I had to go back and take a look at how that whole thing came down and here is an excerpt from one article and it pointed out that the UK was allowed to host a regional the week before which we remember painfully, and the NCAA bended the rules to allow UK to host that regional. It certainly supports that the decision at ISU came from the very top. Here's the excerpt:
“There are a variety of factors that come into play with the competition for resources and staff,” Indiana State Athletics said in a statement posted to Twitter. “With the potential for multiple large-scale events occurring in the area simultaneously and due to NCAA limitations on hotel distance from the field, there is a lack of hotel space to handle the accommodations required to house the visiting team, the support staff for the games, and the ESPN crew that would be in attendance.”
The NCAA, however, bended the rules for the Lexington Regional, hosted by the Kentucky. Baseball players from Indiana, West Virginia, and Ball State stayed in UK dorms throughout the regional — Lexington didn’t have hotels available because of multiple state tournaments and a country music festival.
Indiana State also pointed to a lack of essential personnel to host another event this weekend, especially after playing host to the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament and Terre Haute Regional.
“The personnel to run the event is a factor we must consider,” the statement continued. “After hosting the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament and the Terre Haute Regional in back-to-back weeks, keeping additional staff available that are not already working with Special Olympics has affected our potential workforce for another large-scale operation.
