March 15, 200818 yr Author Would you rather Memphis play in Raleigh, and ship Carolina out, or have Memphis play closest to their home, Little Rock which is about two hours away? No. What I'm saying is, in the years before the current pod scheduling, both UNC and Duke were #2 seeds playing in Greensboro and Raleigh while the #1 seed in the region played further from home.
March 15, 200818 yr Right.....but how can you get the one closer to home. Does it justify moving Duke and Carolina, simply because #1 doesn't have a site that close? I don't think so.
March 15, 200818 yr Author 2007 Duke was a #1 and played in Greensboro UNC was a #3 in Dayton Villanova was the overall #1 in Philly 2006 Duke was a #1 in Charlotte UNC was the overall #1 in Charlotte 2004 Duke was a #1 in Raliegh UNC was a #6 in Denver Kentucky was the overall #1 in Columbus 2003 Duke was a #3 in Salt Lake City UNC missed the tourney Texas was the overall #1 and sent to Birmingham instead of OK City 2002 Duke was a #1 in Greenville, SC UNC missed the tourney Maryland was the overall #1 in D.C. 2001 Duke was a #1 in Greensboro UNC was a #2 in New Orleans Illinois was the overall #1 in Dayton and not Kansas City 2000 Duke was a #1 in Winston-Salem UNC was a #8 in Birmingham Stanford was a #1 sent to Birmingham instead of Tucson 1999 Duke was a #1 in Charlotte UNC was a #3 in Seattle Auburn was a #1 in Indianpolis instead of New Orleans 1998 Duke was a #1 in Lexington (of all places) UNC was a #1 in Hartford There were no NC locations hosting first round games 1997 Duke was a #2 in Charlotte North Carolina was a #1 in Winston-Salem UCLA was a #2 and sent to Auburn Hills instead of Tucson or SL City South Carolina was a #2 sent to Pittsburgh instead of either NC location or Memphis 1996 Duke was a #8 in Indianapolis UNC was a #6 in Richmond Indiana was a #6 sent to Orlando instead of Indianapolis Iowa was a #6 sent to Tucson instead of Indy or Milwaukee Louisville was a #6 sent to Milwaukee instead of Indy 1995 Duke missed the tourney UNC was a #2 in Tallahassee Arkansas was a #2 and went to Austin instead of Memphis UMASS was a #2 in Albany UCONN was a #2 and went to SL City instead of Baltimore, Albany, or Dayton
March 15, 200818 yr Author Duke has played in North Carolina in seven of the last 10 first rounds. One of of other three was in South Carolina. That's an awfully big home court advantage, especially when other #1s have been shipped all over the map.
March 15, 200818 yr Duke has played in North Carolina in seven of the last 10 first rounds. One of of other three was in South Carolina. That's an awfully big home court advantage, especially when other #1s have been shipped all over the map. Again, with the sites being in the state, what would you suggest?
March 15, 200818 yr Author A little consistency for starters. It's not going to kill attendance to send Duke to Milwaukee or Philadephia for a first round game. If those locations in NC are dependent on having Duke assigned there in order to sell out their games, they shouldn't be hosting them in the first place.
March 15, 200818 yr They are generally sold out before anyone knows who's going to be playing. But again, if the NCAA's initiative is to have teams play close to home, and Duke and Carolina are high seeds, why should they go out of state if the state is hosting some games? That doesn't make any sense.
March 16, 200818 yr Author With the full fan bases of Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Miss State not getting to see their teams in the last two days of the SEC Tourney, will the NCAA keep those teams as close as home as possible in the first two rounds as a goodwill gesture?
March 16, 200818 yr So they send Georgetown to Raleigh and Duke to DC........I wish GU wouldn't have been that 2 seed. They are not allowed to play in the MCI Center.
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