Re: What if the Committee Decides to Makes Changes to the Tournament Design?
Well played and I’m especially impressed by the research!
In my defense, I’d say (1) the “sans the first round” is a significant difference, and (2) I shouldn’t try to “rescue” other proposals that I fundamentally disagree with, in this case, the “conference tournament champions only” proposal.
Regarding Tampa, I think you’re going to have to try to find a different destination city, without an NHL team. Does Orlando have a rink in a facility they don’t share with an NBA team? New Orleans? There’s no reason you need a venue that large.
Sure Tampa’s hosted or will host two FF’s in a relatively short period of time. But that was the FF, which has a high probability of success. Especially at that time of the year, the Lightning aren’t going on the road for several days (perhaps a week or more with your Thursday – Monday format, and adding time for practices and to comply with NCAA signage requirements) for an event that would probably count it as a miracle if they drew 4,000.
Well stated! Fascinating questions. Quite frankly I wonder if the NCAA already knows, or thinks they know that the western regionals are as good as they will get. If so, what they apparently did in letting the coaches vote has them boxed in a corner.
Originally posted by pgb-ohio
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In my defense, I’d say (1) the “sans the first round” is a significant difference, and (2) I shouldn’t try to “rescue” other proposals that I fundamentally disagree with, in this case, the “conference tournament champions only” proposal.
Regarding Tampa, I think you’re going to have to try to find a different destination city, without an NHL team. Does Orlando have a rink in a facility they don’t share with an NBA team? New Orleans? There’s no reason you need a venue that large.
Sure Tampa’s hosted or will host two FF’s in a relatively short period of time. But that was the FF, which has a high probability of success. Especially at that time of the year, the Lightning aren’t going on the road for several days (perhaps a week or more with your Thursday – Monday format, and adding time for practices and to comply with NCAA signage requirements) for an event that would probably count it as a miracle if they drew 4,000.
Originally posted by gfmorris
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