MSG changes for Big 10 tournament?

[Muskie]

The Big10 seems intent on making their conference tournament a traveling sideshow even though the Indy-Chicago rotation is so perfect. Attendance this past year in DC was hilarious.

They claim they're trying to have the tournament in all of the regions of the conference. DC was to placate Maryland fans, and NYC for Rutgers/Penn St I guess?

[xudash]

They claim they're trying to have the tournament in all of the regions of the conference. DC was to placate Maryland fans, and NYC for Rutgers/Penn St I guess?

I guess it's all relative, but State College, PA to NYC is like driving from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, but with more traffic involved as you close in on the city.

[Muskie]

I guess it's all relative, but State College, PA to NYC is like driving from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, but with more traffic involved as you close in on the city.

But much farther from State College to Indianapolis year after year.

[xubrew]

When I think of the Big Ten and when I think of NYC, the things that I think about are not at all the same. If NYC was hosting first/second round games in the NCAA Tournament, nearly all of the Big Ten would be hoping to be at a closer location. But....whatever.

[xubrew]

I guess it's all relative, but State College, PA to NYC is like driving from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, but with more traffic involved as you close in on the city.

But much farther from State College to Indianapolis year after year.

It's very seldom that Penn State is good enough at basketball to make fans want to drive any distance to see them.

[GoMuskies]

It's very seldom that Penn State is good enough at basketball to make fans want to drive any distance to see them.

Even to the extent they did have fans, more of them would probably be coming from Philly and Pitt than would be coming from State College anyway. So NYC and Indy provide pretty good alternatives for both Penn State basketball fans.

[Muskie]

It's very seldom that Penn State is good enough at basketball to make fans want to drive any distance to see them.

Agree..

[xubrew]

I remember seemingly way back when Penn State had that one year where people cared about basketball. Most of the games were sold out or close to it. After they made the Sweet Sixteen (which just saying that sounds crazy), they rioted as if they'd just made the Final Four.

http://old.post-gazette.com/regionst...010329psu7.asp

After that it was all back to normal. Most Penn State fans returned to being vaguely aware, but yet pretty sure, that they even had a basketball team.