It is the South EAST conference. Greenville is one of the hottest, most fun cities in the South East that has worked hard to host well. Iowabear spoke truth; you have to follow the money. No way any other team fills an arena like the Gamecocks. Have it in San Antonio, and you'll still have more gamecocks fans than longhorns. The contract with Greenville existed long before Vic ever went to Texas and has just been extended.

It would have been way more impressive if Vic's team showed up to play the game, won, and then complained. He would do well to quit worrying about which fans show up and actually have his team show up to play. They were absent, wasted, unmotivated talent. But Greenville is such a Happening town, bet they had a blast anyway.

Want to back my comments up with facts.
Gamecocks have highest attendance in the nation at over TWELVE THOUSAND fans at the games.
Longhorns, despite school size and big city of Austin less than HALF at their games. Perhaps longhorns have a culture problem that is much bigger than geography. I can't explain why a mega school in a large Metro area can't fill their arena. SC fans could not even fit in the new Texas arena. When one loses that terribly, it is wise to look at home for the issue rather than point your finger at your neighbors. Vic simply was out coached, and his girls were amazingly unprepared. They had to hear the freight train on the tracks before they ever arrived in Greenville. Perhaps if Texas wants to write a check for loss of revenue when they move from Greenville, the matter could be considered. But, until he actually builds a fan base equal to Dawn's, he would to well to let folks enjoy the beautiful foothills of the Mtns in Greenville.

https://www.on3.com/news/south-carolina-iowa-lead-womens-college-basketball-in-attendance-in-2022-23-season/

Above are attendance facts. Not speculation.
And yes, we can whine, but Iowa St fans are the best in the big 12. Win or lose, they keep showing up. BTW, despite a crowd that highly favored the Cyclones, we beart them. If coaches start letting fan bases determine
Game results, they have lost the locker room already.

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Perhaps if Texas wants to write a check for loss of revenue when they move from Greenville, the matter could be considered.

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Don't put it past them to try to force it that way. They would buy the whole NCAA championship trophy suite if they were allowed to do it. And our taxpayer dollars in a round-about sort of way would help finance it...........

I can't express how glad I am they are no longer our problem!

I remember how I fumed in my poly-sci class at BU when the prof explained the Preferred University Fund (PUF) in Texas, and how ut and aTm benefited from it.

This makes me laugh. When I saw the score, I said out loud, "I wonder how long before Texas starts complaining that having the tournament in Greenville is unfair to them." Right, wrong, or inevitable, it's just the fact that it's so easily predictable for Texas that is amusing.