(03-07-2018 11:34 AM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  

(03-07-2018 11:28 AM)Rik Flair Wrote:  I recall the two court set up in Hot Springs for the SB conf. tournament. It was a little criticized, but it worked. One gym held about 1500 and the other held about 4000 and they were in the same convention center. The two court system could work, but not in the same space with a black curtain drawn. It does remind me of church or intramural basketball. I think CUSA, SB and others need to just have tournament on a campus and let the schools bid on the opportunity. For CUSA, that probably means a lot tournaments in Birmingham or Bowling Green, but I would rather see the tournament at a school that cares about it then somewhere like Frisco or New Orleans where locals don't give a shite. When it was held in Hot Springs, if UALR, ASU weren't in the late rounds, but crowds were pretty dismal. WKU brought a lot of fans, but others, not so much.

MT played Arkansas State and had more fans than you did. I was there every year, and we brought very good crowds. I think most Western fans will back me up on this.

The only exception was the one game Ark St vs Little rock.....the main court was fairly packed. But that would be the only game St fans out numbered Middle or Western....

as the tourney progressed into the semis and the finials a few hundred more of our fans started making it down to Hot Springs