TOC Finals to Rutgers

[MadRU]

the Tournament of Champions finals for NJ High School Basketball is moving to Rutgers.

 

[MadRU]

Link:

http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news...asketball-the-toc-finals-are-leaving-trenton/

 

[shields]

Good.

 

[TDIrish27]

I think it's very good .

 

[SJScarlet]

RAC has hosted playoffs before, but not the finals I guess

 

[Mr_Twister]

With all the parochials typically involved with NJ TOC, did Seton Hall University get involved with the choice of arena?

 

[Jim_from_RU]

Can show off our new facilities.

 

[Knights 1212]

I think the TOC is now where it should be.

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

Having top schools and players playing at the RAC and probably practicing in the new facility starting next year is good news. Every little thing helps.

 

[TDIrish27]

Absolutely

 

[e5fdny]

With all the parochials typically involved with NJ TOC, did Seton Hall University get involved with the choice of arena?

Why the hell would they want to play it in Walsh Gym?

 

[Mr_Twister]

Seton Hall plays their games in Newark.

 

[e5fdny]

Seton Hall plays their games in Newark.

As a tenant.

 

[Rac'nRoll]

This is years and years overdue.

 

[Mr_Twister]

As a tenant.

With the advent of on-line courses, especially for scholarship athletes, “tenant” is less of an issue. Many athletes probably couldn’t identify well known campus sites even with a roadmap.

 

[e5fdny]

With the advent of on-line courses, especially for scholarship athletes, “tenant” is less of an issue. Many athletes probably couldn’t identify well known campus sites even with a roadmap.

The ROC is not on the Shoe campus, they don't own it and they're not in charge of the scheduling of events (or who is or isn't allowed to play there) so I'm still not sure your point here?

 

[Mr_Twister]

On-campus venues aren’t the endall. People in NJ associate the ROC with Seton Hall hoops. Only Rutgers people care that the ROC is off-campus. If the TOC games were played at the ROC, Rutgers would never be mentioned.

 

[BoroKnight]

Didn't they used to play these things in Toms River? I seem to recall they hosted a while back. Trenton is a decent choice, too. But Rutgers is the best place for them. Makes too much logical sense.

And if it ever helps us, great. But even if it doesn't, the games still belong there.

 

[MadRU]

Reason for the move to the RAC is 8000+ seats, they don't need to play in a 66% empty pro arena.

 

[e5fdny]

On-campus venues aren’t the endall. People in NJ associate the ROC with Seton Hall hoops. Only Rutgers people care that the ROC is off-campus. If the TOC games were played at the ROC, Rutgers would never be mentioned.

...the 3x Stanley Cup winners, your NJ Devils. LOL

No, I get what your saying but the RAC fits the bill on many levels.

And as @MadRU said, there would be way too many empty seats.

 

[e5fdny]

Didn't they used to play these things in Toms River? I seem to recall they hosted a while back. Trenton is a decent choice, too. But Rutgers is the best place for them. Makes too much logical sense.

And if it ever helps us, great. But even if it doesn't, the games still belong there.

Trenton is great for hockey but not so much for basketball. You feel you’re very far away.

Toms River was using it for everything up to the TOC for a bit. And not a bad place to watch a game.

RAC is smack dab in the middle of the State. And is a better size attendance-wise.

 

[e5fdny]

The press release I saw announcing this basically listed all the reasons in my above post for the why.

 

[BigLou]

On-campus venues aren’t the endall. People in NJ associate the ROC with Seton Hall hoops. Only Rutgers people care that the ROC is off-campus. If the TOC games were played at the ROC, Rutgers would never be mentioned.

Seton Hall fans may associate the Rock with SHU basketball but everyone else in the State associates the Devils and concerts with the Rock.

 

[shields]

Did not like where the Trenton arena is. Happy at RAC.

 

[Knights 1212]

It is where it should be. It is in the middle of the state.

 

[KevH]

The press release I saw announcing this basically listed all the reasons in my above post for the why.

This. Click the link guys.

 

[TDIrish27]

Reason for the move to the RAC is 8000+ seats, they don't need to play in a 66% empty pro arena.

Here's a heads up-----Toms River seats 4500 and is half full for most of the Championship games.

Many of the girls games out draw the guys----probably due to usually having a Shore team or two in the TOC.

Trenton was awful-----bad arena and a pain to drive to.

The best feature of playing games at the RAC is geographic-----center of the state and easily accessible .

 

[lloyde dobler]

Toms River seats nowhere near 4,500. Not even half of that. They have the occupancy signs on the wall there to prove it.

Attendance there is also based on the matchups. Plus the group finals on the weekend always draw better than the first two rounds of the TOC during the week.

 

[RUDutch]

Toms River holds 3208 (per Wiki).