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<blockquote data-quote="altgeld88" data-source="post: 1767892" data-attributes="member: 2886"><p>I don't see it. Your argument hinges on the assumption that OSU fans in the arena would vastly outnumber those from competitor schools. I believe that tickets are allocated by school.</p><p></p><p>In Chicago, my experience many years ago was that Illinois fans vastly outnumbered NU fans for such events (based on the generally dreadful performance of NU's program and far more Illinois alums living in Chicago than NU alums), and yet never did I sense that holding the BTT in Chicago afforded either the Illini or NU an advantage. That's because the outnumbering in the local market was neutralized by the lack of an advantage inside the arena in terms of numbers. Similarly, I've never sensed that Indy affords Purdue or IU an advantage, which is why I'm happy with the BTT making its permanent home there. At the margin, sure, local IU fans can snap up tickets from those selling theirs (e.g., when their teams lose early in the tourney.) I've never sensed, however, that gives IU (or Purdue) a home-court advantage, nor have I heard any credible claims that it does.</p><p></p><p>OSU never plays in the Nationwide Arena downtown. It's a physically neutral site and I can't see an argument that OSU would have any sort of advantage, besides a short bus ride.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altgeld88, post: 1767892, member: 2886"] I don't see it. Your argument hinges on the assumption that OSU fans in the arena would vastly outnumber those from competitor schools. I believe that tickets are allocated by school. In Chicago, my experience many years ago was that Illinois fans vastly outnumbered NU fans for such events (based on the generally dreadful performance of NU's program and far more Illinois alums living in Chicago than NU alums), and yet never did I sense that holding the BTT in Chicago afforded either the Illini or NU an advantage. That's because the outnumbering in the local market was neutralized by the lack of an advantage inside the arena in terms of numbers. Similarly, I've never sensed that Indy affords Purdue or IU an advantage, which is why I'm happy with the BTT making its permanent home there. At the margin, sure, local IU fans can snap up tickets from those selling theirs (e.g., when their teams lose early in the tourney.) I've never sensed, however, that gives IU (or Purdue) a home-court advantage, nor have I heard any credible claims that it does. OSU never plays in the Nationwide Arena downtown. It's a physically neutral site and I can't see an argument that OSU would have any sort of advantage, besides a short bus ride. [/QUOTE]
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