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I live in the DC area so I like it. Going Friday and Saturday. I'll root for the local team
 
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dangerousdaneerfan said:
To put the B1G tourney in Washington, DC and the Asheshe tourney at the Barcley's Center in Brooklyn????
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The B1G Conference decided where to play the event. What's wrong with playing in DC? They used to play it in Chicago at the United Center, and then moved it to Indianapolis for a few years. Recently, with conference expansion, they decided to alternate sites. Next year's tournament will be played at Madison Square Garden. They'll rotate between DC, the Garden, the United Center, Conseco, and possibly the new Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit. B1G has institutions in close proximity to all sites, so it's only fair to move it around.
 
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MichiganHerd said:
The B1G Conference decided where to play the event. What's wrong with playing in DC? They used to play it in Chicago at the United Center, and then moved it to Indianapolis for a few years. Recently, with conference expansion, they decided to alternate sites. Next year's tournament will be played at Madison Square Garden. They'll rotate between DC, the Garden, the United Center, Conseco, and possibly the new Little Ceasars Arena in Detroit. B1G has institutions in close proximity to all sites, so it's only fair to move it around.
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Wonder how it sells in DC compared to Chicago ?
 
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mdeer1 said:
Wonder how it sells in DC compared to Chicago ?
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I'm not thinking it's going to sell well at all. I remember going to it in Chicago, as well as down in Indy, and the place would be packed, with the exception of some of the weekday noon games, but depending on who was playing, even then it would get decent crowds. Wisconsin and Iowa would bring tons of fans to Chicago, as would the Michigan and Indiana schools. Northwestern, the city school would be one and done most times, so their geeks usually would just stay home.
 
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MichiganHerd said:
I'm not thinking it's going to sell well at all. I remember going to it in Chicago, as well as down in Indy, and the place would be packed, with the exception of some of the weekday noon games, but depending on who was playing, even then it would get decent crowds. Wisconsin and Iowa would bring tons of fans to Chicago, as would the Michigan and Indiana schools. Northwestern, the city school would be one and done most times, so their geeks usually would just stay home.
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Yeah I don't get it but I'm sure like most conferences it's money related and that's all that matters
 
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Conference tournament crowds usually do not do well if favored teams get beat in early rounds.
 
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WVUALLEN said:
Conference tournament crowds usually do not do well if favored teams get beat in early rounds.
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I think the tickets are usually sold, or at least most of them. It's the locals who lose out when the favored teams lose early - parking, restaurants, concessions, street bums.
 
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All the teams close to DC in the Big 10 minus MD suck at basketball so I wouldn't expect attendance to be great, especially with the conference being down this year.

I'll probably go for a couple games, particularly if UMD gets to the semis.
 
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