WBB Semi final

[raptorcj]

48 minutes ago, Apis Bull said:

9 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

It didn't work for them...

It didn't work for him either

Depends on perspective--they ended up in a much better place than they started.

Plus, countless numbers of dudes centuries later are still quoting him, so there's that.

[raptorcj]

Gotta figure out how to bring this back to WBB...do we have any Scottish players yet?

[bullsfan27]

3 hours ago, Ned A Starr said:

Have you ever been to a AAC WBB game in any of those cities?    Playing to an a miniscule audience would be an embarrassment, and probably bankrupt the tourney.   

BTW, the women's tourney, unlike the MBB isn't held in Hartford, it's in Uncasville about 60 miles away.

news flash women basketball doesn't make money for 99% of the schools so the money argument won't apply. The real money maker is football and to a smaller extent men's basketball. Only uconn makes any type of profit from women 

[charsibb]

2 hours ago, bullsfan27 said:

news flash women basketball doesn't make money for 99% of the schools so the money argument won't apply. The real money maker is football and to a smaller extent men's basketball. Only uconn makes any type of profit from women 

link?

 

[bullsfan27]

3 hours ago, charsibb said:

link?

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2012/03/29/when-its-okay-to-lose-money-the-business-of-womens-college-basketball/#1f92345f38b5

[bullsfan27]

2 hours ago, Ned A Starr said:

Who said anything about making money?   The tourney costs money to run, ticket sales would be miniscule if it wasn't held where the majority of AAC women's bb fan base is located.   USF had the third largest home attendance for the season in the AAC,  UCF had the second.  Combined they don't hold a candle to UCONN's

USF and UCF brought very few fans to Uncasville.   Heck last year not many traveled to Jacksonville for the AAC-SEC Shootout.  

BTW,  you forgot to answer my question about attending WBB games in the AAC cities you suggested.

Speaking of profits, how much did USF net from football? 

As far as the cities I mentioned I was using examples of cities that the AAC could hold the tournament to try and spread the basketball brand around I haven't been to them but UCONN will travel well so the stands would not be empty for the conn games. As far as profits for football, no one outside maybe Alabama, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State, and the elite school makes any profits from it. One question for you wouldn't it make more sense to have the tournament in other areas instead of just Connecticut? If you moved it around for 3 years by taking a city in the south such as Tampa or Orlando or even New Orleans and have one host then the next year try it in Texas and then go back to Connecticut and see if it helps spread the brand around since very few will travel to Ucansville or Hartford to go to a tourney they know their team isn't going to win and there isn't much to do anyways whereas if you spread it out you might get more people to travel to the tourney especially if you get the local attractions to have promotions related to the tourney.

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

8 hours ago, bullsfan27 said:

news flash women basketball doesn't make money for 99% of the schools so the money argument won't apply. The real money maker is football and to a smaller extent men's basketball. Only uconn makes any type of profit from women 

News flash: Most football programs lose money.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/08/ncaa_study_finds_all_but_20_fb.html

 

[bullsfan27]

On 3/7/2017 at 8:50 PM, Ned A Starr said:

Where would they hold the tourney in NOLA?  The Superdome seats 73K+ basketball.   

This year Tulane played UConn twice. At UConn attendance was 9873, and the home game at Fogelman was 2218.

IMO, No it doesn't make sense to rotate the tourney to those other cities.

 

 

 

You are aware the ACC just held a tournament in a gym that only hold 3500 (HTC Center) and I did find a similar gym within 1 hour from New Orleans called Stopher Gym so I would be possible and for tampe the games could be played at the Bob Martinez gym where it seats around 3500 as well.You also have to remember that UCONN sells out every home game ad can easily fit 10,000 at their arena so if we are going to look at attendance numbers would it make more sense to hold it there since it seats more than the casino.

 

BTW you did bring up profits first which is why i brought it up. Here is where you brought it up first. " Playing to an a miniscule audience would be an embarrassment, and probably bankrupt the tourney."

[bullsfan27]

On 3/7/2017 at 10:23 PM, George_Bullnard_Shaw said:

News flash: Most football programs lose money.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/08/ncaa_study_finds_all_but_20_fb.html

 

I said the money makers for schools are football and men's basketball not that every school actually makes money so u trying to twist my words.

 

BTW thats actually gone up since 2013