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On ESPN.com there is a story that Chicago schools Depaul, Chicago State, Loyola, Northwestern and UIC are discussing have a Chicago Invitational. Apparently, Indiana has a one day event where Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame and Purdue play each other (two games total). Phily has the Philadelphia five where every university in the city plays one another and team with best record is crowned the champion.

Initially, I thought it would be fun to have TCU, SMU, UNT and UTA all play in either an invitational or two day tournament. In an invitational you would have UNT play UTA in game one and TCU and SMU in game two. In a tournament, SMU vs UNT winner would play TCU vs. UTA winner a day after the first round. You could hold the event at the AAC. I thought maybe it would drum up some interest for the local programs (you'd think it would get coverage from papers and TV).

I'm just not sure you would draw enough interest to do it. I'd think you'd need 10K at the AAC to make it worthwhile.

The ESPN story link... http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=5757553

Anybody think this would work? And would TCU and SMU ever agree to it?

Censored by Laurie Veteran

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Now that UTA will have a decent arena, it would probably be better to just rotate who hosts the tournament then have it at the cavernous AAC.

Actually, for this particular tournament, I think Reunion would work perfectly.

SAM Coach Newbie

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On ESPN.com there is a story that Chicago schools Depaul, Chicago State, Loyola, Northwestern and UIC are discussing have a Chicago Invitational. Apparently, Indiana has a one day event where Butler, Indiana, Notre Dame and Purdue play each other (two games total). Phily has the Philadelphia five where every university in the city plays one another and team with best record is crowned the champion.

Initially, I thought it would be fun to have TCU, SMU, UNT and UTA all play in either an invitational or two day tournament. In an invitational you would have UNT play UTA in game one and TCU and SMU in game two. In a tournament, SMU vs UNT winner would play TCU vs. UTA winner a day after the first round. You could hold the event at the AAC. I thought maybe it would drum up some interest for the local programs (you'd think it would get coverage from papers and TV).

I'm just not sure you would draw enough interest to do it. I'd think you'd need 10K at the AAC to make it worthwhile.

The ESPN story link... http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/news/story?id=5757553

Anybody think this would work? And would TCU and SMU ever agree to it?

I like the idea! The question would be revenue. Can this event generate enough revenue to sustain the regional teams and fans? I think so.

UNTflyer Apprentice

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Seriously... I'd love to see it but I can't see it happening. UTA and UNT would be on board, but not those other schools.

The best chance for success is to get the Dallas News to try to put it together.

drex Experienced

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This idea has been kicked around for years. I was told by one athletic director that the women's teams of UNT,TCU, SMU and UTA were going to do a tournament, but I have yet to see evidence of it. As usual, SMU will be the fly in the ointment for any men's tournament...need I say more?

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This idea has been kicked around for years. I was told by one athletic director that the women's teams of UNT,TCU, SMU and UTA were going to do a tournament, but I have yet to see evidence of it. As usual, SMU will be the fly in the ointment for any men's tournament...need I say more?

Replacing SMU with Paul Quinn or UT-Dallas might be an upgrade.

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All About UNT Veteran

All About UNT

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Simple as this....coordinate with the other teams involved and of course send an invite to SMU. If they are the only ones that don't bite then they are the ones that appear weak and afraid of getting upset by ITT's Varsity Basketball Team

GrandGreen Grand Master

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This has been kicked around for years and never went anywhere. With the recent Belt mandate on scheduling, NT probably couldn't afford games against the frogs and ponies unless they substantially improve.

Actually, I think this would significantly increase interest in four programs that definitely need it. If sponsorship could be secured it would be a win for all four programs. What would really be great is if they could make it an eight team tournament alternating at the four local sites and invite a couple of top Texas teams and National teams to participate with the local teams playing against the outsiders in the first round. Can you imagine the interest in a Baylor, UT, North Carolina, Illinois, UTA, SMU, TCU and NT tournament in the holiday season? We can always dream, but it does seem strange that the metroplex with four division one teams does not have any continuing college basketball tournaments.

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