Post by dex on Jul 13, 2013 13:51:24 GMT -5
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NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — It may be only a matter of time before the ACC Tournament comes to Madison Square Garden — and you can count Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and North Carolina’s Roy Williams among those who’d like to see it happen.
“We have New York, we should use it,” Coach K told SNY.tv at the Peach Jam. “If we don’t use it, we’re foolish. We use [Madison Square Garden] at Duke, we come there every year.”
Both Coach K and Williams said they would at least be in favor of rotating the ACC Tournament through the Garden — if not having it there every year.
“It’s really, really hard for me to give up on Greensboro (N.C.), but boy having the ACC Tournament in New York would really be something special,” Williams told SNY.tv.
In October, the Big East Conference and the Garden announced an extension through 2026.
Since then, Louisville has bolted for the ACC and the “Catholic Seven” split from the old Big East and ultimately formed the new Big East with the additions of Butler, Creighton and Xavier.
Multiple sources told SNY.tv that the Garden has caveats that would allow them to get out of the contract if certain ticket sale thresholds and other standards are not met.
One factor to keep in mind is that Fox is now the official network of the Big East, and one ACC coach said that ESPN would like to wrest control of the Garden’s postseason tournament from Fox.
“I don’t think you can underestimate the power of ESPN wanting to have a league tournament back in the Garden and that certainly isn’t the case now given that Fox has the Garden and the Big East,” the ACC coach told SNY.tv.
Incoming ACC coaches Rick Pitino of Louisville, Jim Boeheim of Syracuse, Jamie Dixon of Pittsburgh and Mike Brey of Notre Dame are all in favor of moving the event to the Garden.
“I think it would be awesome,” BC coach Steve Donahue told SNY.tv of potentially moving the event to the Garden.
“It’s the best conference and you want to play it in the most exciting arena in the biggest city. And it would be great for everybody, not just the teams in the North. I think it it’s something our league would really benefit greatly from, the excitement.”
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NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — It may be only a matter of time before the ACC Tournament comes to Madison Square Garden — and you can count Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski and North Carolina’s Roy Williams among those who’d like to see it happen.
“We have New York, we should use it,” Coach K told SNY.tv at the Peach Jam. “If we don’t use it, we’re foolish. We use [Madison Square Garden] at Duke, we come there every year.”
Both Coach K and Williams said they would at least be in favor of rotating the ACC Tournament through the Garden — if not having it there every year.
“It’s really, really hard for me to give up on Greensboro (N.C.), but boy having the ACC Tournament in New York would really be something special,” Williams told SNY.tv.
In October, the Big East Conference and the Garden announced an extension through 2026.
Since then, Louisville has bolted for the ACC and the “Catholic Seven” split from the old Big East and ultimately formed the new Big East with the additions of Butler, Creighton and Xavier.
Multiple sources told SNY.tv that the Garden has caveats that would allow them to get out of the contract if certain ticket sale thresholds and other standards are not met.
One factor to keep in mind is that Fox is now the official network of the Big East, and one ACC coach said that ESPN would like to wrest control of the Garden’s postseason tournament from Fox.
“I don’t think you can underestimate the power of ESPN wanting to have a league tournament back in the Garden and that certainly isn’t the case now given that Fox has the Garden and the Big East,” the ACC coach told SNY.tv.
Incoming ACC coaches Rick Pitino of Louisville, Jim Boeheim of Syracuse, Jamie Dixon of Pittsburgh and Mike Brey of Notre Dame are all in favor of moving the event to the Garden.
“I think it would be awesome,” BC coach Steve Donahue told SNY.tv of potentially moving the event to the Garden.
“It’s the best conference and you want to play it in the most exciting arena in the biggest city. And it would be great for everybody, not just the teams in the North. I think it it’s something our league would really benefit greatly from, the excitement.”