ACC NYC Desires

Syracuse wants to have their cake and eat it too. If it twists our noses, so much the better! As far as I'm concerned, they should never be allowed back at the Garden. If they want to play in NYC, they should play at the Barclays center. Now, you're going to say that's letting them take over, but remember, Brooklyn is not Manhattan!
 
As I stated previously with regard to this topic, the whole issue depends upon how good St. Johns becomes. If Coach Lavin has the program ranked in the top 15 year after year, and we start packing the Garden again, there's no way the ACC gets in there. As long as the St. Johns program is very good the Big East tournament will be sold out. If Lavin can't get the program to that level, and we're not packing the Garden and the Big East Tournament struggles, then we're in trouble. I think the whole issue hinges on our success.
 
As I stated previously with regard to this topic, the whole issue depends upon how good St. Johns becomes. If Coach Lavin has the program ranked in the top 15 year after year, and we start packing the Garden again, there's no way the ACC gets in there. As long as the St. Johns program is very good the Big East tournament will be sold out. If Lavin can't get the program to that level, and we're not packing the Garden and the Big East Tournament struggles, then we're in trouble. I think the whole issue hinges on our success.
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I disagree to a point Mean Gene. I agree that our success is critical, but no matter how good we are, we are just one game during the Big East Tournament. If DePaul vs G'Town or Seton Hall vs Butler, just to give examples, don't draw. then we still have a problem. Even during our good years we wouldn't sellout the place without the help of the fans from the opposing team. 1991, 1992, 1999 & 2000 (all very good years for us) stand out. My point is that yes, St. John's needs to be relevant in the league, but the other teams need to do their part as well as far as having a good product on the floor.
 
Syracuse wants to have their cake and eat it too. If it twists our noses, so much the better! As far as I'm concerned, they should never be allowed back at the Garden. If they want to play in NYC, they should play at the Barclays center. Now, you're going to say that's letting them take over, but remember, Brooklyn is not Manhattan!
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Syracuse even had " Syracuse Day" at Citi Field. Hey, what's the worse that could happen if the ACC gets the garden for playoffs - we go to Barclays Center.
 
“@syrbasketball: ACC Commish John Swofford, SU AD Daryl Gross say bringing ACC hoops tourney to NYC a real possibility:http://ow.ly/mvsRx”
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This is my biggest fear as I truly believe they will displace what is now the Big East. Make no mistake about it, the BE traitors are the schools behind the push to move to nyc
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It's all Syracuse. This is a lot of ACC posturing of course. They still feel like they need to try to squash us. I'll have a toast when Boeheim and Pitino retire...
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Is Cuse on our schedule this year? We finally have the roster that can play with them
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but pretty much every BET ticket is sold at least once and I don't see a scenario where it does not continue to be so. There's 19,763 seats for basketball. Each school will get an allocation of 1850 or so with the Garden keeping 1200 or so to see/pass on, right? Any school that has trouble selling their entire miniscule allotment shouldn't be in the BE in the first place but if it comes to that they'll enter the secondary market through scalpers. The BET WILL be sold out.

MSG's bigger concern might be ticket usage. Fans showing up just for their team's games and not watching the other one in their double header pod, or even worse not coming to the double headers where their team is not playing nor passing those tix on to others, reduces concessions and that's MSG's main priority. That situation, however, wouldn't be any different BET or ACC. Most of the folks who get access to the tix through their school affiliation are not necessarily huge hoops fans, just huge fans of their school. The first two days is always going to have quite a few empty seats for any given game.
 
http://www.theacc.com/#!/news-detail/ACCtakesNYC070113

EW YORK – The Atlantic Coast Conference will literally ring in a new era on Monday, July 1.

The date was circled on the ACC’s calendar months ago, as it prepared to officially welcome Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse and expand its league membership to 15 member institutions. That vision becomes a reality on Monday, July 1, and the ACC is eager to start spreading the news.

What better place than New York, New York?

With the Big Apple now sitting squarely in the ACC’s footprint, the conference has chosen the city as the setting for a full-scale celebration. The conference will be highly visible throughout the day on a worldwide stage, highlighted by the NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony at 4:01 p.m.

“We have long looked forward to officially recognizing these three outstanding institutions as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference,” Swofford said. “It will truly be a historic day for our league.”

In addition to the ACC Commissioner, those participating in the NASDAQ closing bell ceremony will include men’s basketball coaches Mike Brey of Notre Dame, Jim Boeheim of Syracuse and Roy Williams of North Carolina; football coaches Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech and Jimbo Fisher of Florida State and four-time NFL All-Pro wide receiver and former Pitt student-athlete Larry Fitzgerald.

Sunday marked the beginning of “ACC Mascots Take Manhattan,” and they will continue making their rounds throughout the day on Monday.

The ACC’s 15 mascots are scheduled to make stops at the Empire State Building, Grand Central Station, the Circle Line Harbor Cruise and the NASDAQ MarketSite. The schedule also includes an outreach program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, where the mascots will make bedside visits in multiple wards. Those roaming Times Square or on a boat trip around the Statue of Liberty might find a Tiger, a Panther or a Demon Deacon nearby.

Those unable to attend in person on Monday can view the 2 p.m. press conference, hosted by ESPN’s Brad Nessler, via ESPN3 and The ACC Digital Network on theACC.com. Both outlets will also carry the Closing Bell Ceremony, beginning at 3:45 p.m. ACC fans can also keep up with all the ACC’s activities throughout the city on Twitter by following @theACC and #ACCtakesNYC.

“This is an extraordinary time for our conference on many levels,” Swofford said. “I believe all those who are able to interact with us in New York or watch the proceedings from afar will share in our excitement as we welcome Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse to the ACC family.”
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but pretty much every BET ticket is sold at least once and I don't see a scenario where it does not continue to be so. There's 19,763 seats for basketball. Each school will get an allocation of 1850 or so with the Garden keeping 1200 or so to see/pass on, right? Any school that has trouble selling their entire miniscule allotment shouldn't be in the BE in the first place but if it comes to that they'll enter the secondary market through scalpers. The BET WILL be sold out.

MSG's bigger concern might be ticket usage. Fans showing up just for their team's games and not watching the other one in their double header pod, or even worse not coming to the double headers where their team is not playing nor passing those tix on to others, reduces concessions and that's MSG's main priority. That situation, however, wouldn't be any different BET or ACC. Most of the folks who get access to the tix through their school affiliation are not necessarily huge hoops fans, just huge fans of their school. The first two days is always going to have quite a few empty seats for any given game.
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I think I read somewhere that the Big East was exploring changing the way they do ticket allotment for the tournament. Not sure if anything official has been decided and whether it would be easier or not for the general public to get get tix, but that was something they were discussing at some point. I posted a link to it on another thread a while back.
 
http://www.theacc.com/#!/news-detail/ACCtakesNYC070113

EW YORK – The Atlantic Coast Conference will literally ring in a new era on Monday, July 1.

The date was circled on the ACC’s calendar months ago, as it prepared to officially welcome Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse and expand its league membership to 15 member institutions. That vision becomes a reality on Monday, July 1, and the ACC is eager to start spreading the news.

What better place than New York, New York?

With the Big Apple now sitting squarely in the ACC’s footprint, the conference has chosen the city as the setting for a full-scale celebration. The conference will be highly visible throughout the day on a worldwide stage, highlighted by the NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony at 4:01 p.m.

“We have long looked forward to officially recognizing these three outstanding institutions as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference,” Swofford said. “It will truly be a historic day for our league.”

In addition to the ACC Commissioner, those participating in the NASDAQ closing bell ceremony will include men’s basketball coaches Mike Brey of Notre Dame, Jim Boeheim of Syracuse and Roy Williams of North Carolina; football coaches Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech and Jimbo Fisher of Florida State and four-time NFL All-Pro wide receiver and former Pitt student-athlete Larry Fitzgerald.

Sunday marked the beginning of “ACC Mascots Take Manhattan,” and they will continue making their rounds throughout the day on Monday.

The ACC’s 15 mascots are scheduled to make stops at the Empire State Building, Grand Central Station, the Circle Line Harbor Cruise and the NASDAQ MarketSite. The schedule also includes an outreach program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, where the mascots will make bedside visits in multiple wards. Those roaming Times Square or on a boat trip around the Statue of Liberty might find a Tiger, a Panther or a Demon Deacon nearby.

Those unable to attend in person on Monday can view the 2 p.m. press conference, hosted by ESPN’s Brad Nessler, via ESPN3 and The ACC Digital Network on theACC.com. Both outlets will also carry the Closing Bell Ceremony, beginning at 3:45 p.m. ACC fans can also keep up with all the ACC’s activities throughout the city on Twitter by following @theACC and #ACCtakesNYC.

“This is an extraordinary time for our conference on many levels,” Swofford said. “I believe all those who are able to interact with us in New York or watch the proceedings from afar will share in our excitement as we welcome Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse to the ACC family.”
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Maybe this will change later but it's kind of funny that ESPNNY.com has no coverage of this today.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but pretty much every BET ticket is sold at least once and I don't see a scenario where it does not continue to be so. There's 19,763 seats for basketball. Each school will get an allocation of 1850 or so with the Garden keeping 1200 or so to see/pass on, right? Any school that has trouble selling their entire miniscule allotment shouldn't be in the BE in the first place but if it comes to that they'll enter the secondary market through scalpers. The BET WILL be sold out.

MSG's bigger concern might be ticket usage. Fans showing up just for their team's games and not watching the other one in their double header pod, or even worse not coming to the double headers where their team is not playing nor passing those tix on to others, reduces concessions and that's MSG's main priority. That situation, however, wouldn't be any different BET or ACC. Most of the folks who get access to the tix through their school affiliation are not necessarily huge hoops fans, just huge fans of their school. The first two days is always going to have quite a few empty seats for any given game.
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Been saying that forever. I don't see an issue here. And when 2 more teams are added tickets will become harder again.
 
http://www.theacc.com/#!/news-detail/ACCtakesNYC070113

EW YORK – The Atlantic Coast Conference will literally ring in a new era on Monday, July 1.

The date was circled on the ACC’s calendar months ago, as it prepared to officially welcome Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse and expand its league membership to 15 member institutions. That vision becomes a reality on Monday, July 1, and the ACC is eager to start spreading the news.

What better place than New York, New York?

With the Big Apple now sitting squarely in the ACC’s footprint, the conference has chosen the city as the setting for a full-scale celebration. The conference will be highly visible throughout the day on a worldwide stage, highlighted by the NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony at 4:01 p.m.

“We have long looked forward to officially recognizing these three outstanding institutions as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference,” Swofford said. “It will truly be a historic day for our league.”

In addition to the ACC Commissioner, those participating in the NASDAQ closing bell ceremony will include men’s basketball coaches Mike Brey of Notre Dame, Jim Boeheim of Syracuse and Roy Williams of North Carolina; football coaches Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech and Jimbo Fisher of Florida State and four-time NFL All-Pro wide receiver and former Pitt student-athlete Larry Fitzgerald.

Sunday marked the beginning of “ACC Mascots Take Manhattan,” and they will continue making their rounds throughout the day on Monday.

The ACC’s 15 mascots are scheduled to make stops at the Empire State Building, Grand Central Station, the Circle Line Harbor Cruise and the NASDAQ MarketSite. The schedule also includes an outreach program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, where the mascots will make bedside visits in multiple wards. Those roaming Times Square or on a boat trip around the Statue of Liberty might find a Tiger, a Panther or a Demon Deacon nearby.

Those unable to attend in person on Monday can view the 2 p.m. press conference, hosted by ESPN’s Brad Nessler, via ESPN3 and The ACC Digital Network on theACC.com. Both outlets will also carry the Closing Bell Ceremony, beginning at 3:45 p.m. ACC fans can also keep up with all the ACC’s activities throughout the city on Twitter by following @theACC and #ACCtakesNYC.

“This is an extraordinary time for our conference on many levels,” Swofford said. “I believe all those who are able to interact with us in New York or watch the proceedings from afar will share in our excitement as we welcome Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse to the ACC family.”
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Were supposed to have their pictures taking at the closing bell of the NYSE but Boeheim's flight was late.
New York's team had to fly their coach to NYC?????????????????????????????????????????
 
I would have told Cuse to buzz off

Stanford Univ. over the weekend “traded” its @SUAthletics Twitter handle to Syracuse Univ. in exchange for a collection of local goods to be named later. Stanford was able to part with the handle after its @GoStanford became more popular as the official handle and hashtag (Stanford).
 
What a shame. The weather was terrible earlier today and it has rained on and off all day. I'm sorry to hear Coach B didn't make it down in time. I hope the rest of the ACC festivities weren't ruined.
 
As I stated previously with regard to this topic, the whole issue depends upon how good St. Johns becomes. If Coach Lavin has the program ranked in the top 15 year after year, and we start packing the Garden again, there's no way the ACC gets in there. As long as the St. Johns program is very good the Big East tournament will be sold out. If Lavin can't get the program to that level, and we're not packing the Garden and the Big East Tournament struggles, then we're in trouble. I think the whole issue hinges on our success.
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Good points, but that's a huge IF. This program being a top 15 team would be a complete 180 from last year. How many teams go from absolutely terrible shooting and low chemistry to good shooting and high chemistry 1 year later? I just feel like SJ is cursed. I'm hoping Jordan is the guy that changes the storm clouds (pun intended) into sunshine.
 
http://www.theacc.com/#!/news-detail/ACCtakesNYC070113

EW YORK – The Atlantic Coast Conference will literally ring in a new era on Monday, July 1.

The date was circled on the ACC’s calendar months ago, as it prepared to officially welcome Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse and expand its league membership to 15 member institutions. That vision becomes a reality on Monday, July 1, and the ACC is eager to start spreading the news.

What better place than New York, New York?

With the Big Apple now sitting squarely in the ACC’s footprint, the conference has chosen the city as the setting for a full-scale celebration. The conference will be highly visible throughout the day on a worldwide stage, highlighted by the NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony at 4:01 p.m.

“We have long looked forward to officially recognizing these three outstanding institutions as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference,” Swofford said. “It will truly be a historic day for our league.”

In addition to the ACC Commissioner, those participating in the NASDAQ closing bell ceremony will include men’s basketball coaches Mike Brey of Notre Dame, Jim Boeheim of Syracuse and Roy Williams of North Carolina; football coaches Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech and Jimbo Fisher of Florida State and four-time NFL All-Pro wide receiver and former Pitt student-athlete Larry Fitzgerald.

Sunday marked the beginning of “ACC Mascots Take Manhattan,” and they will continue making their rounds throughout the day on Monday.

The ACC’s 15 mascots are scheduled to make stops at the Empire State Building, Grand Central Station, the Circle Line Harbor Cruise and the NASDAQ MarketSite. The schedule also includes an outreach program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, where the mascots will make bedside visits in multiple wards. Those roaming Times Square or on a boat trip around the Statue of Liberty might find a Tiger, a Panther or a Demon Deacon nearby.

Those unable to attend in person on Monday can view the 2 p.m. press conference, hosted by ESPN’s Brad Nessler, via ESPN3 and The ACC Digital Network on theACC.com. Both outlets will also carry the Closing Bell Ceremony, beginning at 3:45 p.m. ACC fans can also keep up with all the ACC’s activities throughout the city on Twitter by following @theACC and #ACCtakesNYC.

“This is an extraordinary time for our conference on many levels,” Swofford said. “I believe all those who are able to interact with us in New York or watch the proceedings from afar will share in our excitement as we welcome Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse to the ACC family.”
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Were supposed to have their pictures taking at the closing bell of the NYSE but Boeheim's flight was late.
New York's team had to fly their coach to NYC?????????????????????????????????????????
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Do they really think this was some great idea, promoting the ACC in NYC in the middle of the summer?? It seems to me like they are really forcing the issue. Most of the ACC is still down south. Not sure what they think they are accomplishing?
 
http://www.theacc.com/#!/news-detail/ACCtakesNYC070113

EW YORK – The Atlantic Coast Conference will literally ring in a new era on Monday, July 1.

The date was circled on the ACC’s calendar months ago, as it prepared to officially welcome Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse and expand its league membership to 15 member institutions. That vision becomes a reality on Monday, July 1, and the ACC is eager to start spreading the news.

What better place than New York, New York?

With the Big Apple now sitting squarely in the ACC’s footprint, the conference has chosen the city as the setting for a full-scale celebration. The conference will be highly visible throughout the day on a worldwide stage, highlighted by the NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony at 4:01 p.m.

“We have long looked forward to officially recognizing these three outstanding institutions as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference,” Swofford said. “It will truly be a historic day for our league.”

In addition to the ACC Commissioner, those participating in the NASDAQ closing bell ceremony will include men’s basketball coaches Mike Brey of Notre Dame, Jim Boeheim of Syracuse and Roy Williams of North Carolina; football coaches Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech and Jimbo Fisher of Florida State and four-time NFL All-Pro wide receiver and former Pitt student-athlete Larry Fitzgerald.

Sunday marked the beginning of “ACC Mascots Take Manhattan,” and they will continue making their rounds throughout the day on Monday.

The ACC’s 15 mascots are scheduled to make stops at the Empire State Building, Grand Central Station, the Circle Line Harbor Cruise and the NASDAQ MarketSite. The schedule also includes an outreach program at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, where the mascots will make bedside visits in multiple wards. Those roaming Times Square or on a boat trip around the Statue of Liberty might find a Tiger, a Panther or a Demon Deacon nearby.

Those unable to attend in person on Monday can view the 2 p.m. press conference, hosted by ESPN’s Brad Nessler, via ESPN3 and The ACC Digital Network on theACC.com. Both outlets will also carry the Closing Bell Ceremony, beginning at 3:45 p.m. ACC fans can also keep up with all the ACC’s activities throughout the city on Twitter by following @theACC and #ACCtakesNYC.

“This is an extraordinary time for our conference on many levels,” Swofford said. “I believe all those who are able to interact with us in New York or watch the proceedings from afar will share in our excitement as we welcome Notre Dame, Pitt and Syracuse to the ACC family.”
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Were supposed to have their pictures taking at the closing bell of the NYSE but Boeheim's flight was late.
New York's team had to fly their coach to NYC?????????????????????????????????????????
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Syracuse is closer to Canada than NYC...by a long shot. That says a lot. No matter how good they may be or how many fans they will have, it's like rooting for the Bills in football. That part of NY State is so far removed from the NYC metro area it feels like another country. Too bad they didn't go ahead with plans to make Westchester, the 5 boroughs, Rockland and LI one gigantic city state (NYC). Upstate and downstate are 2 totally different cultures. It pisses me off so much when Cuse fans try to claim NYC. Jersey wants to claim NYC, CT wants to claim NYC, Syracuse wants to claim NYC, hell even Philly has been called the 6th borough which makes absolutely zero sense. We are the only true to blood NYC metro area major college basketball team. Case closed. Now we just have to go out and win. We have a new basketball only conference, a new sponsor in UA, a new head coach (relatively), etc. The only thing left to do is win. I hope Lavin pounds that into them. The NYC area is always starving for a winner to rally behind.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, but pretty much every BET ticket is sold at least once and I don't see a scenario where it does not continue to be so. There's 19,763 seats for basketball. Each school will get an allocation of 1850 or so with the Garden keeping 1200 or so to see/pass on, right? Any school that has trouble selling their entire miniscule allotment shouldn't be in the BE in the first place but if it comes to that they'll enter the secondary market through scalpers. The BET WILL be sold out.

MSG's bigger concern might be ticket usage. Fans showing up just for their team's games and not watching the other one in their double header pod, or even worse not coming to the double headers where their team is not playing nor passing those tix on to others, reduces concessions and that's MSG's main priority. That situation, however, wouldn't be any different BET or ACC. Most of the folks who get access to the tix through their school affiliation are not necessarily huge hoops fans, just huge fans of their school. The first two days is always going to have quite a few empty seats for any given game.
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Agree. should be no problem selling out and every conference will have their marquee and not-so-marquee games
 
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