Texas’ Schaefer clarifies criticism of host city Greenville
GREENVILLE, SC — After Texas clinched his spot within the SEC match title sport, the place he’ll face three-time champ South CarolinaLonghorns coach Vic Schaefer requested to finish his information convention with one last remark.
He needed to reward host city Greenville.
Schaefer has been outspoken about eager to rotate the SEC match to completely different host websites, contemplating Greenville is about 100 miles from the University of South Carolina and the Gamecocks all the time have a heavy crowd presence at their match video games.
“I want to commend Greenville,” Schaefer mentioned after Texas beat Ole Miss 85-68 within the semifinals Saturday evening to clinch his spot within the last. “This place does a great job with this event. I’ve been getting crushed, apparently, my wife tells me on social media about my comments about having to play here in the tournament.”
Last month, Schaefer was requested following a house win in opposition to Georgia, whether or not it was an unfair benefit for South Carolina to have the match in its dwelling state.
“From a conference tournament standpoint, we all know when they play, they’re going to have six, 7,000 people there and you’re talking about us here in Austin having to go all the way to the East Coast,” Schaefer mentioned. “We used to have it in Nashville every now and then — now it’s just out there. It’s a long way to go for us. It’s a long way to go for our fans.
“The half that is problematic is Greenville does such an important job, they usually bid on it and it is about cash so on the finish of the day our youngsters are those that endure from that. … Would I wish to see it in San Antonio? Sure, I’d find it irresistible. But different persons are going to must step up and bid on it as a result of proper now Greenville’s the one which writes the examine, they usually do an important job.”
Schaefer was also quoted earlier this week implying that South Carolina has an unfair advantage.
“It’s not likely that large of a feat if in case you have it in your yard yearly,” he said. “That’s actually arduous for the remaining of us.”
Texas lost to South Carolina last year in the SEC tournament final and split both meetings with the Gamecocks earlier this year. South Carolina has made seven straight SEC tournament championship game appearances.
When asked during her news conference to put into context how difficult it has been to continue to play for SEC championships given the expectations and overall strength of the SEC as a whole, South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said, “Some coaches could say and the placement, proper?” before answering the question.
Clearly what Schaefer said has not gone unnoticed. While he did praise Greenville in his initial comments last month, his more pointed comments about the advantage South Carolina gets playing here went viral. Schaefer pointed out that he has gone running through downtown Greenville the past few days and has enjoyed the scenic views of the Swamp Rabbit Trail.
“They do an important job right here,” Schaefer said Saturday night. “I simply need to ensure that they understand how a lot we recognize their power and their effort to placed on this occasion. My feedback don’t have anything to do with Greenville. Greenville has executed a tremendous job.”
