ACC Tourney Championship Will Now Be Played on Saturday Night

[88Deac]

Wait, people are upset with this? I always thought squeezing in the ACC final before the selection show on a Sunday was pretty terrible. Bad for attendance, tv ratings, and exposure for the league. When you travel you're leaving bags at a hotel having already checked out and your exit schedule sucks, plus you're watching tourney seeding on a runway somewhere or from a car.

Top 8 in the tourney should definitely happen though. Would be so much better. Play-in games counting as "ACC Tournament Wins" are a farce.

Agreed on counts. I think I'd like to see it cut to 8 teams, or have the "play-in" games on campuses at the higher seed. Who is going to travel and go to all games Tuesday through Sunday? Place will be virtually empty until Thursday.

 

[88Deac]

Why should you even have a chance to play for the conference championship if you can't finish in the top 8?

 

[ChrisL68]

Wait, people are upset with this? I always thought squeezing in the ACC final before the selection show on a Sunday was pretty terrible. Bad for attendance, tv ratings, and exposure for the league. When you travel you're leaving bags at a hotel having already checked out and your exit schedule sucks, plus you're watching tourney seeding on a runway somewhere or from a car.

Top 8 in the tourney should definitely happen though. Would be so much better. Play-in games counting as "ACC Tournament Wins" are a farce.

DON'T YOU RAIN ON [Redacted]'S PARADE!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Brendan207]

Good for tv, but bad for the fan experience imo.

Exactly. But a 16 team ACC is also bad for the fan experience. The best days of the ACC Tournament are long over. No more magic of traveling in for the weekend with a truly great fan experience. I'm happy we didn't end up like the Big East and get completely decimated.... ACC is doing what it needs to do to survive.