Thursday, August 18, 2005
March Madness to MSG?
The NCAA paid $56.5 million for the rights to the preseason and postseason National Invitation Tournaments (NIT). This ended a four-year legal battle between the two entities. Five New York City colleges had been running the NIT since 1940. According to the NCAA, Madison Square Garden (MSG) will host the tournament finals for at least the next five years.
It almost sounds as if the NIT final could be moved in the future. If so, MSG could host a Final Four. I've always felt the culmination of March Madness should be played in The World's Most Famous Arena. It's too bad MSG was saddled with a second-tier tournament all these years. The closest the Final Four ever got to NYC was at the Meadowlands across the Hudson River in New Jersey.
It almost sounds as if the NIT final could be moved in the future. If so, MSG could host a Final Four. I've always felt the culmination of March Madness should be played in The World's Most Famous Arena. It's too bad MSG was saddled with a second-tier tournament all these years. The closest the Final Four ever got to NYC was at the Meadowlands across the Hudson River in New Jersey.
# posted by Steve Seepersaud : 10:49 PM
