C-USA Tournaments in Frisco

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Probably would have been a pretty nice deal for The American.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/19398718/conference-usa-play-basketball-tournaments-dallas-cowboys-practice-facility

FRISCO, Texas -- Conference USA will play its men's and women's postseason basketball tournaments at the Dallas Cowboys' headquarters the next two years.

The 14-team league announced Tuesday that its 2018 and 2019 tournaments will be hosted at Ford Center, a 12,000-seat indoor stadium that is part of The Star, a 91-acre complex worth more than $1 billion where the NFL's Cowboys have their headquarters and a practice facility.

Those C-USA tournaments next March, with 11 men's and 11 women's games, will be the first major collegiate events planned at the complex in Frisco, north of downtown Dallas.

[Pony ^]

literally anywhere besides Hartford please

[tristatecoog]

Should be great for UNT fans. LaTech and UTEP will show up too. Should be pretty sparsely attended. Maybe meant as a marketing ploy to help with recruiting athletes? Is Jerry currently giving discounts to host games there to spark interest?

[smusic 00]

Jerry doesn't know the meaning of discount.

[skyscraper]

Cowboys are looking for events to get people up at the complex spending $$$. This is actually a pretty good idea for both sides, IMO.

[LA_Mustang]

This is not a venue for a league that views itself as a major basketball conference, and the AAC does. The Star, as most things with the Cowboys, is a bit. C-USA will market this as a chance to come see the Cowboys practice facility. Oh, and you can also watch some basketball.

We are a conference full of prime hosting cities - NOLA, Memphis, Philly, Orlando, Dallas and Houston. The AAC conference tourney should be about basketball, and it should be in one of our conference's great b-ball cities.

[smusic 00]

Too bad it's a money pit.