05-10-2010, 04:20 PM
Here\'s a few extra basketball tidbits.
Most importantly, from my Seattle-centric perspective, we may no longer have to suffer through dilettante UCLA/USC fans ruining the Pac-10 tournament with their inattentiveness:
Most importantly, from my Seattle-centric perspective, we may no longer have to suffer through dilettante UCLA/USC fans ruining the Pac-10 tournament with their inattentiveness:
Quote:They discussed possible changes to the men\'s and women\'s tournaments. The men\'s tournament is contractually obligated to stay at the Staples Center in Los Angeles through 2012, the end of the Fox Sports Net deal, though Scott said anything is possible after that.
In the past, coaches have lobbied for a tournament that rotates between semi-neutral sites in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and the Bay area.
Scott said he expects to have more definitive talks about the tournament next spring, with final decision in the fall of 2011, giving plenty of time to arrange a new tournament starting in 2013.
The women\'s tournament can change sooner, since it has no contractual obligations to stay at its current home of USC\'s Galen Center. Scott said some of the later-round women\'s games could be moved to the Staples Center to be packaged with men\'s games, and that some could be played on home sites or the whole thing could be moved to another city, among other possibilities. Scott said he expected that issue would be settled at meetings next month.