It is my understanding that schools bid for the right to be the sponsor
of a regional.  BU had perennially won the bidding for Worcester, hence
was/is the host school.  UNH got into the act when the Verizon Wireless
Arena was built in Manchester, NH.  The Arena management has to be
willing and the capacity of the venue has to be big enough to qualify to
host a regional.  

If Union or some other school puts in a good competitive bid, it could
win the right to be the host school.  I have no idea how much of a
commitment of time or money the host school contributes, however.  

Sincerely,
 
Cathy Spreeman
UNH
 
 
 
 
 

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Subject: NCAA sponsorship of regionals

What is involved in a school's sponsorship of an NCAA regional?  Is it
money, manpower or both?

We had this discussion during an extremely boring ECAC semifinal
(Harvard
10 - Dartmouth 1) and no-one knew the answer.  The staging of the
regionals
every other year has always been sponsored by RPI, never by Union or a
collaboration of the two.  The benefit of sponsorship is that RPI would
automatically be placed in the Albany regional if they ever again
qualify
for the tournament.  It just seems to me that sponsorship would be a
good
investment for a school if the cost wasn't too high (unless of course
the
school administration places absolutely value in the school's sports
program).

Also, since another perennial site for regionals is in Worcester, why is
BU
always the sponsor?  BU, BC, UNH and Maine are often in the tournament.
Wouldn't it make sense for one of the other schools to rotate the
sponsorship?
BC always seems to be coming to regionals in Albany since BU has
Worcester
all locked up.

Perhaps the rules do not allow schools to sponsor the sharing of
sponsorship
since that might restrict the seedings of the tournament if multiple
schools
sponsored a specific site/