Play it in the Greensboro Coliseum please!!!
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Iām generally in favor, but it depends of course on what the alternative would be. For example, Iād be more excited about playing them than all but Ohio St and Maryland on our current non-con.
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Ran into Goodman the other day in Charleston
Bowed him in the chest
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I donāt know but it seems like neutral is the answer. Youāre not going to schedule a home/home series with a team youāre already playing all other seasons. Plus neutral probably benefits both teams the most for resume purposes.
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Yeah, good points, but kind of a bummer. Charlotte would benefit them; thereās no good neutral site venue in Virginia. Something in DC might be nice
As Dave said, Greensboro or Raleigh may make sense but may be too neutral (ie, not enough ticket demand)
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Yeah, if itās neutral itās probably Charlotte, DC or Atlanta. Too bad Richmond doesnāt have anything suitable. Thereās the old arenas in Hampton and Norfolk for our fans in that part of the state.
We could do likeā¦oh shoot, I forgot the 2 teamsā¦but they played a random neutral site game in the Bahamas because one of the teams was already there for a tournament.
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Yeah, that rings a bell
Clemson plays BYU in MSG for the Jimmy V Classic in December. Maybe UVA can just tag along and make our NYC-area Hoo contingent very happy.
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Aircraft carrier.
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This would actually be a good idea (granted MsGās availability might be an issue). UVA should be itching to play in NY again.
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Need something to recruit the big American white boys with next year. Need a win against the Dean of the ACC Brad Brownell.
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Was just at the Mohegan Sun. Only a short jaunt from NYC and Boston. Lot of Hoos in both cities
Even if you canāt get MSG, Barclays and Prudential are both close by too.
I remember now. After St Johnās pasted us in the Bahamas, they stuck around and Georgia flew out to play them. Then Georgia stuck around to play a 2nd game in the Bahamas against Marquette who had no other reason to travel to the Caribbean to play a game.
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I like the idea of playing Clemson in the non-con because it would be like an āeff youā to the ACC for their stupid new scheduling approach.
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Would the networks care and put pressure on the ACC?
I donāt really understand TV rights but would assume they lose a more desirable non-con than just another ACC added to their slate.
Iām probably over or under thinking this.
Who would air it?? ACCN? Would they pay extra for it? Or would someone seek a different broadcaster that would pay additionally?
I think the non-con neutral site showcases are separate from the normal tv contracts (ie us and Nova being on TNT last year), but even if it was ESPN, I assume they would prefer it to another game against Coppin State or something
Not super familiar with the author but a pretty good summary of the other ACC teams for those not super in depth following the portal. He has us in tier two (3rd to 5th) for what itās worth.
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UVA blurb
āVirginia hired a winning coach in Ryan Odom, handed him resources and the roster looks primed and ready to go. Would you look at that?
This roster should be able to trot out some serious five-shooter lineups thanks to the addition of GrĆ¼nloh, a 6-foot-11 German center who can splash pick-and-pop 3-pointers and protect the rim at a high level, but Thomas is the true game-changer. The San Francisco transfer can go. Heās one of the elite guards in this portal cycle who will drop a 30-piece on someone this season.
Hall, White, Lewis and Tillis are upperclassmen who are proven shot-makers, and the addition of Onyenso should give Virginia 40 minutes of rim protection. Keeping Mallory in the fold, even after the coaching change, is a pretty big deal. The 5-9 freshman point guard is loads of fun.
Virginia is not the most athletic team in this league, but a game-changing lead guard like Thomas surrounded by this much shooting and plenty of shot-blocking gives Odom more than enough to build a tournament team. Like Louisville last year, Virginia is immediately primed to skyrocket up the ACC pecking order.ā
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TV rights usually belong to the home team, so neutral site games have to find a broadcaster and a venue, thatās why theyāre usually organized by a broadcaster or a venue or a company with a contract with a broadcaster and a relationship with a venue.
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