count on it.
Playing on the East Coast is expanding the brand like Delaney wanted (about the only thing that I have liked about that guy). Now for Fran to tap those connections out east and get us some future players. The door is open. Let's sprint through it!
Go Hawks!
I seriously doubt that Delaney cares much about the attendance figures, except how it might appear on TV. He is all about how many TV sets the Big Ten can draw on the East Coast, especially with Maryland contending for the title. The live gate is just icing on the cake in this age of TV contracts.
Indy is the logical place to hold the B1G Tournament. Whether Jim Delaney like it or not the B1G Conference is a central US conference with a couple of East Coast teams sprinkled in. Rutgers is horrible, PSU is below average; therefore, Maryland is the only decent team on the East Coast in the B1G. I would love to see a plethora of fans dressed up like empty seats for the tournament. Of course, the real revenue is in the TV money so the physical attendance is secondary for the PTBs.
That pretty much sums up Delaney and his greed... Going out east will do good for the B1G though. There are 40 million people in the region. Keep tapping into those recruits.
You are forgetting most of the casual fans only get excited about CBB beginning on selection sunday weekend. Which is better battling the MVC the week before for 1 million eye balls or battling the other P5 schools for 10 million eyeballs.
Nobody will care outside Big 10 fans. Other conferences will be playing regular season games, so the Big 10 won't be the only show.
That's true. But tournament games always draw my eye. I can watch just sbout any tournament game. Maybe it is just me... They're fun to watch. It is lose and you're done. Winner takes all basketball. The most competitive games of the year.
I would think a few would turn their eyes to it. The more attention the merrier Delaney gets.
