Big 12 Commissioner Brett Jormak said last month: las vegas invitation He said he was “disappointed” and that he and his staff would talk about this this week.
Yeomark made the comments during the Big 12 Championship Game at AT&T Stadium on Saturday.
Ten teams, including Texas Tech, participated in the Las Vegas Invitational, a multi-team women’s basketball tournament held last month.
The event received national attention for all the wrong reasons. The women’s division of the tournament was held in the Mirage Hotel ballroom. There were no bleachers, as fans had to stand or find movable seats. Some coaches told ESPN For an experience that included Indiana’s Teri Mollen, the tournament set-up was anything but promised.
Perhaps most annoying was the nearly hour-long wait for Auburn’s Harissa Richardson to see a doctor because there were no ambulances or paramedics at the scene of the event.
Compare all of that to the men’s division of the Invitational held at the 7,200-seat Orleans Arena.
“Well, we haven’t discussed that with the team yet,” Yeomark said. “And that’s the agenda for this week’s staff meeting. Clearly what I’ve heard is disappointing and needs to change.
Christa Gerlich, women’s basketball coach at Texas Tech University Speaking about her team’s experience at the Las Vegas Invitational when the team returned, it echoed Moren’s criticism that the event organizers were not keeping their promises for the event.
“It wasn’t what we were presented with, so it was a little disappointing,” Gerlich said. But the court itself was safe.I think the idea and the concept was good.But they didn’t do some things.Great for the kids with the fans It was frustrating from a coach’s point of view, because I want them to have the experience.
Three teams have been removed from another schedule due to fallout las vegas invitation Scheduled to be held at the end of this month. Dayton, Texas A&M and Purdue don’t play in Las Vegas. Purdue is due to go to Texas A&M later this month.
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