2012 Division III NCAA Tournament

Greek Tragedy · March 04, 2007, 03:40:01 PM

Thanks guys...

Nice picture of the INSIDE of the Roanoke Bast Center. I found it funny that they have a picture of Quandt on the front of this site, but it's a nice picture of the outside, not the inside of Quandt. How does that help? lol!

Greek Tragedy · March 04, 2007, 04:01:55 PM

According to this site: Gym capacities

#1 Stevens Point: Quandt-2800
#10 Hope: DeVos Center-3400
NR-Carroll: Van Male Arena-1100
#8 Washington U.: Field House-3000 (nice original name! lol )

#4 Virginia Wesleyan: Jane P. Batten Center-1100
#3 Mississippi College: A.E. Wood Coliseum-3500
#19 Guilford: Ragen-Brown Field House-2500
NR-Lincoln: Manuel Rivero Hall Gymnasium-2500

#6 Amherst: LeFrak Gymnasium-1800
Stevens: Canavan Arena-1000
#21 Rhode Island College-Intercollegiate Athletic Center-2000
Keene State: Spaulding Gym-2100

NR-St. John Fisher: Not listed
NR-Brockport State: Tuttle North Gymnasium-2000
#2 Wooster: Timken Gymnasium-3400
#25 John Carroll: Tony DeCarlo Varsity Center-2448

David Collinge · March 04, 2007, 04:06:05 PM

Various reports put Fisher's Varsity Gym at 900 to 1200 capacity. It must be at least 1000, which is the minimum for a sectional host site, according to the handbook. (By the way, I'm pretty sure the handbook said 1500 for the minimum in the Nov. version, and was changed to 1000 when the revision to the B/C pools was published a couple of weeks ago. One has to wonder about that, since we have two hosts that fall between these marks. And yes, I know VWC hosted last year, but there's a new handbook for each year.)

John Gleich · March 04, 2007, 06:23:56 PM

Here's a picture I took on Saturday night (INSIDE Quandt)

John Gleich · March 04, 2007, 06:27:21 PM

Click on picture for larger image. This is from Saturday night.

diehardfan · March 04, 2007, 06:36:11 PM

Love it! Very cool, thanks.

John Gleich · March 04, 2007, 07:00:50 PM

Oops... didn't mean to post the same pick twice, I'm still new at this whole digital camera thing... Here goes on a couple of other shots:

bamm · March 04, 2007, 09:00:04 PM

Quote from: David Collinge on March 04, 2007, 04:06:05 PM
Various reports put Fisher's Varsity Gym at 900 to 1200 capacity. It must be at least 1000, which is the minimum for a sectional host site, according to the handbook. (By the way, I'm pretty sure the handbook said 1500 for the minimum in the Nov. version, and was changed to 1000 when the revision to the B/C pools was published a couple of weeks ago. One has to wonder about that, since we have two hosts that fall between these marks. And yes, I know VWC hosted last year, but there's a new handbook for each year.)

David -- whatever Cleveland and Rochester have over Wooster, the home of the Scots can't be any less capable of hosting 4 basketball teams than Stevens Point and Amherst, who continue to host.

And I don't think geography had too much to do with the decision, as no matter who you choose you are sending a couple of teams for a long bus ride down I-90.

That leaves two things -- seeding and potential for revenue/ticket sales. You're right when you said it must not have gotten to the #4 bullet (revenue/ticket sales), and the NCAA made the decision based on #3 (seeding).

And believe me, it's going to be very tight in Varsity Gym if they dare to sell 1200 tickets.

sac · March 04, 2007, 10:00:17 PM

Nice pictures Point.........looks like a great place.

Could use some orange though......we'll see what we can do

pbrooks3 · March 04, 2007, 10:41:17 PM

Maybe St. Johns Fisher won't use their full allotment of tickets, and others can have a crack at them!

superman57 · March 04, 2007, 11:56:24 PM

honestly did Fisher deserve to host this year, no they did not...but Amherst's gym is no bigger...and it will be a fun enviornment to be in...Fisher's gym is a fun place to watch a game...and if the crowd is going strong it can get very loud

Greek Tragedy · March 04, 2007, 11:59:41 PM

Quote from: sac on March 04, 2007, 10:00:17 PM
Nice pictures Point.........looks like a great place.

Could use some orange though......we'll see what we can do

Was I not cool enough to talk to on Friday night down in Aurora? lol

Greek Tragedy · March 05, 2007, 12:01:38 AM

Quote from: Old School on March 04, 2007, 03:40:01 PM
Thanks guys...

Nice picture of the INSIDE of the Roanoke Bast Center. I found it funny that they have a picture of Quandt on the front of this site, but it's a nice picture of the outside, not the inside of Quandt. How does that help? lol!

Not sure if I "encouraged" the change, but that's a nice picture of the INSIDE of Quandt on the front page I see now! lol.

sac · March 05, 2007, 12:02:56 AM

Where were you, nobody told me you were there.

You know us Hall of Famers we've got so many social obligations to attend to it can be very busy.

John Gleich · March 05, 2007, 12:12:35 AM

Quote from: Old School on March 05, 2007, 12:01:38 AM
Quote from: Old School on March 04, 2007, 03:40:01 PM
Thanks guys...

Nice picture of the INSIDE of the Roanoke Bast Center. I found it funny that they have a picture of Quandt on the front of this site, but it's a nice picture of the outside, not the inside of Quandt. How does that help? lol!

Not sure if I "encouraged" the change, but that's a nice picture of the INSIDE of Quandt on the front page I see now! lol.

For perspective... if you look at the picture on the front, I was basically taking these shots from directly BEHIND the basket on the far end, right below the scoreboard in those underneath-the-basket bleachers.