the Tournament of Champions finals for NJ High School Basketball is moving to Rutgers.
TOC Finals to Rutgers
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With all the parochials typically involved with NJ TOC, did Seton Hall University get involved with the choice of arena?
I think the TOC is now where it should be.
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.
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?
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.
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.
And if it ever helps us, great. But even if it doesn't, the games still belong there.
...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.
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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.
Seton Hall fans may associate the Rock with SHU basketball but everyone else in the State associates the Devils and concerts with the Rock.
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 .
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.
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.
