This idea as been rattling around in my head for some time: Why not have an early-season college basketball tournament where all Indiana-based colleges play each other?
All the D1 programs are in a bracket and all the D2 D3 schools are in a bracket. There would be multiple locations around the state culminating with an elite eight or final four "festival" in Indianapolis. The elite 8 or final four would be playyed at hinkle with the championship game at Lucas Oil or Conseco.
Imagine Evansville vs Butler, Valpo vs Notre Dame, IU vs IUPUI, Indianapolis vs IPFW, Depauw vs Wabash, etc.
Yes there would be basketball, but the festival would celebrate not just our basketball heritage but a place where fans from all over the country would come to celebrate the sport. Kind of an Indiana-based bracketbuster, or annual Woodstock for basketball in its natural home - Indiana.
I understand most schools set their schedules years in advance, but surely, all of us in SI can figure out how to get this rolling in the next couple of years.
There's the idea, come on Smoosiers let's Brainstorm this mug. How to we get this from idea to implementation?
All the D1 programs are in a bracket and all the D2 D3 schools are in a bracket. There would be multiple locations around the state culminating with an elite eight or final four "festival" in Indianapolis. The elite 8 or final four would be playyed at hinkle with the championship game at Lucas Oil or Conseco.
Imagine Evansville vs Butler, Valpo vs Notre Dame, IU vs IUPUI, Indianapolis vs IPFW, Depauw vs Wabash, etc.
Yes there would be basketball, but the festival would celebrate not just our basketball heritage but a place where fans from all over the country would come to celebrate the sport. Kind of an Indiana-based bracketbuster, or annual Woodstock for basketball in its natural home - Indiana.
I understand most schools set their schedules years in advance, but surely, all of us in SI can figure out how to get this rolling in the next couple of years.
There's the idea, come on Smoosiers let's Brainstorm this mug. How to we get this from idea to implementation?
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