Two regionals in one city?

[Horn6721]

Am I reading this right?
Every city has 2 different regionals?
For instance
Tulsa has West and Southwest
And they are all Friday and Sunday games

I guess this makes it better for the cities but damn. JHawkers will drive the price of the scalped tix up

 

[Horn6721]

The NCAA is wacky
How does scheduling 2 different regionals with 8 schools from all over the country cut down on travel costs to a school
Having , for instance Temple and Penn st travel to Tuscon isn't very efficient
UCLA to Tampa?

I can see sending teams as close to their homes as possible as a way to save many teams money. I realize it is not always possible

But I don't see how having 2 regionals in the same city saves a school money.Explain how that would help

 

[MaxHorn]

They started this when they decided to try to send the top seeds to sites closer to home. Before, the 8 teams at a regional were always in the same bracket. This system allows both Kansas and Texas to play games in the city closest to them-- couldn't have happened the old way.

 

[Horn6721]

max
It could if they put had a regional in say Omaha or St Louis.
I understand the pod system.
and most of the time i wouldn't care.
I just know getting tickets, off the street, will likely cost more so this is purely a selfish whine on my part.

 

[MaxHorn]

But we're in different brackets. Without this flexibility, it would be impossible to place anybody but a top seed close to home without seriously manipulating seeds. We're in the west bracket, so we'd be playing in Tucson or Denver under the old system. So would Duke, and they're a #1 seed.

 

[Horn6721]

I get the putting teams as close as possible.
what i don't get is having 2 regionals in the same city on the same day.

if the objective is to get as many teams as close a possible there are other cities that could host and be as close as some of these.

It is only the 2 regionals in one city that I questioned.
send KU to Omaha or St Louis. just as close.

just a whine

 

[misirlou]

Is this related to tv at all? The theory is tenuous, but I can see how having only one court to play on ensures that at least those sites only have one game going on at a time. The fans in the stands understand that you need some down time between games. CBS, etc. can utilize that down-time to keep switching between games, which is part of what makes March Madness pretty cool.

 

[Horn6721]

misirlou
now THAT makes sense.
Yes TV would drive that
ok I will quit complaining even though i know the Jhawkers will be there is flocks and drive up the scalpers prices.

 

[applewhite52]

As of last night there were tickets still available for the regional....go to the BOK center website.....so you could get face value tickets.....now will you quit whining

 

[Horn6721]

applewhite

Thanks for the info
i don't want to buy an entire package as I can't attend all the games nor have the time to resell.

but I have stopped complaining
for now.