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That one I cant swing - an NCAA in the northeast is something I will try for.budman wrote:Its time to plan your trip to beautiful Chareston SC March 2 thur 5. It will be the first time in all most 20 years we will be expected to win the Tournament. Now is the time Hofstra to show up and Support our team. I just booked my trip on Orbitz air fare and hotel for $460. The longer you wait to book the more it will cost you. Its my Birthday March 5 And expect to celebrate it with Hofstra winning the CAA Championshp.![]()
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If you bought tickets for those days you messed up because it will be March 9 through 12. Nobody before me corrected you.budman wrote: Its time to plan your trip to beautiful Chareston SC March 2 thur 5. It will be the first time in all most 20 years we will be expected to win the Tournament. Now is the time Hofstra to show up and Support our team. I just booked my trip on Orbitz air fare and hotel for $460. The longer you wait to book the more it will cost you. Its my Birthday March 5 And expect to celebrate it with Hofstra winning the CAA Championshp.![]()
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March 12 will tie the latest CAA Final ever with the first Final on March 12, 1983. It will be a little earlier in D.C. because what days of the week Saturday through Tuesday will be. It will be March 7-10, 2020 (2 days earlier than 2019 because of a leap year); March 6-9, 2021, and March 5-8, 2018. It's not the CAA's decision. It's because of the NCAA Tournament schedule. The Final will always be the Tuesday 5 days before Selection Sunday (formerly the Monday 6 days before Selection Sunday). The Final won't ever be 12 days before Selection Sunday.Hofstra wrote: Late tourney this year. Didnt realize it was so late. Great to see people going down this year. I haven't been since Baltimore, but this is the year to go. Not sure what I am going to be able to swing, but I will try and make something work. Cant wait till its in DC next year.
I can do it in less than 3 and a half. 7 AM departure!EvanJ wrote:If you're talking about Asheville, NC, that's 3:51 away from the North Charleston Coliseum according to Google Maps.
Games at campus sites sucks, and days off between games sucks, but yes we have a dumb conference tournament schedule compared to the Friday-Monday one we had in the past.Hof_Judge99 wrote:Do anyone think there will ever come a time where we don’t have the dumbest conference tournament schedule in the country? Hosting at campus sites would make so much more sense and travel wouldn’t even be much more than a normal week. But if we’re gonna have it at a terrible neutral site, can we get days off between games?
I'll drink to that lol. A good idea Cactus!cactus wrote:A more realistic option would be just to fly in to Charleston Saturday or early Sunday (JetBlue flies direct) and hit up some of these spots:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/trav ... -beer.html
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The CAA does it the same way as the top conferences. Only 6 of 32 conferences use campus sites. I like having the tournament as one unit rather than possibly playing in three places. The America East used to use a neutral site until the Final, but now they have every game have a home team. Having days off would make the players and fans be there longer. Some early season tournaments like the Charleston Classic we played in last season have you play two consecutive days, an off day, and then a third game. I would be okay with one off day before the Final, but not more than that. Using campus sites would make it more like the NFL playoffs, albeit playing every 3 days rather than every 7. There aren't any professional leagues that have a playoff or tournament playing consecutive days at one site. It makes NCAA sports unique. I am happy that it will be in D.C. the next three seasons because that is north of 5 teams and south of 5 teams.Hof_Judge99 wrote: Do anyone think there will ever come a time where we don’t have the dumbest conference tournament schedule in the country? Hosting at campus sites would make so much more sense and travel wouldn’t even be much more than a normal week. But if we’re gonna have it at a terrible neutral site, can we get days off between games?