How Convenient

[Dukie]

Not getting into the ACC actually had (and still has) everything to to with Boston College still being po'd about UConn's reaction to their departure from the Big East as well as not wanting to compete for New England's college sports attention.

Very true.

Not just BC. I mentioned the lawsuit. But that was not the determining factor. BC is one vote and unanimity is not required for ACC expansion. Duke and UNC voted against FSU way back when.

[Dukie]

I have been to conference tourney games in Memphis with not more than 20 fans in attendance

OK, I may have exaggerated. How about a semifinal featuring Fran Dunphy- and LB-coached teams?

Never had one of those in Memphis, so no basis for comparison

There's an excellent basis for comparison when you look at last year's semis, which featured one HOF coach and no teams within 350 miles of Memphis (Louisville, Houston, UConn, Cincinnati). Nevertheless, the box scores for both games showed more than 13,000 attendance and you only have to look at the UConn-Cincinnati pics (neither school within 450 miles) to see that the crowd was vastly superior to what showed up in Hartford for SMU-Temple:

http://www.ctpost.com/uconn/article/Gam ... 319624.php