http://www.secbigeastinvitational.com/release042209.html
Same format as last year, four games at two sites.
Summary:
12/9 in Madison Square Garden
Georgia vs. St. John's (ESPN2)
Kentucky vs. Connecticut (ESPN)
12/10 in Tampa
DePaul vs. Mississippi St. (ESPN2)
Syracuse vs. Florida (ESPN)
...who the heck is going to watch DePaul/Miss. St.?
How does SJU get a home game? The other games in this series have been neutral courts.
Kentucky-UCONN should be pretty watchable.
Quote from: BrewCity on April 22, 2009, 05:06:56 PM
Kentucky-UCONN should be pretty watchable.
Cuse vs Florida should be watchable as well... the other two are pretty brutal, but what do you expect
Quote from: Nukem2 on April 22, 2009, 04:50:11 PM
How does SJU get a home game? The other games in this series have been neutral courts.
I think someone mentioned Nova played at the Wachovia Center a couple of years ago as well, but most of the games seem to be semi-homes.
Quote from: dsfire on April 22, 2009, 04:48:28 PM
...who the heck is going to watch DePaul/Miss. St.?
Probably the same self-flagellators who sat through South Florida-Vanderbilt this year.
Quote from: dsfire on April 22, 2009, 05:21:21 PM
I think someone mentioned Nova played at the Wachovia Center a couple of years ago as well, but most of the games seem to be semi-homes.
Since I live in SEC Country, I can attest that most folks down here WATCH from semi-homes (known as double wides!). :)
Quote from: notkirkcameron on April 22, 2009, 05:36:35 PM
Probably the same self-flagellators who sat through South Florida-Vanderbilt this year.
Which was in Nashville, making it a home game for the Commodores, even if it wasn't in their usual building.
When is this going to expand so it can actually become something interesting? Having MU sitting out 1 in every 4 years would get me a lot more interested than only having MU play 1 in every 4 years.
Agreed. It should be more like the ACC-Big 10/11 Challenge series.
Quote from: Nukem2 on April 23, 2009, 09:31:13 AM
Agreed. It should be more like the ACC-Big 10/11 Challenge series.
Only more competitive.
Quote from: Mayor McCheese on April 23, 2009, 01:20:58 PM
Only more competitive.
I don't really understand the reason for the 4 games a year crap either. Were they (BE, SEC, ESPN) not sure it would work? They had evidence that it would with the B11/ACC games. What reason could they have had for limiting it this much?
Big 12 and Pac 10 took a little longer to set it up, but got it so much better. 12 games next year (AZ and Stanford play twice in the challenge) in a 3 day window (minus the extra game for AZ a week before and Stanford a few weeks after). Meanwhile we're stuck in a 4 games a year "challenge" that no one cares about.