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re: SEC exploring having basketball tournament at primary site
Posted on 5/29/13 at 12:53 pm to Cheese Grits
Posted on 5/29/13 at 12:53 pm to Cheese Grits
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YUM is the best venue but not in a SEC city
Atlanta, Tampa, and New Orleans aren't SEC cities either.
If that's the qualification, Nashville is pretty much the only choice.
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Posted on 5/29/13 at 12:58 pm to ProjectP2294
They should just keep it rotating. The only place it should go if kept permanent is Atlanta.
Posted on 5/31/13 at 8:54 am to ProjectP2294
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Atlanta, Tampa, and New Orleans aren't SEC cities either.
Atlanta is a SEC and ACC city
New Orleans is a SEC city just to hard to get to and they jack prices for games
Tampa is not a SEC but somewhere in north FL might have a site
What makes ATL a great city is central location, hub airport, and more reasonable lodging costs. Downside is playing basketball in a football venue which I hate.
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Nashville is pretty much the only choice.
Nashville is centrally located to several of the primary basketball schools in the SEC. UK is 3-4 hours and it is a straight shot from Nashville to Little Rock on the interstate (if the Hogs ever get their shite together and get back to being good) so that is a plus. Vols and Vandy are close as well and if Mizzou winds up in the top 1/3 of the SEC they have drive advantage as well. Florida is good but how many Gators travel for basketball? Nashville is not a terrible drive for the AL and MS schools and the outliers of TAMU and USC do not have the greatest basketball history.
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