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Re: Attendance at Regionals
Originally posted by MGoBlueHockey View PostIt won't be long before we see an outdoor regional. Bank on it.BS UML '04, PhD UConn '09
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Originally posted by Fishman'81 View PostThe entire attendance-issue could well be moot right now,as long as ESPN shows nearly all the games nationally.
The TV money is there, as well as the national exposure, and can you imagine how embarrassed The World Wide Leader would be, trying to explain why some team like Michigan snuck-in as a 4 seed, and played on campus, just for the sake of filling the bleachers during an event that they were hyping?
Hell, they have trouble selling the PWR, never mind rationalizing the manipulation of attendance... This situation is as good as it's gonna get for the time being.
Sigh... the 12 team set up was great... I'm not asking for a return, but the casual fan was guarenteed 4 games and 6 teams. I know attendance in the east always did real well.BS UML '04, PhD UConn '09
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Originally posted by Patman View PostI don't know what's been said, but I can't see them going to a home-bid regional system... that would tick off WAY too many people.
Sigh... the 12 team set up was great... I'm not asking for a return, but the casual fan was guarenteed 4 games and 6 teams. I know attendance in the east always did real well.Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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Re: Attendance at Regionals
Originally posted by Patman View PostI don't know what's been said, but I can't see them going to a home-bid regional system... that would tick off WAY too many people.
Sigh... the 12 team set up was great... I'm not asking for a return, but the casual fan was guarenteed 4 games and 6 teams. I know attendance in the east always did real well.
Perhaps if the NCAA used the PWR to seed the teams, vs. gifting the auto-bids, it wouldn't be so bad.
I still maintain that it's all about the national TV exposure, though. As long as college hockey has that, it really doesn't matter much if people attend the games... The sport will grow in spite of itself.
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IMO, PWR to seed, but have the regionals in places that will sell. Preset. Sure, you'll see the powerhouse arenas (just using the western ones) like MI, MN, UND, WI if they don't kick the tourney out of the Kohl, etc, but I'd rather see full(er) buildings than 3/4 empty ones.
More people will get excited when they see a larger engaged crowd. Mob mentality (relatively).Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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Originally posted by Fishman'81 View PostESPN takes great care never to show the seats unless the other sports' contracts require them to. Just like showing the actual games.
No problem there.Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
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If people liked the 12 team tournament so much I say we shift towards an east and west super regional. Have 2 regional locations, have semifinal games on Friday and Saturday with Championship games on Sunday.
West (or East) Regional
Friday:
Game 1: A1 vs A4
Game 2: A2 vs A3
Saturday:
Game 3: B1 vs B4
Game 4: B2 vs B3
Sunday:
Game 5: G1W vs G2W
Game 6: G3W vs G4W
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Originally posted by Shirtless Guy View PostIf people liked the 12 team tournament so much I say we shift towards an east and west super regional. Have 2 regional locations, have semifinal games on Friday and Saturday with Championship games on Sunday.
West (or East) Regional
Friday:
Game 1: A1 vs A4
Game 2: A2 vs A3
Saturday:
Game 3: B1 vs B4
Game 4: B2 vs B3
Sunday:
Game 5: G1W vs G2W
Game 6: G3W vs G4W
Sound good?
One idea that occurs to me is a “regional” super-regional. For example:
Day 1
2 Regional A games at BU (or BC , Matthews, or Harvard, or Lowell)
2 Regional B games at Worcester (or BC, etc.)
with a provision that nobody gets to play at their home rink.
Day 2
2 Regional finals at Worcester
The key would be at least two rinks, one of which is a neutral site, that are a reasonable commute. Of course the Boston example is unique and the problem is really in the west. Maybe St. Paul/Mariucci/Mankato/St. Cloud is a possibility.
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Re: Attendance at Regionals
Originally posted by Shirtless Guy View PostIf people liked the 12 team tournament so much I say we shift towards an east and west super regional. Have 2 regional locations, have semifinal games on Friday and Saturday with Championship games on Sunday.
West (or East) Regional
Friday:
Game 1: A1 vs A4
Game 2: A2 vs A3
Saturday:
Game 3: B1 vs B4
Game 4: B2 vs B3
Sunday:
Game 5: G1W vs G2W
Game 6: G3W vs G4W
Sound good?
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Originally posted by Fishman'81 View PostWith all due respect, I hated that format, because there always seemed to be an auto-bye for an undeserving team. (Usually Clarkson.)
Perhaps if the NCAA used the PWR to seed the teams, vs. gifting the auto-bids, it wouldn't be so bad.
I still maintain that it's all about the national TV exposure, though. As long as college hockey has that, it really doesn't matter much if people attend the games... The sport will grow in spite of itself.
I still think Week 1 on campus (either best of 3 or one and done) protects the top seeds, which is what the season was for, right?
Then go to a one & done super regional and a week later the Frozen Four.CCT '77 & '78
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Re: Attendance at Regionals
Originally posted by Shirtless Guy View PostIf people liked the 12 team tournament so much I say we shift towards an east and west super regional. Have 2 regional locations, have semifinal games on Friday and Saturday with Championship games on Sunday.
West (or East) Regional
Friday:
Game 1: A1 vs A4
Game 2: A2 vs A3
Saturday:
Game 3: B1 vs B4
Game 4: B2 vs B3
Sunday:
Game 5: G1W vs G2W
Game 6: G3W vs G4W
Sound good?
Friday:
Game 1 A1 vs A4
Game 2 B1 vs B4
Saturday:
Game 3 A2 vs A3
Game 4 B2 vs B3
Sunday:
Winner Game 1 vs Winner Game 3
Winner Game 2 vs Winner Game 4
Theoretically, the #1 seeds would have Saturday off while the #2 and #3 teams play on Saturday.
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