Why does Florida never play in Maui?

I think I remember after the debacle that was the Vegas trip in ‘06 that they wanted to do these tournaments closer to our recruiting base and reward east coast fans.

 

Because Matt Bonner got a B+.

 

Portland this year is far enough and a great tournament of high quality teams, enjoy us being relevant again amongst the big boys. Hope Todd Golden has them ready, seems like a whole new team.

 

And what about the Solomon Islands? Jeez.

 

Our basketball fan base travels very poorly. And so these destination tourneys are not much of an allure, especially considering we are coming from Florida.
I’d like to see us play these tourneys in regional areas with a solid Gator alumni population. Charleston is one example… and was relatively well attended.

 

Our occasional appearances in Orlando are well attended.
It might be awesome if we moved the entire SEC/Big12 Challenge to Orlando. All ten games over two days at the Amway Center.

 

I would like to see a game in Malta, The Rock of Gibralter or perhaps the jungles of Borneo.

 

We have to sell out Ft Myers first then move onto Sunrise.

 

IIRC last time we played there our point guards were not playing according to instruction so Billy benched them and made Mike Miller play point in the second half.

The Maui tournament is now a bit of an anachronism. Back in the old days those games didn't cout toward the limit on games played.

The Great Alaska Shootout died after that rule change.

 

What about on a ship?

 

I don't remember all the details, but didn't BD bench the entire starting five and let the subs play the rest of the game? He took the loss intentionally. The team got the message, and came out all the better for it. Went all the way to the NCAAT championship game against Michigan State.

 

Yeah, outside on the observation deck, during peak “dew point” hour!

 

Billy tried that, got rained out.....................

 

Heard the guys on Three Man Weave talking about how everyone that goes to Battle 4 Atlantis tends to feel like it is a waste of money and have little desire to return. Having not gone to one of these types of tournaments, especially one played in a smaller venue at a destination that is costly to get to, curious what the experience has been like.

 

I went to Battle For Atlantis, and nope…. Wouldn’t return.

 

Went to that one one too. It has the makings off a great event, but alas….

 

I distinctly remember Skinny playing point in the second half so he didn't bench all of the starters.

Yeah BD took the loss by using the bench as a learning tool. I had no problem with that.