Okoro Dude
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Posts: 309
Loc: Glen Mills, PA
Reg: 11-24-04
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01-04-18 03:26 PM - Post#242019
In response to JadwinGeorge
That's the point. The teams are only marginally supported in terms of attendance even when they play on campus. The only reason there were 5,000 at last year's semi-final is because there were 3,000 Penn fans and a sizeable number of Princeton fans that were in the area. Hosting this in a casino in Connecticut (or likely any suitable arena other than MSG) likely means almost zero attendance. These teams just don't have large dedicated fan bases that will travel for a two-day tournament. You need at least one "host" team to sell tickets to its fans to have a respectable crowd.
FYI - as much as I enjoy the tournament in my home (and inarguably the best in Ivies) gym, I freely acknowledge the fairness factor and can see why the league might want to rotate to regular season champion's gym. But, by then, you might as well scrap the whole 2-day tourney concept and just put on the lame
Wed/Sat tournament all at campus sites.
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