See they are splitting the MBB & WBB Tournaments again - but both in KC. Appears to be so the WBB is played in T-Mobile also. I TOTALLY disagree with this move, first because it makes most fans choose between the two tournaments - they do not have the resources to be in KC that long to stay for both tournaments. Secondly it will reduce the attendance at the WBB tournament and the games will look baron in T-Mobile with 2-3 thousand in a 20 thousand seat arena. Also means a long layoff for the WBB teams before the NCAA games.
B12 Tournament - 2024
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Yeah, I think that this is so heavily based on the appearance of equality for the women's game but it is going to seriously work against the women's game.
It's only a really big deal if you're a fan of a bad women's team and a good men's team and want to watch both.
The women's tournament will start on a Thursday night, but in a 14-team format (2024 and 2025), the top 4 seeds won't play until Saturday.
So if the ISU women are a top 4 seed and make the finals, and the men are 5-8 and make the semis, your schedule is: Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
The women's tournament will start on a Thursday night, but in a 14-team format (2024 and 2025), the top 4 seeds won't play until Saturday.
So if the ISU women are a top 4 seed and make the finals, and the men are 5-8 and make the semis, your schedule is: Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.
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It's not great, overall, but it's a hell of a lot better than the "different week and different city" debacle from 2013-19.
Nothing screamed "power 5 conference championship game" like 3,500 people in the Thunder or Mavs arenas at 8:00 on a Monday night while the majority of the league's basketball media and fans were still getting ready for Kansas City.
Nothing screamed "power 5 conference championship game" like 3,500 people in the Thunder or Mavs arenas at 8:00 on a Monday night while the majority of the league's basketball media and fans were still getting ready for Kansas City.
I do t think the womens team attendance in KC will be hurt that much. It seems that a large percentage of WBB ticket holders only follow the women. But we shall see.
I don't think attendance will drop too much though lots of ISU fans went to both. I think the issue is putting it in the Sprint center (Whatever it's called now) It's going to look empty.
For those of us who attend both, that’s an awful lot of time in KC and lots more hotel $. Only saw the article here on CF, and didn’t read about two separate tournament schedules in the same arena. Yuck.
Depends on what kinda baron we are talking about. Cattle baron, oil baron, a pimp is a whoar baron so that could be a funny looking crowd.
Well the 1st 2 are all running to the SEC. Suppose Baylor might have some oil money but they always talk about lawyering on their website. Okie state and kstate have some real life cowboys.
Yeah, I had to look in the spring meeting notes to find this. They “conveniently” didn’t include it in the article announcing keeping both in KC. That sucks.
