(03-30-2024 08:26 PM)schmolik Wrote:  To guess who will get 2027/2028

2026:
1st/2nd: Philadelphia, Buffalo, Greenville, Tampa, St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Portland, San Diego
Regionals: Washington, Chicago, Houston, San Jose
Final Four: Indianapolis

2025:
1st/2nd: Providence, Raleigh, Cleveland, Milwaukee, Lexington, Wichita, Denver, Seattle
Regionals: Newark, Indianapolis, Atlanta, San Francisco
Final Four: San Antonio

2024:
1st/2nd: Brooklyn, Charlotte, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Memphis, Omaha, Salt Lake City, Spokane
Regionals: Boston, Detroit, Dallas, Los Angeles
Final Four: Phoenix

2023:
1st/2nd: Albany, Greensboro, Columbus, Des Moines, Orlando, Birmingham, Denver, Sacramento
Regionals: New York, Louisville, Kansas City, Las Vegas
Final Four: Houston

2022:
1st/2nd: Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Greenville, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Fort Worth, San Diego, Portland
Regionals: Philadelphia, Chicago, San Antonio, San Francisco
Final Four: New Orleans

Hosted in the 2010's but not 2020's:
Jacksonville: 2010, 2015, 2019 1st/2nd
Tulsa: 2011, 2017, 2019 1st/2nd
Hartford: 2019 1st/2nd
Columbia SC: 2019 1st/2nd
Nashville: 2012, 2018 1st/2nd
Boise: 2018 1st/2nd
Syracuse: 2010, 2015 Regionals
Austin: 2013 1st/2nd
Dayton (Not Counting First Four): 2013 1st/2nd
Albuquerque: 2012 1st/2nd
Tuscon: 2011 1st/2nd

Surprised it's been so long since Nashville has hosted. I can see Austin bidding with the Moody Center having just opened.

One I'm surprised hasn't gotten it yet is Lincoln since they opened their arena over a decade ago.

Maybe Syracuse will get it again after the Carrier Done/JMA Wireless Dome renovations are complete.

Why guess when we don't know who bid? We'll know in October/November.

(03-30-2024 08:05 PM)TUowl06 Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 07:59 PM)Renandpat Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 07:40 PM)TUowl06 Wrote:  Bugs me Syracuse is not scheduled to host an East Regional in the near future. I figured with the Dome renovations and the school's media pull they would have gotten one.

We're closing in on 30 years (Meadowlands) since the Northeast has hosted a Final 4. Just make ONE exception for the Dome.....

They need to bid for it. Plain and simple while giving the NCAA tax breaks while you're at it.

The 81 rerouting issue could be a major concern when it comes to hosting a national event. If/when the 81 viaduct comes down through downtown Syracuse the results will forever change the city. Time will tell just how....

With that said, then bite the bullet and let MSG host it for ONE year. Make tickets absurdly expensive and be done with it. TV money is FAR more important than ticket revenue anyway...

Umm. MSG hosted the Sweet 16 last year, fella. They also held a Regional in 2014.

FAU beat Kansas State to make the Final Four in the Garden

(03-30-2024 10:20 PM)Renandpat Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 08:05 PM)TUowl06 Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 07:59 PM)Renandpat Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 07:40 PM)TUowl06 Wrote:  Bugs me Syracuse is not scheduled to host an East Regional in the near future. I figured with the Dome renovations and the school's media pull they would have gotten one.

We're closing in on 30 years (Meadowlands) since the Northeast has hosted a Final 4. Just make ONE exception for the Dome.....

They need to bid for it. Plain and simple while giving the NCAA tax breaks while you're at it.

The 81 rerouting issue could be a major concern when it comes to hosting a national event. If/when the 81 viaduct comes down through downtown Syracuse the results will forever change the city. Time will tell just how....

With that said, then bite the bullet and let MSG host it for ONE year. Make tickets absurdly expensive and be done with it. TV money is FAR more important than ticket revenue anyway...

Umm. MSG hosted the Sweet 16 last year, fella. They also held a Regional in 2014.

FAU beat Kansas State to make the Final Four in the Garden

I think TUOwl06 meant MSG needs to host a Final Four.

(03-30-2024 10:40 PM)schmolik Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 10:20 PM)Renandpat Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 08:05 PM)TUowl06 Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 07:59 PM)Renandpat Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 07:40 PM)TUowl06 Wrote:  Bugs me Syracuse is not scheduled to host an East Regional in the near future. I figured with the Dome renovations and the school's media pull they would have gotten one.

We're closing in on 30 years (Meadowlands) since the Northeast has hosted a Final 4. Just make ONE exception for the Dome.....

They need to bid for it. Plain and simple while giving the NCAA tax breaks while you're at it.

The 81 rerouting issue could be a major concern when it comes to hosting a national event. If/when the 81 viaduct comes down through downtown Syracuse the results will forever change the city. Time will tell just how....

With that said, then bite the bullet and let MSG host it for ONE year. Make tickets absurdly expensive and be done with it. TV money is FAR more important than ticket revenue anyway...

Umm. MSG hosted the Sweet 16 last year, fella. They also held a Regional in 2014.

FAU beat Kansas State to make the Final Four in the Garden

I think TUOwl06 meant MSG needs to host a Final Four.

Indeed

My premise was the need for the Final 4 to return to the Northeast after a nearly 30 year absence.

(03-30-2024 10:53 PM)TUowl06 Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 10:40 PM)schmolik Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 10:20 PM)Renandpat Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 08:05 PM)TUowl06 Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 07:59 PM)Renandpat Wrote:  They need to bid for it. Plain and simple while giving the NCAA tax breaks while you're at it.

The 81 rerouting issue could be a major concern when it comes to hosting a national event. If/when the 81 viaduct comes down through downtown Syracuse the results will forever change the city. Time will tell just how....

With that said, then bite the bullet and let MSG host it for ONE year. Make tickets absurdly expensive and be done with it. TV money is FAR more important than ticket revenue anyway...

Umm. MSG hosted the Sweet 16 last year, fella. They also held a Regional in 2014.

FAU beat Kansas State to make the Final Four in the Garden

I think TUOwl06 meant MSG needs to host a Final Four.

Indeed

My premise was the need for the Final 4 to return to the Northeast after a nearly 30 year absence.

They likely would have if the lower Manhattan Jets domed stadium would have come to fruition.

There aren't any NorthEast domed NFL stadiums (which is weird when you think about the number that are in the South).

The Final Four will always be in a large NFL domed stadium now.
If you build it, they will come.

(03-30-2024 10:53 PM)TUowl06 Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 10:40 PM)schmolik Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 10:20 PM)Renandpat Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 08:05 PM)TUowl06 Wrote:  

(03-30-2024 07:59 PM)Renandpat Wrote:  They need to bid for it. Plain and simple while giving the NCAA tax breaks while you're at it.

The 81 rerouting issue could be a major concern when it comes to hosting a national event. If/when the 81 viaduct comes down through downtown Syracuse the results will forever change the city. Time will tell just how....

With that said, then bite the bullet and let MSG host it for ONE year. Make tickets absurdly expensive and be done with it. TV money is FAR more important than ticket revenue anyway...

Umm. MSG hosted the Sweet 16 last year, fella. They also held a Regional in 2014.

FAU beat Kansas State to make the Final Four in the Garden

I think TUOwl06 meant MSG needs to host a Final Four.

Indeed

My premise was the need for the Final 4 to return to the Northeast after a nearly 30 year absence.

Too difficult for people to get tickets when the coaches will receive essentially 5%. Assistant coaches from Power 5 schools typically sell their Final Four tickets. NABC members always try to sell their tickets