What is this "vegas 16" tournament ?

Question

any tournament with the name vegas in it.... is as hilarious as it sounds

serge82 · Answer

any tournament with the name vegas in it.... is as hilarious as it sounds

davemsh · Answer

Its actually Vegas "8". They could not get 16 teams. Its a pay for play tourney...

Crushurbook · Answer

38500 to host it  at your home  think of teams that are not traveling and paying up  to have all the games at home rather then chase around all over getting tired and just wanting to go home at some point  Chants been paying up all day long

serge82 · Answer

weird I just saw on espn called vegas 16

Tiltingchaser · Answer

More money to be made there than the big dance for sure.

davemsh · Answer

Its a 3 day tourney in vegas.

Dr2Half · Answer

The guys who put this tournament together thought they could get 16 teams to compete in it. They are advertising it as a "bowl game for basketball." The hope was to get several teams from major conferences and mid-majors to come out and play. They asked teams to pay a $50,000 fee to cover the cost of hotels, travel, etc.

Unfortunately for the Vegas 16, all of their "big name" targets declined to play in it after being invited. NC State, Northwestern, Nebraska, Stanford, and Boise State are 5 schools I know of that declined the invitation. So they just decided to go with 8 teams this year even though they are still calling it the Vegas 16.

It will be very interesting to see if this thing is put on again next year. The goal of these guys is to become the #3 postseason tourney after the NCAA and NIT, but this was not the kind of inaugural field they were envisioning.

What is this "vegas 16" tournament ?

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