Very solid Conference Tournament
by Bizzork on 3/11/15U.S. Cellular Center Asheville - AshevilleThis was a cool tournament to attend. They didn't have as many free giveaways as a lot of the other tournaments, but they did have free towels with the tournament logo on them. T-shirts were reasonable at $20. The quality of play was relatively high, I think Mercer and Wofford both looked like postseason teams, and Furman was playing better than Mercer for the weekend. The kids area was nice, but it would have been necessary for young kids, as the building's acoustics amplify the buzzer and make the inner bowl generally too loud for young kids. The facility isn't anything to write home about, but they do a reasonable job of putting on a tournament. The session I was at, I moved into the lower bowl center court seats after they had cleared out following the first game. An usher very politely checked my ticket and told me the center section wasn't available for me, but was kind enough to let me know the closest section. This struck me as a) very polite, foremost very polite as I've been treated much worse in the same situation elsewhere; but b) a little weak as no one was going to come back for that last game. As it turned out I was able to sit in a lower row about a section over anyway so it wasn't a big deal. Concessions are a reasonable value, $6.50 for chili cheese fries and a 20 oz (16 oz?) Pepsi. Program proceeds and a silent auction with autographed team gear and local business gift cards went to a local YMCA, so that was cool too.