Big Ten Still Trying To Get Hoops Tourney In New York, Jersey

With the Big Ten Conference’s big move east this year, adding Maryland and Rutgers, the conference still wants to get its basketball tournament in or around the Big Apple.

Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said Thursday the league is still in talks to try to get its conference tournament in New York or New Jersey at some point in the future.

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The conference has a bit of a foothold in that market with the addition of Rutgers to the league this year.

This year’s conference tournament will be played at Chicago’s United Center next spring and returns to Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis in 2016.

In 2017, the event will be held at the Verizon Center in Washington—a nod to Maryland’s admission to the conference this year.

Brendan F. Quinn of MLive.com reported the discussions Thursday via Twitter. SI.com followed up on the story.

Delany met with officials from New York’s Madison Square Garden in June, according to the Chicago Tribune. But the Garden is the longtime home of the Big East tournament and will continue to host that event through 2026.

The Atlantic Coast Conference will play its tournament in Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in 2017 and 2018.

In New Jersey, Newark’s Prudential Center would be the most likely venue, although the 33-year-old Izod Center at the Meadowlands is also available and hasn’t had a major sports tenant since the New Jersey Nets left for the Prudential Center after the 2009-10 season.

Big Ten Still Trying To Get Conference Tourney In New York, New Jersey

By Phil Watson | Oct 16, 2014

With the Big Ten Conference’s big move east this year, adding Maryland and Rutgers, the conference still wants to get its basketball tournament in or around the Big Apple.

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