Why?
Just because. He’s a OAD, he’s a 1Family Guy who is tied to corruption (albeit whispers), he’s a player formerly very high on the Pitino board. We just aren’t the type of school he’s going to be looking at.
Why?
The ACC basketball tournament will not return to Atlanta until at least 2023, if then. That became clear Thursday after the conference announced that the 2021 and 2022 tournaments will take place in Washington, D.C. and New York (Brooklyn), respectively. Atlanta had bid to host the 2021 tournament, according a spokeswoman for the Atlanta Sports Council.
When the 2012 ACC tournament was held at Philips Arena (now State Farm Arena), it was the sixth time that Atlanta had hosted the event in a 30-year span. With the tournament booked through 2022, that will be a 10-year run without the event in Atlanta.
The spokeswoman also said that the sports council is focused on the next bid cycle. Commissioner John Swofford’s comments released by the ACC with Thursday’s announcement suggest that Atlanta’s chances may be limited.
Swofford said that ACC member schools were pleased with the next four sites “because it’s a continuation of the rotation we’ve had in recent years.”
Greensboro, Washington and Brooklyn have shared the past six tournaments. (Charlotte’s last tournament was 2008.)
It looks like the ACC no longer wants to host the conference tournament in Atlanta:
ACC denies Atlanta bid for tournament, what that may mean
Mine as well - Omni 1983. Ralph Sampsons last year and the start of the Wolfpack miracle post season. Duke went down by 43 points to UVA. There were no empty seats back then.My 1st ACCT was in ATL and it was fine. That said, there were a lot of empty seats, even with UNC playing through the championship game.
ACC is in love with NY for the moment. Nothing getting in the way of that for a while.
Maybe it's helping us with our NY recruiting?
I think it is helping the ACC with its overall PR and image. I think things were getting stale in Greensboro - as much as I enjoyed Greensboro.
Who knows whether GT is getting any advantage from our one and done appearances.
I don't like it in DC.
Well the hoops department is really awesome. I emailed Ellie Cantkier regarding the mobile stinger passes for basketball and got a very quick response. She sent me a very nice response that they "GREATLY appreciate your support".
Forwarded my request on to their marketing department, ticketing department, and CJP and that someone would respond to me soon regarding the passes.
Didn't think that they'd have decided yet whether to do them again since the acc had just released the schedule but thought it wouldn't hurt to ask them about it. Hope tech offers them again this year.