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WNBA runs a season that heavily overlaps with the NHL and AHL. Adding a third tenant to the already busy MTS Centre would likely be difficult even if the other issues (attendance draw, etc) could be sorted out.

In terms of how the university teams are doing, I know someone that has been a long dedicated basketball fan. We are talking longer than the Timberwolves being a team. That person always would go out and watch the Wesman Classic basketball tournament but never go to any other local university games. This year in their "wisdom" U of W decided the Wesman Classic would feature volleyball instead of basketball.

U of M is an equal train wreck. The old Bison gym was not a very inviting place. Now that the have the "new" Investors Group Athletic Centre they really should be pushing hard to build up a strong local following but all that comes out of there program in terms of marketing is crickets. You would think the university sports programs would get a huge push on this happening as the possible ticket revenue could be directed into increasing their program budgets.