Several years ago, the University of South Carolina hosted the men's tournament in the first 2 rounds. Even though the women's team was getting good and ot was known that they probably could host, the AD put in for the MBB tourney anyway, but that's another story. So, the women's team could not host the first 2 rounds and played their home games in Charlotte. It's interesting that Spokane could still host both of these tournaments.
And I agree with this one hundred percent. "If schools cannot provide appropriate spaces for visiting teams, they should not be allowed to host, no matter what seed they are."
This is THEEEEE longest post ever, Lindsay! But I like it. I even read the whip-around about things I … don’t particularly care about. Happy to say I was one of the numbers in Corvallis over the weekend, along with my partner one day and a Beaver athlete alum friend on Sunday, and I’m heading to Portland in a couple of hours for this weekend’s games. Spokane is the West Coast Regional next year - I can’t imagine what this is going to do to the numbers. YES, racism is everywhere, but maybe, like, move the regional?? Sigh.
You missed one awesome women's sport story from the World Figure Skating Championships: 40-year old Deanna Stellato-Dudek became the oldest woman in any skating discipline to become a World Champion. 26 years ago she was competing for the US as a singles skater, and now she is paired with Maxime Deschamp and competes with him for Canada. They got to win a World Championship on their home ice in Montreal, and continue proving that women's figure skaters can continue competing beyond their teenage years.
Additionally, while queer icon and American Champion Amber Glenn didn't have any clean skates, she did become the first woman since Tonya Harding to land a triple axel at the World Championships: if she can figure out her ADHD program struggles the US could have two medal contenders heading into a home World Championships in Boston next year.
Several years ago, the University of South Carolina hosted the men's tournament in the first 2 rounds. Even though the women's team was getting good and ot was known that they probably could host, the AD put in for the MBB tourney anyway, but that's another story. So, the women's team could not host the first 2 rounds and played their home games in Charlotte. It's interesting that Spokane could still host both of these tournaments.
And I agree with this one hundred percent. "If schools cannot provide appropriate spaces for visiting teams, they should not be allowed to host, no matter what seed they are."
This is THEEEEE longest post ever, Lindsay! But I like it. I even read the whip-around about things I … don’t particularly care about. Happy to say I was one of the numbers in Corvallis over the weekend, along with my partner one day and a Beaver athlete alum friend on Sunday, and I’m heading to Portland in a couple of hours for this weekend’s games. Spokane is the West Coast Regional next year - I can’t imagine what this is going to do to the numbers. YES, racism is everywhere, but maybe, like, move the regional?? Sigh.
You missed one awesome women's sport story from the World Figure Skating Championships: 40-year old Deanna Stellato-Dudek became the oldest woman in any skating discipline to become a World Champion. 26 years ago she was competing for the US as a singles skater, and now she is paired with Maxime Deschamp and competes with him for Canada. They got to win a World Championship on their home ice in Montreal, and continue proving that women's figure skaters can continue competing beyond their teenage years.
Additionally, while queer icon and American Champion Amber Glenn didn't have any clean skates, she did become the first woman since Tonya Harding to land a triple axel at the World Championships: if she can figure out her ADHD program struggles the US could have two medal contenders heading into a home World Championships in Boston next year.