NCAA Tourney Games Are Leaving State of North Carolina...

[DeltaV]

Columbia SC or Charleston I bet would both be interested...although the College of Charleston arena only holds 5100 (I was expecting more), vs 18,000 at USC.

I usually go watch with friends back in PA, so I likely wouldn't be attending anyway. It would be fun, though, to see some first round games in person.

[notkirkcameron]

Columbia SC or Charleston I bet would both be interested...although the College of Charleston arena only holds 5100 (I was expecting more), vs 18,000 at USC.

If you're going to have it in South Carolina, just don't have it on an aircraft carrier at dusk for pete's sake...

[FenwayFriar]

Providence will officially be going after it.

http://m.providencejournal.com/article/20160913/SPORTS/160919765/SHARED/st_refDomain=t.co&st_refQuery=/s4aBMBo2cd

[notkirkcameron]

Potential Winners:
Miami/Sunrise Florida (Panthers are on a road trip)
Boston (Bruins and Celtics are both on a road trip)
Nashville (Predators are on a road trip)
Columbus/Value City Arena (No conflicts)
Cleveland (Cavs have a home game Thursday but are on a road trip after that.)

[stever20]

Potential Winners:
Miami/Sunrise Florida (Panthers are on a road trip)
Boston (Bruins and Celtics are both on a road trip)
Nashville (Predators are on a road trip)
Columbus/Value City Arena (No conflicts)
Cleveland (Cavs have a home game Thursday but are on a road trip after that.)

I'd say Nashville for sure is out. That's not considered east coast by any stretch.

Columbus and Cleveland probably not as well..

I think it's Columbia's to lose quite frankly.

[NJRedman]

If I were the NCAA i'd move it to Boston.

[H.U.S.T.L.E.]

I don't post here that often, but I figured as an ACC guy I'd give some input (I'm a VT grad by the way).

I have friends from NC who are flat out embarrassed by this law, and it's not a good look given that the ACC has 17 championships scheduled in the state for 2016-17 (including the football championship in Charlotte later this year). ACC leadership is meeting in the near future to discuss all options, so hopefully we'll know more about the situation soon.

As far as relocating the NCAA tourney games, here's a list of the sites (excluding Greensboro of course):

First/Second Round
Dayton (First Four), Buffalo, Milwaukee, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Indianapolis, Tulsa, Sacramento

Regionals
Kansas City, San Jose, Memphis, New York

Based on the info others here have gathered, I think the two best options are Boston or Columbia. But remember, each tournament site is hosted by a school or conference. The ACC was the host for the Greensboro location. So... I'd imagine that they're still the hosts, right? And considering that the arena in Columbia's primary tenant is an SEC school, I'm not sure how that will work (FWIW, the SEC or any member school is not a host for tournament games in 2017 or 2018).

But in 2018, Boston College is the host for the East Regional that will take place in the TD Garden. I know that there are extenuating circumstances here, but I'm not sure if the NCAA will want one city to host games two years in a row other than Dayton. Plus, from a geographic standpoint, that would be three different sites in the northeast.

Tough choices - if the ACC can figure out some kind of agree to host in Columbia, SC, I think that's the best location. One last thing... Charlotte is a host site in 2018, so depending on how things go, there's a chance we could be going through this again. If only my hometown of Richmond, VA had a bigger arena... ah well, it will be interesting to see what happens from here on out.

[TheDon]

Is this a 100% done deal and or if the state repeals the law will they reconsider? I'm not a political person at all but it amazes me that anyone would allow this to get this far.

[stever20]

Is this a 100% done deal and or if the state repeals the law will they reconsider? I'm not a political person at all but it amazes me that anyone would allow this to get this far.

I think time wise, it's 100% a done deal. I mean, some events that are getting moved are at the end of the fall season.

[H.U.S.T.L.E.]

Is this a 100% done deal and or if the state repeals the law will they reconsider? I'm not a political person at all but it amazes me that anyone would allow this to get this far.

I think if it gets repealed they'd reconsider. But I don't know what the timetable is for that - from what I gather, the NC GOP isn't going to go quietly on it, so who knows.

Also, the ACC just announced they'll be moving all neutral site championships that were to be hosted in North Carolina (including football in Charlotte, with about 3 months notice!):
http://www.theacc.com/news/statements-from-the-atlantic-coast-conference-09-14-2016