Regionals: Hawaii won’t host the next 2 years
By Cindy Luis
Hawaii will not host the next two years. Sad. any thoughts??Penn State, Colorado State, Texas and Washington have been chosen as the four host sites for the 2008 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Regional Championship, to be held Dec. 12-13,The Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb., will be the site of the 2008 NCAA National Championship semifinals and final on Dec. 18 and 20. Sites for the 2009 NCAA Regional Championships were also announced today and include the O’Connell Center and the University of Florida; the Sports Pavilion and the University of Minnesota; the Qwest Center Omaha and the University of Nebraska; and Maples Pavilion and Stanford University. The regionals will be played Dec. 11-12.The 2009 NCAA National Championship semifinals and final are slated for the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla., and will be played Dec. 17 and 19. For more information on the Penn State women’s volleyball team, please visit www.GoPSUsports.com.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
So Stanford and Nebraska are the most popular regional sites. My guess is that Hawaii is excluded because of its remoteness from the mainland. It’s cheaper for the NCAA to host all its regionals on the mainland. That’s the price of island paradise – rare regionals and still rarer Final Four Championship site.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:47 am
I am sad, especially given Hawaii’s proven ability to fill an arena, and especially after witnessing that marathon game against USC in the last regional Hawaii participated in. I hope the NCAA at least gives Hawaii the chance to host a subregional this season.
That said, there are many other schools in the NCAA that deserve just as much as Hawaii to host regionals. I hope these regionals help build the sport at their schools, and the sport in general.
(I am a cornhuskers fan, but the NCAA’s obsession with the Qwest Center bothers me.)
May 9th, 2008 at 6:40 am
That, and its not like the Wahine have been a hot charging team that can power its way to a final 4 nowdays. Could Hawai’i still get a sub-regional hosting?
May 9th, 2008 at 10:30 am
I’ve become accustom to the way the NCAA operates so I’m not really all that worked up over this.Complaining seems to bring even more snubs or retribution from these control freaks
I’m also wondering if UH even put in a bid ? With the high cost of transporting teams to Hawai’i right now I’m not sure how profitable it would be to host under the present economic situation.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:54 am
At least the 2008 WAC tournamnet will be at UH, we can really show the WAC/NCAA that Hawaii will make a lot of $$$$$. I’m wondering how much the WAC tournament package will be, not included in the season ticket prices.