Big Ten Tournament headed to MSG in 2018

[Chris02M]

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2014/12/06/madison-square-garden-hosts-big-ten-tournament-2018

holding it a week prior to normal tourney times

 

[Jasoncuse]

Uh oh, ACC.

They'll be playing it the week before the Big East Tourney and will be done a week before selection Sunday.

Big East will be out of that slot soon enough. This sets the stage for MSG to host the B10 and ACC Tourneys in the same year, hopefully.

LINK

 

[DeGrozz]

A little weird. That means they'll go 10 days without games before the first round of the NCAA tournament?

 

[sutomcat]

Uh oh, ACC. They'll be playing it the week before the Big East Tourney and will be done a week before selection Sunday. Big East will be out of that slot soon enough. This sets the stage for MSG to host the B10 and ACC Tourneys in the same year, hopefully. LINK

Wow, they must have been desperate. How Atlantic 10 of them...

 

[Alsacs]

Not a big deal the ACC could get the same arrangement if they wanted it. I bet Duke v. UNC regular season ending game will get higher ratings than the B1G title game.

The Big Ten ending its season early is what will make this happen and not the Big East moving its games.

 

[longtimefan]

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2014/12/06/madison-square-garden-hosts-big-ten-tournament-2018

holding it a week prior to normal tourney times

They are desperate to plant their flag in the Big Apple.

 

[tbonezone]

did you say manhattan kansas ?

 

[longtimefan]

did you say manhattan kansas ?

No, that's the Little Apple.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2014/12/06/madison-square-garden-hosts-big-ten-tournament-2018

holding it a week prior to normal tourney times

Isn't that when all the other mid-majors hold their tourneys?

 

[Chris02M]

Isn't that when all the other mid-majors hold their tourneys?

yep jv week

 

[Stevenson]

acctourney will be played at bubbas bbq in Raleigh

 

[Chris02M]

there playing the tourney at msg a week before bigeast's

 

[Noexcuse]

there playing the tourney at msg a week before bigeast's

That's good. Between the 2 tournaments they will generate almost as much excitement as the old Big East did.

 

[jekelish]

http://espn.go.com/new-york/mens-co...-tournament-played-madison-square-garden-2018

And they're trying to make it more than a one time deal.

Damnit, ACC, you had one job.

EDIT: That'll teach me not to assume that just because something isn't in the first 20 or so posts on the first page, it hsan't been mentioned already. My bad.

 

[Madbiker]

Another example of those P5 bullies stealing from the mid majors. Now nobody will watch the mid major tourneys that week. I think the MEAC and SWAC should start a nationwide protest against the B1G.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

CBS Sports CBB retweeted
Joe Rexrode ‏@joerexrode 39m
Big Ten officially announces men's bb tourney at MSG in 2018, also says 2019 and 2021 will be Chicago, 2020 and 2022 in Indy.

 

[pfister1]

Kind of like the CFL adding Hartford and Baltimore and moving the Grey Cup to New York to pick up the East Coast market.

Problem is that the East Coast doesn't care about the CFL championship, and until Penn State, Maryland and Rutgers put together real and consistent basketball programs they don't really care about the Big Ten.

 

[Briancuse]

No surprise, you have to have it locally, so all the hordes of Rutgers fans can make their way to Msg.

 

[moqui]

that means a 2 week long road trip for the Knicks in the spring of 2018

 

[Madbiker]

Wonder if Rutgers fans will attend their 1st round game as well as they did the BET? Hahaha. Of course they're eliminated before the 2nd round.

 

[TexanMark]

The Rutgers Hoops Fan will be real happy about this.

 

[Moontan]

A little weird. That means they'll go 10 days without games before the first round of the NCAA tournament?

Not necessarily. They could still play JV teams during the following week. SU MLAX does this, for example.