I made the 6 hour drive from San Diego to Vegas (well technically to Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada) to watch the Tritons beat Irvine and punch their ticket, and it was honestly one of my top living sporting events ever. Tickets were general admission which meant we got to sit as close to courtside as I ever have at any basketball game. The game was tight and exciting (the final score was deceiving). And they won!
During the trophy presentation, the big west commissioner announced that the game set an attendance record for a big west championship game, which was truly hilarious given how empty the stadium was.
hell yeah, go Tritons! yeah conference tourney attendance is pretty much always bad because of the whole neutral site thing.. probably extra so for a conference entirely of California teams playing in Nevada
I picked a random tourney to attend for the first time, and I’ll vouch for Johnson City, TN, as an awesome good place for a small conference tourney. Decent priced hotel rooms in Bristol, VA. Pernicious ipa available for purchase. Free parking. Easy entry. Super excited fan base from High Point U getting their first tourney bid. And a great Thai Lao place in JC called Zaap Lai. I might pick a different tourney next year, but Johnson City does it right.
I made the 6 hour drive from San Diego to Vegas (well technically to Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, Nevada) to watch the Tritons beat Irvine and punch their ticket, and it was honestly one of my top living sporting events ever. Tickets were general admission which meant we got to sit as close to courtside as I ever have at any basketball game. The game was tight and exciting (the final score was deceiving). And they won!
During the trophy presentation, the big west commissioner announced that the game set an attendance record for a big west championship game, which was truly hilarious given how empty the stadium was.
hell yeah, go Tritons! yeah conference tourney attendance is pretty much always bad because of the whole neutral site thing.. probably extra so for a conference entirely of California teams playing in Nevada
I picked a random tourney to attend for the first time, and I’ll vouch for Johnson City, TN, as an awesome good place for a small conference tourney. Decent priced hotel rooms in Bristol, VA. Pernicious ipa available for purchase. Free parking. Easy entry. Super excited fan base from High Point U getting their first tourney bid. And a great Thai Lao place in JC called Zaap Lai. I might pick a different tourney next year, but Johnson City does it right.
this sounds awesome! next up Asheville for the SoCon?
Might be Asheville. Or might be Starch Madness in Boise. Either city is a winner from my experience