(03-17-2019 06:06 PM)AndShock Wrote:  We need to stop making this a location problem and acknowledge that it’s a fanbase problem.

Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, and probably Memphis (just guessing) have a worse traveling fanbase than Northern Iowa. Which makes Memphis and Fort Worth decent locations but they won’t have a lot of fans. Any location involving them is not going to result in a packed house. How many Temple fans went to the UConn tournament? If it was less than 1k disregard them also. Did UConn sell out their games in the UConn tournament? If not, disregard them. USF, ECU, and UCF fans aren’t going to pack any houses.

Solution: rotate between Wichita and Cincinnati (and possibly Hartford)

UH has a fairly significant DFW alumni base. You might be surprised how many make it to a FW tournament

(03-17-2019 08:10 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 07:34 PM)steves Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 07:07 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 07:01 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 04:23 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  1. Start the tournament on Monday.
2. All night games.
3. Play on the higher seeds home court in all rounds.
4. Play the games on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
5. Problem solved, all games will be heavily attended.
6. Split all proceeds evenly amongst all of the schools.

Other than short notice venue availability issues, this has great potential if attendance is the primary target issue. This approach will result in the overall highest cumulative attendance. But I would play the finals at a preplanned/selected neutral site that would not result in a home game for anyone. Good idea!

Lol memphis.


Nobody can do it better than us we're the bestest. We have the best basketball fans, so we will just argue for everyone gets a home game. Then we can still be bestest.

Lame.

Go back to cusa and play on two courts at once but count both games as one attendance. This is a big boy league, stay at home, the rest of us are going neutral site and showing out.

I saw maybe 20 Tulsa fans ... More than UCF ... but considering you are an easy 6 hour drive from Memphis ... Sheshup !!

So much butt hurt on this thread.

You all talked **** on everybody. Memphis didn't turn out even for Memphis games in Memphis and you want to call out traveling fans none of which are closer than a 6 hour drive and almost everyone of which is greater than eight hours away....

We'll compare attendance to the last couple years but I doubt anything but the Memphis games are better and not much better even for those.

Next year will be better, just to not have to listen to lane excuses from embarrassed Memphis fans will make it better.

Are you the appointed or the self-appointed spokesman for all 50 Tulsa fans or just jealous?

(03-17-2019 08:10 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 07:34 PM)steves Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 07:07 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 07:01 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 04:23 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  1. Start the tournament on Monday.
2. All night games.
3. Play on the higher seeds home court in all rounds.
4. Play the games on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
5. Problem solved, all games will be heavily attended.
6. Split all proceeds evenly amongst all of the schools.

Other than short notice venue availability issues, this has great potential if attendance is the primary target issue. This approach will result in the overall highest cumulative attendance. But I would play the finals at a preplanned/selected neutral site that would not result in a home game for anyone. Good idea!

Lol memphis.


Nobody can do it better than us we're the bestest. We have the best basketball fans, so we will just argue for everyone gets a home game. Then we can still be bestest.

Lame.

Go back to cusa and play on two courts at once but count both games as one attendance. This is a big boy league, stay at home, the rest of us are going neutral site and showing out.

I saw maybe 20 Tulsa fans ... More than UCF ... but considering you are an easy 6 hour drive from Memphis ... Sheshup !!

So much butt hurt on this thread.

You all talked **** on everybody. Memphis didn't turn out even for Memphis games in Memphis and you want to call out traveling fans none of which are closer than a 6 hour drive and almost everyone of which is greater than eight hours away....

We'll compare attendance to the last couple years but I doubt anything but the Memphis games are better and not much better even for those.

Next year will be better, just to not have to listen to lane excuses from embarrassed Memphis fans will make it better.

I guess from your point of view, these kind of things are very important to you. Here's a cold hard fact for you: Tulsa will always be irrelevant and they bring absolutely nothing to this conf.

Lol Memphis.

Haven't seen you this upset since you got called out for no Drake and no JT.

(03-17-2019 08:32 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  Lol Memphis.

Haven't seen you this upset since you got called out for no Drake and no JT.

Trust me, you are too irrelevant for anyone to waste emotions being upset.

Don't care where it is, just whichever venues pays the most. If that's @ Memphis I'm fine with it. Appears it's not the next three years.

(03-17-2019 08:32 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  Lol Memphis.

Haven't seen you this upset since you got called out for no Drake and no JT.

How dare you throw shade at our Memphis Madness.

(03-17-2019 08:42 PM)Crowleys Ridge Tiger Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 08:32 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  Lol Memphis.

Haven't seen you this upset since you got called out for no Drake and no JT.

How dare you throw shade at our Memphis Madness.

What would you expect from someone thinking a big crowd is 4-5 on the gazebo?

Put it in Cincinnati. We're in the finals every year anyways.

(03-17-2019 08:53 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  Put it in Cincinnati. We're in the finals every year anyways.

Cincy had their chance to bid the tourney. BTW, is there an 8K-9K neutral site arena in Cincy? If so, I'm all for it.

(03-17-2019 08:28 PM)Crowleys Ridge Tiger Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 08:10 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 07:34 PM)steves Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 07:07 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 07:01 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  Other than short notice venue availability issues, this has great potential if attendance is the primary target issue. This approach will result in the overall highest cumulative attendance. But I would play the finals at a preplanned/selected neutral site that would not result in a home game for anyone. Good idea!

Lol memphis.


Nobody can do it better than us we're the bestest. We have the best basketball fans, so we will just argue for everyone gets a home game. Then we can still be bestest.

Lame.

Go back to cusa and play on two courts at once but count both games as one attendance. This is a big boy league, stay at home, the rest of us are going neutral site and showing out.

I saw maybe 20 Tulsa fans ... More than UCF ... but considering you are an easy 6 hour drive from Memphis ... Sheshup !!

So much butt hurt on this thread.

You all talked **** on everybody. Memphis didn't turn out even for Memphis games in Memphis and you want to call out traveling fans none of which are closer than a 6 hour drive and almost everyone of which is greater than eight hours away....

We'll compare attendance to the last couple years but I doubt anything but the Memphis games are better and not much better even for those.

Next year will be better, just to not have to listen to lane excuses from embarrassed Memphis fans will make it better.

I guess from your point of view, these kind of things are very important to you. Here's a cold hard fact for you: Tulsa will always be irrelevant and they bring absolutely nothing to this conf.

Damn, Tulsa's getting the Tulane treatment. The struggle is real out in Oklahoma.

Forever has to be beside himself. Clown spent months hero worshipping Tubby and telling us “peso” (as he calls penny) couldn’t coach. Low and behold, the Golden Showers lost a game to Penny and forever had to watch as PH coached Memphis to an identical 21-13 record and semifinal game as Tubby did last year against a much more difficult schedule this season. Only this year we went 11-7 and finished 5th instead of 10-8 and 6th plus that NIT thing & the 100 spot Ken Pom jump.

Oh, and Memphis is bringing in an elite class while TU loses Jeffries & Taplin but remains stuck with Haith. Lol you and the other 24 people who go to the Reynolds Center enjoy!

(03-17-2019 10:52 PM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  Forever has to be beside himself. Clown spent months hero worshipping Tubby and telling us “peso” (as he calls penny) couldn’t coach. Low and behold, the Golden Showers lost a game to Penny and forever had to watch as PH coached Memphis to an identical 21-13 record and semifinal game as Tubby did last year against a much more difficult schedule this season. Only this year we went 11-7 and finished 5th instead of 10-8 and 6th plus that NIT thing & the 100 spot Ken Pom jump.

Oh, and Memphis is bringing in an elite class while TU loses Jeffries & Taplin but remains stuck with Haith. Lol you and the other 24 people who go to the Reynolds Center enjoy!

Yup, ya got me. Clearly I'm the one on here defending....oh wait.

Lol Memphis.

Shouldn't you be asleep?

I understand most Memphis fans have to work extra hours, trying hard to take care of payday loans for the AAC tourney all session passes they didn't use.

So funny to see a Tulsa fan talking attendance smack. Maybe you could get your other 7 season ticket holders to come on here and join you. Tell us some more about how “peso” can’t coach

(03-18-2019 06:29 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  So funny to see a Tulsa fan talking attendance smack. Maybe you could get your other 7 season ticket holders to come on here and join you. Tell us some more about how “peso” can’t coach

Lol memphis

(03-17-2019 04:44 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 04:41 PM)shockerfan1313 Wrote:  How to increase attendance? Have fans that give a damn!

Boom! Fixed! Lol

I give a dam. But unfortunately, most middle class give a dam people can’t afford the huge travel expense. Just a fact.

Driving down from Iowa, I dropped at least $1500 which is a big bite when you're retired. And that was just me, the wife stayed home. The hotel downtown alone cost $900 and it was just the Comfort Inn for 4 nights. Sky high hotel rates for the tourney plus the horrible room tax.

(03-18-2019 06:29 AM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  So funny to see a Tulsa fan talking attendance smack. Maybe you could get your other 7 season ticket holders to come on here and join you. Tell us some more about how “peso” can’t coach

Do not feed the troll when he or she makes trollish comments. Fortunately, no one forces anyone to post responses.

Remember, fear and envy (among other factors) drive Memphis phobia. Just observe and smile...

(03-17-2019 04:23 PM)BIGDTiger Wrote:  1. Start the tournament on Monday.
2. All night games.
3. Play on the higher seeds home court in all rounds.
4. Play the games on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
5. Problem solved, all games will be heavily attended.
6. Split all proceeds evenly amongst all of the schools.

7. Have our scout teams play football out in the parking lot and count that attendance instead. Bob's your uncle.

(03-17-2019 06:06 PM)AndShock Wrote:  We need to stop making this a location problem and acknowledge that it’s a fanbase problem.

Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, and probably Memphis (just guessing) have a worse traveling fanbase than Northern Iowa. Which makes Memphis and Fort Worth decent locations but they won’t have a lot of fans. Any location involving them is not going to result in a packed house. How many Temple fans went to the UConn tournament? If it was less than 1k disregard them also. Did UConn sell out their games in the UConn tournament? If not, disregard them. USF, ECU, and UCF fans aren’t going to pack any houses.

Solution: rotate between Wichita and Cincinnati (and possibly Hartford)

No one, to my knowledge, objects to Wichita hosting the Tourney. The city and school, however, failed to offer a better package (e.g., more money) than Ft. Worth.

(03-18-2019 09:14 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  

(03-17-2019 06:06 PM)AndShock Wrote:  We need to stop making this a location problem and acknowledge that it’s a fanbase problem.

Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Tulane, and probably Memphis (just guessing) have a worse traveling fanbase than Northern Iowa. Which makes Memphis and Fort Worth decent locations but they won’t have a lot of fans. Any location involving them is not going to result in a packed house. How many Temple fans went to the UConn tournament? If it was less than 1k disregard them also. Did UConn sell out their games in the UConn tournament? If not, disregard them. USF, ECU, and UCF fans aren’t going to pack any houses.

Solution: rotate between Wichita and Cincinnati (and possibly Hartford)

No one, to my knowledge, objects to Wichita hosting the Tourney. The city and school, however, failed to offer a better package (e.g., more money) than Ft. Worth.

Add Dayton and VCU, play the tournament in Cincinnati or Dayton.