2019 Summit League Tournament

[southcliffbison]

Apart from team performance, this says something about the Summit League. I used to be pro-MVC. Not so much anymore. I'd prefer to be in an FBS conference, but if that's not going to happen, I've come around now to staying in the Summit League. But the Summit League needs to step up. Bringing Augie in isn't going to generate conference-wide excitement. Summit presidents should get over themselves and bring in GCU. Maybe aggressively go after NMSU as a partner. Waive entrance fees if you have to. Let's look west and bring in some decent, interesting teams.

Let's have the SL tourney in Minneapolis/St. Paul...…...find a facility with 8 to 12 thousand seats. No more home court advantage for the SD schools; it is close enough in terms of driving distance for half of the Summit League schools (not exactly equal, but within a couple of hundred miles.....throw out PFW, ORU, WIU, and Denver...…...they don't bring 50 fans to SF anyway. Bison fans in the metro area would show up.

[Professorbum]

Let's have the SL tourney in Minneapolis/St. Paul...…...find a facility with 8 to 12 thousand seats. No more home court advantage for the SD schools; it is close enough in terms of driving distance for half of the Summit League schools (not exactly equal, but within a couple of hundred miles.....throw out PFW, ORU, WIU, and Denver...…...they don't bring 50 fans to SF anyway. Bison fans in the metro area would show up.

I like this idea. It's actually easier for the likes of Denver and others to get to the tourney, because it is essentially a hub to fly into. We still need to add interesting teams to the league, especially since we appear incapable of finding non-conference foes worth playing.

[NDSUstudent]

Let's have the SL tourney in Minneapolis/St. Paul...…...find a facility with 8 to 12 thousand seats. No more home court advantage for the SD schools; it is close enough in terms of driving distance for half of the Summit League schools (not exactly equal, but within a couple of hundred miles.....throw out PFW, ORU, WIU, and Denver...…...they don't bring 50 fans to SF anyway. Bison fans in the metro area would show up.

I've wanted that forever, Rabbit fans will go into depression though since they can't pat themselves on the back for driving 10 miles. The tournament in SF is all they have, it is their precious.

[ndsubison1]

It's staying in SF for awhile. Has become our conferences mini Arch Madness.

[TAILG8R]

It's staying in SF for awhile. Has become our conferences mini Arch Madness.

Don't disrespect Arch Madness like that.

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[Facts]

I’ve always wondered how the tourney would do in Fargo.

[Mr Meaty]

I’ve always wondered how the tourney would do in Fargo.

Keep wondering because it will not be here anytime soon. Sioux Falls is home for now and future for awhile.

[jacksfan29]

I've wanted that forever, Rabbit fans will go into depression though since they can't pat themselves on the back for driving 10 miles. The tournament in SF is all they have, it is their precious.

Show up. The tourney is annually in the top 10 in attendance. NDSU earns revenue from it and gets exposure even though no one in green shows up. Move it to Minneapolis and Bison fans will still find a reason not to go. I live 15 hours from Sioux Falls, my guess is I've been to more tourneys then you, even when SDSU were not a 1 or 2 seed.

[NDSUstudent]

Show up. The tourney is annually in the top 10 in attendance. NDSU earns revenue from it and gets exposure even though no one in green shows up. Move it to Minneapolis and Bison fans will still find a reason not to go. I live 15 hours from Sioux Falls, my guess is I've been to more tourneys then you, even when SDSU were not a 1 or 2 seed.

15-20,000 NDSU alumni live in the Twin Cities metro...hundreds live in the SF metro.

I've been to four tournaments, probably won't go to anymore since my current job makes it difficult to to take that much time off and I am not spending vacation days in Sioux Falls in March. It is easier to go to Frisco, flown there and back with taking one day off.

I will be honest if the SF tournament had an Arch Madness format I wouldn't ever complain, in fact I would say there would be no excuse since it would be simple to attend games Friday-Sunday.

[twinsguy03]

I’ve always wondered how the tourney would do in Fargo.

That would be nice. But the question with that is where do we have it here? Scheels Arena could be a possibility but that size seems like it would be better for a D-2 tournament. The dome is awful for basketball.