[Johnny Fairplay]

I think the Expo is a great place to hold the tourny, over 4,300 people (record for 15th) for the semi's and I thought the atmosphere was great. A guy sat next to me and was only a fan with no team in it as I was and we were really into both games. I'm sure the floor isn't perfect but what gym floor is? Plenty of seating and parking for people who are just fans can go watch East KY basketball. I saw people from South Laurel, Scott Co., Fairview and other places there to watch.

As for the management of the Expo Center, they could do a much better job. I too worked concession and could not believe those prices, even though a portion goes back to the host school (or schools) working it. Working the concessions I found that the Expo people assigned to get everything started, final money count and inventory did not have much of a clue on how to do anything. The ticket sales could be better and the PA guy should actually have some basketball knowledge. I would like to see them offer it to the guys who do PA during the season and rotate between them and I am sure most of those guys would love to do it. And as for the banners, I thought the idea was awesome but if you are going to do something do it right, all it took was for someone to read each one before putting them up. This could be some of the reasons the Expo operates in the red. But the facility is the best place to hold this tourny.