This isn't as inevitable as you're making it out to be. Rumor is that at least one school isn't willing to sign yet.

fine, as long as you come back and say "woops, I was wrong. I feel kinda silly for believing that wild-ass crap for no apparent reason"

There is really no good reason, at all, to believe this rumor, except for a strong desire to see it happen. Its similar to Syracuse and Pitt fans all telling each other that someone in the Big 12 is about to leave the conference any day now. Its obviously a stupid rumor, but they have to hope for something.

I think it will get signed. It is concerning that it hasn't happened yet, though. The conference meetings would have been the perfect time to do out, but the commissioners have all been pretty sheepish when asked about it in interviews.

RT @WideRtNattyLt: Can't wait for an ISU network -- a standard def camera pointed at a computer w/Seneca Wallace YouTube videos pulled up.

LMAO

The "Where Are They Now" on Julius Michalik will be riveting.

I love the KU writer's idea that, if the SEC offers to hold their basketball tournament at the Sprint Center, Kansas City should say no.

Speculation that the Big 12 Tourney is staying in Kansas City.

Wow, KU really does run KC.

Why would the other SEC schools want to have the tournament in KC? I think MU fans want it just to stick it to the Big 12 schools as a, "This is our town!" kind of thing, but I guess I don't see what the other schools get out of it other than a long trip.

I don't think he said that SEC schools want to have the tourney in KC. He was referencing a ku writer's viewpoint that, if the SEC should ask, KC should say no. Which is entirely stupid.

Good. KC needs it.

They'll get the chance to discover what real barbecue tastes like.

Any tournament is good for Kansas City. I doubt Texas allows it to stay in KC for very long. And KU will take whatever Texas wants on the chin with a smile.

Whatever happens makes KU look bad.

We all know this.

The poor dear doesn't know what state Kansas City is in. It's a shame he is so intent on holding his conference tournament in a state where his conference has no teams.

Des Moines, Charleston WV, Oklahoma City, Dallas, maybe Charlotte and Tallahassee soon, are Big 12 cities. Perhaps he should see if one of those is willing to host.

The weight of the Big 12's footprint has shifted south with Missouri and Nebraska gone. I am guessing Dallas will be the tournament's usual home.

I don't think Texas cares about the basketball tournament very much.

If that was the case then the Big 12 Basketball tourney would have always stayed in KC where it should have year-after-year.

IIRC the SEC prez mentioned having the basketball tournament in KC when the Missouri to SEC move was official. Not all the time, but some years.

According to Big 12 stragglers, travel isn't an issue for FSU, Clemson, or WV because "once you're on a plane you're on a plane".

Attendance in Dallas seemed unimpressive most of the time but they continued to hold it there.

I hope it stays in Kansas City. The best place for the tournament is in Missouri.

The SEC tourney rotates. Right now it's scheduled through 2016 so 2017 is the earliest possible date it could be in KC. KC has to vie against Atlanta, NO, Tampa, Orlando, and Nashville.

I agree ... There is no doubt that was mostly due to support from Texas and Oklahoma. There was no reason the Basketball tournament should have been held anywhere but Kansas City.

Don't forget St. Louis.

Yeah, forgot about STL. They're also in the mix.

It'll stay in KC. Sure Sprint is in Missouri, but is still less than an hour away from the school that brings the most fans. It's not like MU is what was keeping the tournament in KC.

Yeah, I thought I heard that St. Louis was more of a target for the SEC tourney then KC. I hope that isn't the case.

I guess you watched a different Big 12 tournament then I did last year.

I went to the Big XII championship game, and there weren't many Kansas fans there. In fact, it was filled with black and gold.

I think they were busy packing for New Orleans.

It usually goes, as attendance in KC:

1. KU
2.MU
3.KST

I don't have the numbers of fans for each school that attended, but I'd wager KU is always the most represented.

Well, sure.

I think it'd be a little odd to have more KU fans at a championship game they're not in.

Fascinating stuff. Royals fans are the best in baseball because there will be more of them in attendance at the All Star game this year than any other fan base.

So proximity and success impacts attendance of a fan base? Correlation something something something causation...

Didn't say anything about best in anything.

A neutral site game between KU and MU will always have more KU fans at it.

There are more KU fans in the world than MU fans. Not talking about alumni, just fans that follow the schools they see as noteworthy. KU is a famous college basketball school, MU is not.

What do the somethings stand for? I guess I don't understand what's the problem. KU is close KU is better. KU has more fans.

To go back to the baseball analogy, do you think all the Yankee fans that magically show up at Kauffman stadium grew up in New York? How'd they become Yankee fans?

KU would have the most fans at the tournament if it were in Texas, or Iowa, or Alaska.

Looks like MU actually wanted to have TAMU as their permanent cross-division rival, but acquiesced to Arkansas because it'd be "better for the league." Alden is talking about a need to schedule noncon games with Texas schools to keep MU's Texas footprint active.

Wait, so the Big 12 isn't going to hold its basketball tournament in Wichita or Des Moines?

Shocking.

MIZZOU IS DOOMED! /everyone other than Mizzou fans

I am sure the state of Missouri will accept the revenue.

Yeah, anytime the Big 12 wants to host sporting events in KC, MO, it is fine with me.

That is the point, really. If the Big 12 wanted to use Missouri's arena I don't see why the state should object to all the business and tax revenue it could bring.

That Big 12 fans would be gracious enough to continue to provide this revenue boost for the state of Missouri, and in turn help fund the University of Missouri, even after Missouri upgraded conferences... I think Missourians should express their gratitude at this continued commitment to the cause.

There is enough Texas schools to schedule games with North Texas, Smu, Houston, Texas State etc would love home games with Missouri.
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Great. Works out for everyone.

You're still laughing?

LMAO

aTm would have made no sense. It would have been nice from a recruiting perspective, I guess, but it would have been bad business to let Mizzou or any other team hand-pick their own rival simply to gain a competitive advantage. It's not like there's a bunch of history behind the rivalry.

I think the whole idea of playing one game in Texas every other year giving us a significant recruiting advantage is silly. Want to recruit better? Get all your games on national TV and win them.

So West Virginia will not be a full member until 2016?

They are going to be in this year...

Oooooookay

Same year as the SEC asks Kansas City to hold the SEC Tournament at Sprint Center and Kansas City says no.

LMAO. We don't want your tainted, southern money.

Sounds like a stand on principle over money.

:LOL:

Wichita said no to the Big XII tournament, so the conference reluctantly stayed in SEC territory.

I have no idea what you're saying here. If the SEC wanted to have the tournament in KC, the tournament would be in KC. There is no situation under which they would refuse that sort of influx of money.

There is absolutely no way that an arena and major metropolitan area located in an SEC state would want or allow an SEC tournament to use the facilities and fans to spend enormous amounts of tourist dollars.

Maybe the SEC will hold the tournament in Wichita. They just built a new arena that isn't being used for anything like this.

"The first part of the city's name is Kansas." LMAO.

See you at Kemper, Chuck.

They've already said no. They've granted the rights of refusal to the Big 12.

Maybe Missouri shoulda listened to it's constituents before making the move.

link?

You see the disconnect in logic here?

They did, thankfully.

That's because the SEC doesn't commit to one city year-after-year. It's smart for the city of Kansas City to attempt to work out a deal with the Big 12 if they can land an ongoing thing.

I know you like to pretend otherwise, but this doesn't mean that KC prefers any conference over the other.

That is not saying what you think it does, you idiot. Kansas City wants the Big XII tournament first and foremost, as it should, based on the number of successful years the tournament has been here.

A first refusal for the Big XII is the city telling the Big XII that it has to commit or the city will field other offers.

If the Big XII leaves KC twisting in the wind, then the city can field other tournament offers. If the Big XII invokes its right of first refusal, then the city is guaranteed to host the Big XII tourney.

Either way, it is a win-win for the city of Kansas City. The Big XII committing its bball tourney to KC in no way, shape, or form, hurts SEC bball at all. You really need to learn how to connect your dots properly.

Then again, you are Hypocritson.

How about a link to something that actually supports your statement?

I did a control+F to see where it said 'first refusal' (to keep it simple), but it came up 0/0 (no results)

aka, your link doesn't support your statement.

Without MU it makes more teams out of town into hotel rooms which the majority of the MU fans lived in the metro, that is a bigger win for Kansas City. MU gets a better conference and KC gets more out of town guests for the Big 12 tournament. Major win for the state of Missouri.

Since the tournament will be in Dallas this year, Big 12, may we have your permission to allow the SEC to come over to play?

No.

"Right of first refusal."

oh gotcha. That's what they first said on the radio so I goes we'll find out in 2016.

Until then enjoy our Big 12 hoops!

You believe that Missouri leaving the conference will increase attendance at the Big 12 tournament?

No. He's saying that people who come in from out of town boost the economy more than locals going to the game.

Actually yes, I'm using the term correctly.

And yes, from what it seems Kansas City is favoring the Big 12 over any other conference.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...ritethru.0793/

A homeless man doesn't turn down a cheeseburger because it was given to him by a Jew...

Just one question.
Who is the Jew in this scenario? And what is the cheeseburger?
And one more, I guess I have three questions.
Who is the homeless man?

Attendance no. Hotel rooms, rental cars, etc. yes.

The Big 12 has the right of first refusal for specific dates. They don't have the right to keep the SEC from playing there altogether.

Correct. No one's changing conference tourney weekends though. Being that there are no other weekends to go to.

Still not sure why most SEC schools would want to have the tournament in KC. Especially seeing that the schools that would have to travel the farthest are some of the ones with the most pull.