ACC to Brooklyn 2017-18

[CoolStoryBro]

Its official folks! Fucking right, ACC with a New York flavor.

Barclays Center to host ACC basketball tournament in 2017-18, per source - ESPN New York

Looks like the A10 and ACC will have double headers once a year in Brooklyn starting in 2015-16 since the A10 agreed to move out of its contract a year early.

Thoughts?

 

[Steelboy84]

Meh

Would much rather it in Greensboro or Charlotte. Even Tampa, D.C, or Atlanta would be better.

 

[CoolStoryBro]

Meh

Would much rather it in Greensboro or Charlotte. Even Tampa, D.C, or Atlanta would be better.

And, why?

 

[Steelboy84]

And, why?

Traditional geographical locations.

 

[757Hokie83]

makes about as much sense as having the ACC football champsionship game in jacksonville

 

[tabascojet]

ACC tourney will outsell the bigeast in year one in brooklyn....book it!

but no way it should be a yearly location......

 

[jeffro151]

They should do a rotation like this.
Greensboro
DC
Greensboro
Atlanta
Greensboro
DC
etc

There is no need for it to go further north than DC nor further south than Atlanta.

 

[ericd7633]

With ND, Louisville, Cuse, Pitt, and along with BC it was only a matter of time. Hell it's not even that long of a drive for Va. Tech and UVA either. Sucks for Miami, FSU and Ga. Tech, but those fanbases don't travel well anyway.

 

[tabascojet]

over/under 3.5 years before uconn gets its acc invite.....

 

[element1286]

They should do a rotation like this.
Greensboro
DC
Greensboro
Atlanta
Greensboro
DC
etc

There is no need for it to go further north than DC nor further south than Atlanta.

Why not just substitute Brooklyn for DC?

I agree about the rotation though.

 

[jeffro151]

Did a little bit of research on distances (including Louisville and dropped MD):

Average distance from each school to Washington DC: 432 miles
Closest school: UVa- 115 miles
Furthest school: Miami- 1053 miles
6 schools within 300 miles

Average distance from each school to Brooklyn, NY: 607 miles
Closest school: Boston College- 210 miles
Furthest school: Miami- 1279 miles
2 schools within 300 miles

Average distance from each school to Greensboro, NC: 353 miles
Closest school: Wake Forest- 29 miles
Furthest school: Miami- 791 miles
7 schools within 300 miles

Average distance from each school to Atlanta, GA: 478 miles
Closest school: Georgia Tech- 0 miles
Furthest school: Boston College- 1054 miles
3 schools within 300 miles

 

[jeffro151]

Why not just substitute Brooklyn for DC?

I agree about the rotation though.

See my data.
40% of the ACC is within 300 miles of DC, while just 13% of the ACC is within 300 miles of Brooklyn.

 

[CoolStoryBro]

Did a little bit of research on distances (including Louisville and dropped MD):

Average distance from each school to Washington DC: 432 miles
Closest school: UVa- 115 miles
Furthest school: Miami- 1053 miles
6 schools within 300 miles

Average distance from each school to Brooklyn, NY: 607 miles
Closest school: Boston College- 210 miles
Furthest school: Miami- 1279 miles
2 schools within 300 miles

Average distance from each school to Greensboro, NC: 353 miles
Closest school: Wake Forest- 29 miles
Furthest school: Miami- 791 miles
7 schools within 300 miles

Average distance from each school to Atlanta, GA: 478 miles
Closest school: Georgia Tech- 0 miles
Furthest school: Boston College- 1054 miles
3 schools within 300 miles

Thanks for the research.


Pretty much takes care of the geographical location bias, sure Brooklyn is a little different but it's relatively close. It's not like it'll be in Brooklyn every year.

The ACC is a little different now folks, it's not like we all enjoyed leaving the Big East but if you don't understand how great of a conference this is with the recent additions, your nuts.

 

[CoolStoryBro]

See my data.
40% of the ACC is within 300 miles of DC, while just 13% of the ACC is within 300 miles of Brooklyn.

The head honchos in the ACC disagree, nobody cares about what we think. Bringing in a New York flavor is good for the conference.

 

[CoolStoryBro]

See my data.
40% of the ACC is within 300 miles of DC, while just 13% of the ACC is within 300 miles of Brooklyn.

So exchange it with Atlanta.

 

[jeffro151]

So exchange it with Atlanta.

FSU and Miami need to be thrown a break every once in a while.

 

[CoolStoryBro]

FSU and Miami need to be thrown a break every once in a while.

Sure but Syracuse and Pitt are more important lol.

Plus your 100 miles out you should be happy!