Two comments:
If I recall correctly, there used to be 8 tarps, 2 each in each of the 4 corners. Last home game there was only one tarp up, blocking only half of one corner. The other tarps were not there. I don't know if that is a permanent change or just a remnant of the arena being used for other events and something right before or after our game.
Begin Rant:
Not directed at you, but, the whole argument of needing to make NCAA tournament on a regular basis makes me sad. I'm not disagreeing with it being true, but it is a sad statement about the average Mason/college basketball fan. Are those really the fickle fans we want/need to cater to? Maybe we have to, but that makes me sad. They don't deserve to see the games when we do finally break back in if those fans are not with us through the journey.
Especially in this current era where the P5 seems to have unlocked the code to preventing non-P5 teams from getting many at large bids. I have said it before, but, you always hear people lamenting about wanting to see the non-P5 succeed, seeing the tournament Cinderella, seeing a David beat a Goliath. Where are all of those people during the regular season? They aren't coming to the non-P5 games or watching them on TV. They either aren't watching any college basketball or they are watching the P5 they claim to root against. Those people think they are the solution. In reality, they are the problem.
End rant.
