Big four basketball classic
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Is it a high school event? If no, they're serving beer.
And this is a terrible concept. If they cleared out the arena and did games at say 1pm and 5pm I'd change my stance, but as it stands, this is a terrible format.
It isnt perfect, but it should be a good time. Im sure they will get flooded with comlaints after its over and hopefully adjust for the following season.
i think the environment might be kind of cool/different. ISU, UNI, and Drake will all be rooting against Iowa and Iowa/UNI/Drake will all be rooting against ISU.
That's exactly what I'd do. I went to the NCAA tournament a couple years ago, stayed all day watching 8 teams I didn't give a **** about. It was fun. If you're paying for both games, might as well get your moneys worth.
My bet is this doesn't last long but will be part of the transition to either not playing or only playing in Ames/Iowa city (how it should be, IMO) Doing this for a few years allows that to happen without as much uproar from some quarters.
So, you have to pay for both games? I've been to the NCAA tournament and i'm not sure how you can compare them. The NCAA tournament is...the NCAA tournament.
But my real questions is, do you have to pay for both games?
CycloneErik
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I don't see the comparison to the NCAA tournament, either. In the very loose sense, sure, you're paying for a whole session. On the real side, that whole session is filled with games that really matter and the drama of someone's season coming to an end. This is just 4 teams in November.
The event has time before it happens to get fan support. I am sure all the UNI people will enjoy comming down to the big city lol
I stopped following the Cyclones last year after the Drake game because pretty much everyone on CF was telling me that their season was over.
CycloneErik
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I plan to watch the first game and root against Iowa and then stay and cheer on the Cyclones where I expect the Iowa fans to in turn cheer against us.
Yeah...this is really gonna suck.
Yeah...this is really gonna suck.
I'm pumped for this event, there's no such thing as too much college basketball. Sure it may not be a sold out crowd but its 4 teams that care about beating each other. I think it'll take a few years to really hit its stride but eventually it will be a really cool event. Like it or not both ISU and Iowa have positive momentum right now, imagine in a few years if one or both teams are rated, this will be a tough ticket.
It will likely sell out, especially when you are talking four fan bases going after one ticket. The problem is you won't have many people going to both games, so it will be half full for each game.
They are handing out 130 free tickets to Iowa State students for this. I signed up for one but I'm not guaranteed to get one.
Any word on when they'll let us know who won them? Would like to get my ticket situation taken care of, but don't want to buy one until I know if I did/didn't win a free one.
