ACC and MSG

[pbiflyer]

Or at least have the ADs of the leading schools refute this.

[CaribouJim]

Next year will be very important. EVERY Big East team needs to re-invest some of the extra dough they are getting into making next year's tourney attendance to be be as close to normal years if not more and that won't be easy - 5 less teams next year and no UCONN and SU. Ticket allocations per team I assume will be up due to the decrease in teams. Has MU ever had chartered planes to the BE tourney like the FF flights in '03? If not they need to. As far as UCONN, if there was a fail-safe way to ensure that UCONN and a Cinci wouldn't later bolt, I wouldn't mind making them the 11th and 12th teams - UCONN presence would certainly help the BE retain the MSG.

I really love this quote that IWB posted: "Why shouldn't the premier basketball conference play in the world's premier arena?" So in essence, he is admitting that the ACC wasn't the premier conference.

As far as the tourney goes, will it be the first 6 teams getting a bye on Wednesday and then 8 on Thursday, 4 on Friday and final 2 on Saturday?

[pbiflyer]

I bypassed this year's tourney specifically to ensure I could attend next year's.

[DCwarrior]

Love this "breaking news" from ESPN -- ACC will consider playing in MSG. No ****!

Exactly. Did anyone really expect the ACC not to go after the Garden for their tourney? The earliest they could get it is 2022 so the Big East has 6-7 years to really prove itself.

We really need the headquarters to be in NYC (possibly inside MSG).

[IWB]

The earliest they could get it is 2022 so the Big East has 6-7 years to really prove itself.

Actually, the latest article says the Big East's contract has performance requirements, so if they do not meet them, MSG can show them the door.

[MUMac]

Actually, the latest article says the Big East's contract has performance requirements, so if they do not meet them, MSG can show them the door.

I believe this quote from the article is the basis for DCwarrior's comment:

"The official deadline to bid for the 2016-21 ACC men's basketball tournaments was last September. Madison Square Garden did not submit a bid but still would be allowed to pursue future tournaments, a source said."

[ge1974]

More from Andy Katz this morning:

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...ot-acc-and-msg

1. The ACC coaches want to get the conference tournament in Madison Square Garden and discussed it at length during the league meetings in Amelia Island, Fla., on Tuesday and Wednesday. But whether or not they can pull that off is out of their control. MSG has long wanted a regular tenant, based on the busy March schedule with outside events, as well as primary hosts the Rangers and Knicks. The ACC is reviewing MSG's deal with the new Big East. MSG is unlikely going to go with a conference that would only make a cameo in the building every so often. The ACC is not going to move the conference tournament out of North Carolina (Greensboro or Charlotte) for more than one year every three or four years. If MSG wanted to maximize the opportunity it has in front of it then it should get the Big East to move its tournament to early in championship week and take the ACC the latter part of the week. If not, then the ACC has to see if it can wedge its way into the Barclays Center in Brooklyn around the A-10, or push the A-10 to play earlier in the week. Meanwhile, as expected, C-USA voted Wednesday at its league meetings to have all 16 teams go to the 2014 C-USA tournament in El Paso.

[MUMac]

More from Andy Katz this morning:

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...ot-acc-and-msg

1. The ACC coaches want to get the conference tournament in Madison Square Garden and discussed it at length during the league meetings in Amelia Island, Fla., on Tuesday and Wednesday. But whether or not they can pull that off is out of their control. MSG has long wanted a regular tenant, based on the busy March schedule with outside events, as well as primary hosts the Rangers and Knicks. The ACC is reviewing MSG's deal with the new Big East. MSG is unlikely going to go with a conference that would only make a cameo in the building every so often. The ACC is not going to move the conference tournament out of North Carolina (Greensboro or Charlotte) for more than one year every three or four years. If MSG wanted to maximize the opportunity it has in front of it then it should get the Big East to move its tournament to early in championship week and take the ACC the latter part of the week. If not, then the ACC has to see if it can wedge its way into the Barclays Center in Brooklyn around the A-10, or push the A-10 to play earlier in the week. Meanwhile, as expected, C-USA voted Wednesday at its league meetings to have all 16 teams go to the 2014 C-USA tournament in El Paso.

The ACC is quickly overtaking the Big 10 for the A-Hole Conference award.

[IWB]

Agree Mac - Here are the points that stuck out to me

More from Andy Katz this morning:

http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebaske...ot-acc-and-msg

The ACC is reviewing MSG's deal with the new Big East.

it should get the Big East to move its tournament to early in championship week and take the ACC the latter part of the week.

push the A-10 to play earlier in the week.

Why would they be able to review the Big East's contract? That is between the Big East and MSG, and the ACC should not be able to "review it".

Push the Big East to earlier? Push the A-10 to earlier? Who in the hell do they think they are?


Also, C-USA agreed to their conference tourney in El-Paso? Thank God MU found a way to get to the Big East.

[ValiantSailor]

What stood out to me was this:

"MSG is unlikely going to go with a conference that would only make a cameo in the building every so often. The ACC is not going to move the conference tournament out of North Carolina (Greensboro or Charlotte) for more than one year every three or four years."

The ACC is based in Carolina. They will continue to play the majority of their tournament games there. Very unlikely that the MSG gives up a permanent deal (BE) for one that might appear every four years. Not to mention Boeheim will be retiring soon. Who knows if 'Cuse will be relevant after that.

VS