There Should be Tournament in Ohio

[Bearcat_NTS]

Every year there should be a tournament among the 4 top Ohio teams. It should rotate every year to a different city. Now that Dayton, Cincinnati, Ohio State and Xavier are all in different conferences it is time to make this happen. They do it in Indiana every year (with ND, Butler, IU and Purdue).

Year 1 in Cleveland:
Dayton vs Xavier
Cincinnati vs Ohio State

Year 2 in Columbus:
Dayton vs Cincinnati
Xavier vs Ohio State

Year 3 in Cincinnati:
Dayton vs Ohio State
Cincinnati vs Xavier

In years where Cincinnati and Xavier do not play in this tournament, they play a home-and-home. So Year 1 @UC, Year 2 @XU, Year 3 Neutral.


Someone make this happen please....

 

[#BearcatNation]

O$U: "No."

 

[Scheids21]

O$U: "No."

Haha well played. Yeah, one of those things that should, but will probably never happen.

 

[Robert]

Yeah, we all know OSU doesn't have the cojones to participate in such a tournament, but Ohio University would be a decent substitute. They've gone to post-season tournaments almost every year for a long time and had the Sweet 16 run a few years back. Then when OSU turns it down and we do it anyway with Ohio University as a participant, the whole country can see how big of a coward Thad Matta is.

 

[UCalum08]

This would be an awesome idea. What about the bordering states have a tourney, state of Ohio vs Indiana. Or Ohio vs Kentucky or heck even the state of Michigan vs Ohio. There would be such good matchups.

 

[Robert]

This would be an awesome idea. What about the bordering states have a tourney, state of Ohio vs Indiana. Or Ohio vs Kentucky or heck even the state of Michigan vs Ohio. There would be such good matchups.

Definitely. Or even a tri-state thing. Between Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky, there are plenty of teams in different conference to do a preseason tournament with as many as 8 teams involved. I think all it would take is a few quality programs like Cincinnati, Xavier, and Dayton committing to doing it every year... Ohio State, Kentucky, and Indiana will probably never do it, but you might be able to get Louisville, Notre Dame, or Purdue every now and then.

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

This would be an awesome idea. What about the bordering states have a tourney, state of Ohio vs Indiana. Or Ohio vs Kentucky or heck even the state of Michigan vs Ohio. There would be such good matchups.

Another good idea!

Ohio vs Kentucky could be:
Kentucky vs Ohio State
Cincinnati vs Louisville

Ohio vs Michigan would be tougher because Ohio State is in a conference with MSU and Michigan but this could work:

Cincinnati vs Michigan
Xavier vs Michigan State

Ohio vs Indiana:
Xavier vs Indiana
Dayton vs Butler
Cincinnati vs Purdue
Ohio State vs Notre Dame

That last one could be a great event. Take the 4 top teams from each state and face them off against each other (though OSU could only play Notre Dame or Butler).

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

The reason I keep including OSU in these is because they would be necessary to create a big TV event.


I still think the initial idea should happen every year. However Ohio State has (smartly) elected not to play UC, Dayton or Xavier because they want fans of those schools to also root for Ohio State.

 

[Robert]

I was just thinking about an event I went to back in, I believe, 1996. Cincinnati and Xavier swapped conference opponents and both played on the same night down at US Bank. Cincinnati played Temple and Xavier played someone from C-USA... I can't remember who though. If I remember correctly, both home teams lost, but it was fun to watch both teams play quality opponents on the same night.

Imagine if we could get, for instance, Marquette and Memphis to travel to Cincinnati and have Xavier and UC swap conference opponents for the evening at US Bank. That would be a lot of fun and great for both programs. Not as much revenue as a true home game though.

 

[david aka the TYZ]

I was just thinking about an event I went to back in, I believe, 1996. Cincinnati and Xavier swapped conference opponents and both played on the same night down at US Bank. Cincinnati played Temple and Xavier played someone from C-USA... I can't remember who though. If I remember correctly, both home teams lost, but it was fun to watch both teams play quality opponents on the same night.

Imagine if we could get, for instance, Marquette and Memphis to travel to Cincinnati and have Xavier and UC swap conference opponents for the evening at US Bank. That would be a lot of fun and great for both programs. Not as much revenue as a true home game though.

X played Tulane I believe. I thought we played LaSalle, I do remember both X and UC lost. I remember this event as it was my first Bearcat game I attended.


EDIT: so I looked it up, X did play Tulane and we did play Temple, not LaSalle as I remembered. Amazing I forgot who we played in my first Bearcat game. I was a freshman that year and didn't know until after that point that students got free tickets to games.

 

[Robert]

X played Tulane I believe. I thought we played LaSalle, I do remember both X and UC lost. I remember this event as it was my first Bearcat game I attended.


EDIT: so I looked it up, X did play Tulane and we did play Temple, not LaSalle as I remembered. Amazing I forgot who we played in my first Bearcat game. I was a freshman that year and didn't know until after that point that students got free tickets to games.

It might have been my first game... I'm not sure. I was 10 or 11 at the time... my parents took me to the game as a birthday or Christmas present I believe. I also went to several games with my uncle around that period of time, so one of those might have been the first.

 

[bearcat jeff]

I'd like to see it if it were UC, OSU, X and Dayton. Throw in Miami and Ohio and make it six teams.

 

[XUArizona]

I believe the Hoosiers used to do this tournament in Indiana with Butler, Evansville, and someone else. Purdue and ND were never in it. The 4th team I can't remember who it was exactly. This was all back when Butler wasn't that fantastic.

 

[Bearcat_NTS]

I believe the Hoosiers used to do this tournament in Indiana with Butler, Evansville, and someone else. Purdue and ND were never in it. The 4th team I can't remember who it was exactly. This was all back when Butler wasn't that fantastic.

Incorrect.

2011: Purdue vs Butler, Notre Dame vs Indiana
2012: Indiana vs Butler, Purdue vs Notre Dame
2013: Purdue vs Butler, Notre Dame vs Indiana (this past Saturday)

It was also extended to next year well (LINK)

 

[XUArizona]

Incorrect.

2011: Purdue vs Butler, Notre Dame vs Indiana
2012: Indiana vs Butler, Purdue vs Notre Dame
2013: Purdue vs Butler, Notre Dame vs Indiana (this past Saturday)

It was also extended to next year well (LINK)

Actually, the series I was referring to was regularly played in the 80s and 90s so thanks for making me feel old.