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05-12-17 11:17 AM - Post#229261
In response to mrjames
I do not see how the venue materially improves the calculus as to the success or failure of the Tournament in economic terms. The back-back scheduling is a bigger issue. We all know there is no other arena in the league that is suitable and the Palestra is most supportive of the branding. I agree one of the neutral sites might make things a bit more 'fair', but anything more than 100 miles from NYC would likely cause attendance to fall below what we had this year.
I wish we had not gone down this road, but now that we have, we need to be realistic about the venue options.
Personally, I think having the first round games at the home of the top 2 seeds makes the most sense, with both men's and women's finals at the Palestra as a doubleheader a couple of days later.
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