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LSU needs New Orleans and Bossier to host 1st/2nd round tournament games
Posted on 1/7/22 at 11:23 am
Posted on 1/7/22 at 11:23 am
Woodward needs to swing dick and make it happen. Rotate between New Orleans and Bossier every season. The Final Four is in New Orleans this season but that comes around once every 10 years.
Before you say the arena in Bossier is too small.. it seats 12,440 for basketball. In the last two tournaments San Diego, Providence, Boise have hosted or were planned host sites and those arenas seat 12,414, 12,410, and 12,644 respectively.
Duke and North Carolina would get a host site in North Carolina every year. Kentucky and Louisville switch back and forth between hosting.
Playing close to home in the 1st and 2nd round is a huge advantage. There's never any 1st and 2nd round sites close to Baton Rouge. LSU usually gets shipped out to Jacksonville because it's the closest to Baton Rouge and that's a day's drive away.
If LSU wants to become a big program they need to play every advantage they can get.
Before you say the arena in Bossier is too small.. it seats 12,440 for basketball. In the last two tournaments San Diego, Providence, Boise have hosted or were planned host sites and those arenas seat 12,414, 12,410, and 12,644 respectively.
Duke and North Carolina would get a host site in North Carolina every year. Kentucky and Louisville switch back and forth between hosting.
Playing close to home in the 1st and 2nd round is a huge advantage. There's never any 1st and 2nd round sites close to Baton Rouge. LSU usually gets shipped out to Jacksonville because it's the closest to Baton Rouge and that's a day's drive away.
If LSU wants to become a big program they need to play every advantage they can get.
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Posted on 1/7/22 at 11:27 am to The Boat
Where is Bossier?
Posted on 1/7/22 at 11:28 am to The Boat
Always good to throw N. Louisiana a bone every so often with LSU athletics. Lots of die hard Tigers up there.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 11:52 am to The Boat
Sounds like a great idea. People here would support it
Posted on 1/7/22 at 11:52 am to The Boat
What crack are you smoking where you think Bossier is remotely relevant for anything on a National stage?
Posted on 1/7/22 at 12:32 pm to The Boat
Great idea. Granted Kansas City is large, but think about the 75 million times Kansas has played the first two round there or Villanova playing in Philadelphia now with the rules being amended that you can play in your hometown,but can only play in the tournament arena x number of times.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 12:32 pm to The Boat
Bossier has no chance and when New Orleans hosts the first two rounds nobody goes.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 12:40 pm to The Boat
I agree. About 10 years ago they did hold 1st round of women’s tournament here in Bossier. Took my daughter who played Bball with Airline. Arena was packed and we had a blast.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 12:41 pm to The Boat
Houston would make more sense than Bossier
Posted on 1/7/22 at 12:59 pm to The Boat
I mean. Does he just call up the ncaa and ask for this and they say, ok sure.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 4:17 pm to The Boat
Site selection has as much to do with the amount of available hotel rooms in the area as the size of the arena.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 1:00 am to The Boat
NCAA won’t give a state a 1st round spot every year. Usually rotates every 4 or so. But I like the idea.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 6:32 am to The Boat
NCAA BBall will pretty much always screw LSU come tourney time. 86 was probably the last break and they never saw that run coming.
Shaq's last team got sent to Boise didnt they? The best player in the nation sent basically to Siberia.
Years of LSU getting knocked out of the tourney by the eventual national champ.
Even if Bossier could get a round LSU would get shipped out somewhere
Shaq's last team got sent to Boise didnt they? The best player in the nation sent basically to Siberia.
Years of LSU getting knocked out of the tourney by the eventual national champ.
Even if Bossier could get a round LSU would get shipped out somewhere
Posted on 1/8/22 at 7:59 am to The Boat
The smarter move is NOLA and the gulf coast. It’s much more of a destination than bossier and there are places that can handle the seating capacity. Get the casinos involved and you may find yourself playing in a brand new facility.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 8:28 am to The Boat
Bossier does not have the infrastructure.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 8:39 am to The Boat
New Orleans hosts 1st/2nd round games occasionally, but you are right it's not near enough.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 10:35 am to The Boat
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Bossier
As much as I love the idea, I don't think there's any way that Bossier would get a shot at anything like that. Do you ever hear of all the bitching and complaining/jokes about the area by teams that play in the Independence Bowl? I've heard broadcasters complaining on national radio that they had to go to Shreveport to call the Indy game. As a north LA guy, I think it would be great but I don't see it happening. I honestly can't believe that New Orleans is hosting the Final Four. I think it's only a matter of time before all the big events are pulled from that dumpster fire of a city.
Posted on 1/8/22 at 10:42 am to The Boat
i'd settle for a new orleans bar actually getting into lsu basketball
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