GramblingMan2009
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This the east coast ghetto version of Essence
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I have no issue with the concerts and ancillary stuff going on but the draw has to be the game(s). I see one small blurb about the tournament and nine paragraphs about the concerts/parties.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, is this a basketball tournament or a concert?
Now I see why there is a saying "Thank God for Mississippi. As long as Sippi exist, no state will finish last in education". The CIAA tournament is only second to the ACC. Man I know yall country, but someday yall gotta realize the world is bigger then your country towns.
DaHill,
The Big East as we knew it no longer exists. The Big 10 (with 14 teams) tournament is a somewhat new entity, along with the Pac 12's tournament.
In this case, the CIAA Tournament has been the surviving outlier in this round of conference realignment and TV deals.
DaHill,
The Big East as we knew it no longer exists. The Big 10 (with 14 teams) tournament is a somewhat new entity, along with the Pac 12's tournament.
In this case, the CIAA Tournament has been the surviving outlier in this round of conference realignment and TV deals.
I agree. Until Butler or Villanova wins a national title, the Big East will be on the level of a CAA with VCU, etc. Those rivalries with the new schools have to be built (plus the Big East will make sure to not add the wrong schools with football teams who wanna bolt like last time. Butler has a team I believe but they're still FCS like Villanova, Georgetown, etc.)
The same with the Big Ten although they are usually guaranteed a Final Four team every year with the high level they play at.
The CIAA has consistency going for them. It is (or was) a hidden jewel that was only known in HBCU land until everyone started coming and started making money off it ala Essence. I keep on saying the SWAC needs to get to that level but do we want it to get there (Houston is a more attractive location but do we really want brands like 97.9 making money off us and not giving back?).
The Big East now are all of the Catholic schools left over from the exodus to the other Power 5 conferences, plus Xavier, Creighton and Butler (the only non-Catholic university). Now all those schools that have football programs are FCS programs.
However, the CIAA Tournament WAS NOT a bigger draw than the old Big East Tournament (in Madison Square Garden) when you had the "old Big East (Syracuse, UConn, Pitt and other football schools)". The CIAA Tournament just might be on the heels of the current Big East Tournament, which still is held in MSG (as part of the deal the Catholic 7 members of the old Big East had when the other football schools left).
To me, the current Big East is a wealthy mid-major. So in a few years, I think the CIAA will eclipse that tournament.
I'm not trying to knock the CIAA Tournament. Hell, my boss got 40 dropped on him by Earl Monroe in college.
According to the NCAA... http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2014.pdf
The 2014 ACC Men's Tournament had 7 sessions, averaging 20,020 for 140,140 total attendance
The 2014 Big 10 Men's Tournament had 6 sessions, averaging 18,571 for 111,426 total attendance
The 2014 SEC Men's Tournament had 7 sessions, averaging 14,620 for 102,340 total attendance
the 2014 Big 12 Men's Tournament had 5 sessions, averaging 18,999 for 94,995 total attendance
The 2014 "New Big East" Men's Tournament had 5 sessions, averaging 14,556 for 72,780 total attendance
Bear in mind that the Big 10 started having a conference basketball tournament in 1998.
*tears*
I see where you got that from GOAT movie
Good to see something Black-related is doing well. No hate here.