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Date Posted: 20:21:07 04/09/03 Wed
Author: Urban Barrister
Subject: Re: 2004 Tourney
In reply to: statefan 's message, "Re: 2004 Tourney" on 15:06:49 04/09/03 Wed

I agree with statefan. Bing was second only to Vermont this season in home attendance, and if you take out the one game where Vermont drew close to 4,000 (perhaps against BU?) I think Bing may have been first.

Assuming the tourney isn't scheduled during Spring Break (probably not a safe assumption to make yet, based on what folks think of Monasch), Bing should easily draw 2,000-2,500 to each tourney game even if no other team's fans make the trip. (It averaged as much for all home games after Spring Break this season.) And, if Bing does well again next season, I bet it comes close to selling out its own tourney games (6,000+ capacity in the new facility). If that happens, I would think the tourney would have to be viewed as one of the most successful in recent years, at least from an attendance perspective.

B/t/w, while we're on the subject, does anyone know what the draw was for this year's tourney? Not knowing the capacity at BU, it was hard to tell from watching the games on TV.

As for what Bing has to offer outside of the tourney, no arguments here -- other than a couple of bars, a crappy mall and a really large Wegmans supermarket, there isn't a whole lot to talk about.

>>>>>The men's tournament is going to Binghamton, no
>>doubt
>>>>>in my mind.
>>>>
>>>>That will be a fun drive. At least the facility
>>should
>>>>be great.
>>>
>>>The AE Whores will announce Binghamton has
>prostituted
>>>itself for 2-3 years in May/June.
>>>
>>>The schools east of Hartford will receive a
>>>Costco-Sized tub of Vaseline, courtesy of Chris
>>>Monasch.
>>>
>>>Great facility, no fans... yippie!!!
>>
>>Actually, as I choke on my sandwich, great facility,
>>great fans (trust me...you should have heard the crap
>>they came up w/ when we were DIII), BUT AWFUL
>>LOCATION. There is absolutely nothing to do in
>>Binghamton...in the winter that is. ITHACA is the
>>closest thing to a cool quaint town. This is an
>>absolute nightmare. IT WILL BE PACKED....w/ BINGU
>>fans. This is so freaking terrible. HEY LEE
>>McELROY....get off your ass....BINGU is whipping
>>ALBANY right now. STATE CAPITAL...central locale and
>>NO MAAC tourney for another year. MAKE THE PUSH!
>To be honest, I don't actually care where the tourney
>is because virtually all possibilities are driveable
>from Albany, and I must say, the Binghamton drive is
>very easy; but I have two quick responses to the above
>comments (1) to Dane96, the 2004 as well as the 2006
>MAAC tournament are in Albany. As much as it pains me
>to say it, when the MAAC tourney is in Albany, it is
>substantiaaly better than either of the last two years
>AE tourneys (which are the only ones I've ever
>attended). Additionally, I'm pretty sure the league
>office wants to see Albany show it can win a tourney
>game before it puts the tourney here. (2) to NU Hoop
>Fan, I must say I find the comment "great facility, no
>fans" amusing, because when I attended my first AE
>tourney at Northeastern in 2002, my reaction was lousy
>facility, no fans. My belief is that the followers of
>the teams with good chances to win will attend
>wherever it is. I've seen the Vermont fans travel
>pretty well the past two years. Since I think
>Northeastern will have a pretty good shot at the title
>next season, I have seen surprising low turnouts of
>their fans for the past two years, right in their own
>backyard, so I don't think there will be substantially
>less showing up for a potential trip to the title game.
> The biggest concern I have with a tourney in
>Binhghamton, is if they have the tourney on a weekend
>while the school is on spring break.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Re: 2004 Tourney-State fan -- Dane96, 20:26:25 04/09/03 Wed

I thought they announced the MAAC was in Trenton for two years. My mistake. I was pretty sure i heard that.

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