Great Alaska Shootout Coming To End In 2017...

[billyjack]

The Great Alaska Shootout is ending after 2017:

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... t-end-2017

As most of you know, The Shootout used to be a great tourney with top level schools competing. The equivalent of the Maui Classic. Recently, the teams have been a notch below. Thanksgiving weekend i would stay up and catch a bunch of the games, listen to Pete Gillen, and have midnight snacks of turkey and squash. Crowds at the games looked pretty thin.

Anyway, sorry to see it end.

[Edrick]

Butler won the last big GAS in 07/08

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Grea ... a_Shootout

[redmen9194]

St. John's beat Arizona State in the GAS Championship in 2010.

[Jet915]

Alaska in November is just not appealing unfortunately.

[MUBoxer]

Marquette won in 2001 and 2005

[MUPanther]

http://www.goseawolves.com/ViewArticle. ... =211663104

[stever20]

The Great Alaska Shootout is ending after 2017:

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... t-end-2017

As most of you know, The Shootout used to be a great tourney with top level schools competing. The equivalent of the Maui Classic. Recently, the teams have been a notch below. Thanksgiving weekend i would stay up and catch a bunch of the games, listen to Pete Gillen, and have midnight snacks of turkey and squash. Crowds at the games looked pretty thin.

Anyway, sorry to see it end.

I think to call the teams just a notch below is really kind. I mean this year- Cal Poly, Central Michigan, College of Charleston, CSU Bakersfield, Idaho, Sam Houston State and Santa Clara joining the host Seawolves

considering 10 years ago- Butler, Michigan, Eastern Washington, Virginia Tech, Texas Tech, Alaska Anchorage, Western Kentucky, and Gonzaga. That's far more than just 1 notch gap.

[Vill]

I generally dislike the proliferation of MTEs. It takes the best non-con games out of home-home series and the fans who buy season tickets don't get to see these opponents play in their gyms.