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Title: SEC Basketball Tournament
Post by: Saniflush on February 23, 2009, 11:07:07 AM
Someone explain to me why it is in fucking Tampa. 

Seriously, outside of the obvious $$$ who could have possibly thought this was a good idea? Did the KY fans start complaining that they were tired of coming to Atlanta? 
Title: Re: SEC Basketball Tournament
Post by: Snaggletiger on February 23, 2009, 11:32:07 AM
Someone explain to me why it is in fucking Tampa. 

Seriously, outside of the obvious $$$ who could have possibly thought this was a good idea? Did the KY fans start complaining that they were tired of coming to Atlanta? 

Wow, didn't know that.  Why did they move it from Atlanta?  Atlanta makes sense as far as being a huge city and about as centrally located as you're going to get in the SEC..outside of the Ham.  But Tampa?  That's way below the southern most SEC city.
Title: Re: SEC Basketball Tournament
Post by: Saniflush on February 23, 2009, 11:36:45 AM
Wow, didn't know that.  Why did they move it from Atlanta?  Atlanta makes sense as far as being a huge city and about as centrally located as you're going to get in the SEC..outside of the Ham.  But Tampa?  That's way below the southern most SEC city.

Yea it occurred to me last night when I started thinking about blowing off work and catching the first round. 
Title: Re: SEC Basketball Tournament
Post by: AWK on February 23, 2009, 01:06:29 PM
That's a fucking 10 - 12 Hour drive from Atlanta...Ridiculous.
Title: Re: SEC Basketball Tournament
Post by: Aubie16 on February 23, 2009, 06:34:16 PM
SEC decided to start rotating it. I like it in Atlanta a lot...and Tampa won't be great, but it could be a lot of fun in a couple years when it hits Nashville and New Orleans.

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Title: Re: SEC Basketball Tournament
Post by: Tarheel on February 23, 2009, 11:43:23 PM
Someone explain to me why it is in fucking Tampa. 

Seriously, outside of the obvious $$$ who could have possibly thought this was a good idea? Did the KY fans start complaining that they were tired of coming to Atlanta? 

Because the ACC has Atlanta...suck it bitches!