Boys vs Girl tourneys
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:27 pm
As an area fan of basketball, not a dog in the fight, I just find it a real struggle to go to the first round of the girl's regional basketball tournament. Let's face it... in girl's basketball, elite teams are rare so you might see one good game,one good player, on one given night. Can't see driving 2 hours each way to see 59-17 blowouts. In comparison, the boy's regions opening round, by the most part, usually are very competitive and high paced with excitement-- and for one admission ticket, you can usually sit back, watch 4 high paced games, have concessions, and enjoy the night with an occasional dunk and competitive boys going crazy on the floor! Didn't think this would go over too well on the girl's site so didn't post it. It kind of reflects with when the boys and girls seasons were flip flopped. The boys region was first and then the girls region. What a disaster! I guess that is why is was changed so I guess someone else had the same opinion. Don't know how to fix the girl's situation although I have heard ideas of somehow combining girls/boys region tourneys together to help draw more interest/excitement/revenue to aid the girls' cause.. State tourneys for girls will be fine and can stand on their own because there are only 8 teams left and you should be able to scrounge out at least two good nights there.. JMO and being honest!