Wasn't a troll--I promise. Didn't realize this topic comes up annually.

I'm not pulling for Houston (or Dallas or San Antonio); I just wondered what the logic was behind never rotating it--maybe a west city one year and an east the next?. I do, however, disagree with you that Houston would've been a "ghost town" this year. Apart from SEC fans, the local community would've eaten up the tix. It certainly wouldn't have looked any worse on TV than Atlanta has looked (in terms of empty seats).

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Best thing they could do is shrink the SEC tourney to just 8 teams

Not a bad suggestion at all.

Thanks for your well-thought response.

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Posted by Cheese Grits

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Posted on 3/15/14 at 12:19 pm to EKG

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It certainly wouldn't have looked any worse on TV than Atlanta has looked (in terms of empty seats).

Here is the issue. If UK is in the finals they will make the Dome look packed and they will be loud - which looks really good on TV - but Reliant would look empty even if UK was in the finals there. As stated before, you want to appeal to teams that travel well and distance is a factor.

UK has about 90% of the venue when they play early season tourneys in Alaska or Hawaii but those venues are small. UK will sell 90% in Nashville or Atlanta because they are close. UK will not do 90% in Houston. Local folks in Houston will not do 90% either as they have little or no vested interest. Florida and Kansas both have multiple NC's in basketball but the Jayhawks travel and the Gators do not. See the difference?

B1G was actually paying people to attend the B1G CCG the first year and the numbers were not bad, but the crowd was flat because of it. Best to mix venue with a group that will travel near it.

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