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A-10 tourney in Richmond?

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JOC says A-10 is considering moving the tourney from Barclays to a campus location. Tough to tell whether it’s just a local angle on things, but both VCU and UR seem to have been considered.

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A-10 weighing move of men's hoops tournament from Brooklyn to campus site, perhaps VCU

VCU’s Siegel Center has emerged as an option for the A-10 men’s basketball tournament if the league determines it’s impractical to hold the championship at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center during the
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I remember a few of us talking about a get together at Pig Beach for bbq and beers last March. Covid happened quickly and cancelled. I remember thinking how great it would be in 2021. Couldn't fathom a year later it would not be possible. Sucks.
 
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Richmond would make sense as a host city. It’s a very central location for the league. Hopefully when everything goes back to normal and this new arena is up and running in Henrico county we can host the conference tournament every year.
 
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It would be pointless to force teams to pay NYC hotel rates for a tournament with no fans. Come here on the cheap. But please don't put it at the Siegel Center. That's the kind of BS that probably would end up with VCU somehow winning the autobid.
 
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spider23 said:
I remember a few of us talking about a get together at Pig Beach for bbq and beers last March. Covid happened quickly and cancelled. I remember thinking how great it would be in 2021. Couldn't fathom a year later it would not be possible. Sucks.
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Glad to see they survived Cuomo and DeBlasio. Hopefully we can still make it there, if not this year then a future NY tourney.
 
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spider23 said:
I remember a few of us talking about a get together at Pig Beach for bbq and beers last March. Covid happened quickly and cancelled. I remember thinking how great it would be in 2021. Couldn't fathom a year later it would not be possible. Sucks.
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Gosh damn ridiculous.
 
Eight Legger said:
It would be pointless to force teams to pay NYC hotel rates for a tournament with no fans. Come here on the cheap. But please don't put it at the Siegel Center. That's the kind of BS that probably would end up with VCU somehow winning the autobid.
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Have it in Richmond, we play all of our games at the Stu, vcu plays all of their game at the Rob -- if somehow we both reach the final we toss a coin
 
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Seriously doubt the current government in Richmond City will allow an event like this to be held in the city. They are to scared of this virus.
 
Eight Legger said:
It would be pointless to force teams to pay NYC hotel rates for a tournament with no fans. Come here on the cheap. But please don't put it at the Siegel Center. That's the kind of BS that probably would end up with VCU somehow winning the autobid.
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Prepare to be disappointed. Wouldn’t be shocked to see them let the peppas play. On the bright side cutting down the nets in the SC would be a glorious repeat of the 2001 season.
 
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Based on the current record in the RC, the Spiders may not want to play the A-10 tournament there. According to CM all the games seem the same due to the lack of fans, so probably does not matter as much where the tournament is held. Definitely would make fiscal sense to hold it at a campus location since there will be no ticket sales.

The women’s tournament is already going to be at Siegel, so it seems highly likely that is where the men’s tournament will be held. Still a location the Spiders are very familiar with and it should just be family members vs family members as far as crowd noise goes.
 
They could do one side of the bracket at VCU and the other at UR. If we are in opposite brackets, we can both stay home, with higher seed's court hosting the title game. If in the same bracket, higher seed's home court would get both teams.
 
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With our very limited restrictions on people for sporting events in Virginia, I see this as unlikely. I think it is 250 max and with multiple teams/staff/etc. in the arena in a tournament type environment. I don't see that happening.

Frankly, I don't care where it is played. We can't see it in person anyways. It would be cool for Richmond to host though in more normal times.
 
It makes sense at either place. Would imagine the other school would open up their area (or multi-purpose arena/cafeteria space) and practice courts for the league.

Could be a precursor to hosting when the Henrico arena gets built.
 
I love the RVA, but we can't even keep a AA baseball team happy. No way will we be the long term home of the Atlantic 10 tournament.
 
Big difference in the arena being built in a well managed locality.
 
From a geographical standpoint RVA would be great for the A-10 tournament and even more so for the ACC (I know that will never happen). Fingers crossed that the A-10 will one day consider the new Henrico arena but they seem to be happy playing in the cavernous Barclay's Center where no fans attend the first few rounds and those that do have to deal with a costly trip. I miss Boardwalk Hall...probably mostly because we had some good teams back then.
 
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SLU cancelled its game next Friday vs. Davidson. They're a good team, but it will be tough for them to win the A10 if they never play a game. And now I think they are looking at five makeups, potentially.
 
Much more affordable for fans if the tournament was played here in Henrico. I dont think I'm alone among A10 fans when I say I have zero interest in going to New York City.
 
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Much more affordable for fans if the tournament was played here in Henrico. I dont think I'm alone among A10 fans when I say I have zero interest in going to New York City.
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You’re not alone in that statement. New York sucks in my opinion. I see no reason the A10 tournament can’t be hosted at the new Henrico arena once it is finished. I would love to see the first weekend of ncaa games be hosted there as well. As for this year I would guess the Siegel center is a likely host of the conference tournament. Only because it is closer to the airport, a lot more hotels are in the area and its closer to the interstate. The Robins center is a much nicer arena though so would be cool to host it at our place.
 
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I love the RVA, but we can't even keep a AA baseball team happy. No way will we be the long term home of the Atlantic 10 tournament.
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Broc - poor comparison in my opinion. First, the obvious duration difference between a baseball season and a tournament. Second, fans of many teams are going to travel for a tournament. An AA baseball team has to establish local interest.

On top of that is the fact that Henrico and Chesterfield are both huge advocates of sports tourism. They might not be able to land the fish, but they sure will try hard. I am thinking they might have the best chance at the CAA tournament, but they might be able to get to the A10 level, especially if this year’s tournament is held here and is well received by the schools and conference.
 
A10 tournamemt would absolutely look into Henrico, likely as the long term partner so long as the schools overlook the obvious home court advantages Richmond and especially VCU would have. Cheaper venue than any big city arena, cheaper stay, tons of things to do in the area. Would be hard to say no to the UR/VCU money coming in from the gates that you wouldnt find in any other city maybe besides Dayton. Plus its proximity to Newport News the A10 HQ makes it a short drive for the admin.
 
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The CAA tournament used to be hosted at the Coliseum back in the day. I believe a contract is keeping this tournament at Barclays? No fans doesn't really matter where the game is.
 
Imagine if we had a city that cared about sports. The GMU fans would lose their minds having to play another conference tournament in Richmond. Plus, a move down south from Brooklyn brings you as close as you can get to conference HQ
 
It's official that the tournament won't be at Barclays, but the site hasn't been determined yet. Noah says VCU is front runner, but UR also under consideration.

atlantic10.com

2021 Atlantic 10 Men’s Basketball Championship Relocating to Campus Site

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Atlantic 10 Conference announced today that the 2021 Men’s Basketball Championship will be relocated from Barclays Center to the campus of an A-10 member institution. The decision to relocate the March championship is due to the current COVID-19 pandemic environment, and...
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With Covid infections climbing to new heights,I doubt very seriously that UR admin would allow the A10 tourney at the Rob.Especially given other UR D1 sports being played this Spring including CAA Football.The Rob would be busting at its seams,a logistical nightmare.
 
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It just makes me very nervous. cause you see how these cases. A never ending process. Be lucky for anything to happen at this point....
 
What is going to happen if a team has a positive test during the conference tournament? Are they disqualified or is it a forfeit? And what about during the NCAA tournament?

Just wondering if conferences or the NCAA has announced any contingency plans here
 
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What is going to happen if a team has a positive test during the conference tournament? Are they disqualified or is it a forfeit? And what about during the NCAA tournament?

Just wondering if conferences or the NCAA has announced any contingency plans here
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yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I don't think it's possible to postpone. I think they'd have to be forfeits at that point.
 
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yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I don't think it's possible to postpone. I think they'd have to be forfeits at that point.
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For sure they would need to test every team that had played the team with the positive test if they were already into it, then that could just wipe the whole tournament out.
 
Lots of discussion about conference tournaments once again starting to heat up. A number of good points about conference tournaments being too close to the start of the NCAA tournament and preventing a team from bubbling up to mitigate potential virus issues. Does your team take a risk of getting COVID at the conference tournament preventing it or its infected players from playing in the NCAAs? What benefit does a conference tournament have for a team that wins the regular season and it is essentially already in the big dance? Will top teams opt out of conference tournaments turning them into last ditch efforts for a bubble team to possibly get in the tournament? Could it give mid-major conferences a better chance of multiple bids or would the selection committee just have to pick between two options?

Going to be a wild end of the season.
 
Just think about it VCU might host the tournament. We get matched up with VCU again. And ends with another crushing loss. How many more crushing losses? Is the boat finally reached capacity?
 
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