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August_West said:
Lol.

I actually ate my 4th ticket tonight so I could have an extra seat for roominess. True story. Joke was on me though I could have given it away and had 5 extra seats anyway
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You're still my hero.
 
August_West said:
Lol.

I actually ate my 4th ticket tonight so I could have an extra seat for roominess. True story. Joke was on me though I could have given it away and had 5 extra seats anyway
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Isn't the real villian @sdhusky who is here and couldn't be bothered to attend?
 
I think we should just stop playing at the XL center all together. Fill the stadium with students at gampel. I mean how many other teams in the country drive 30 minutes to play a home game? Never understood that. I watched the Duke game last night an the atmosphere there was nuts, it will never be even close to that at the XL center with a bunch of oldies an a handful of students that drove 30 minutes to a home game.
 
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CalsNeighbor said:
I think we should just stop playing at the XL center all together. Fill the stadium with students at gampel. I mean how many other teams in the country drive 30 minutes to play a home game? Never understood that. I watched the Duke game last night an the atmosphere there was nuts, it will never be even close to that at the XL center with a bunch of oldies an a handful of students that drove 30 minutes to a home game.
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@Waquoit agrees I think?
 
What's fun as well is going on the collegebasketball Reddit.

Most games we don't even get a game thread made, and a late post game thread gets posted with at most 15 comments. Meanwhile the P5 game threads are regularly pushing 300 comments.
 
BUConn10 said:
What's fun as well is going on the collegebasketball Reddit.

Most games we don't even get a game thread made, and a late post game thread gets posted with at most 15 comments. Meanwhile the P5 game threads are regularly pushing 300 comments.
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Yeah i've noticed it's been pretty bare. But I think a lot of this has to do with our bad start. The only people from other teams coming on this thread are there to poke fun at how we've been performing on the court. Even an Alabama bball fan was giving us crap today. :(
 
August_West said:
Where's the thread with whaler yelling at people for their lack of tv subscriptions I need a laugh.
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Click on like 8 different threads.

I'm like a Russian hacker right now.

I'm watching UCLA and Riverside/Stanford and St Mary's and replying to you.

Am I Mr Robot?


FWIW - obviously Stanford never draws at home anywhere but the computer lab even hosting #12, but Pauley is completely empty.

It's hard to believe these conferences are getting the next huge TV contract if what they are selling is so bad no one shows up in person.
 
We were spoiled with the best college basketball conference for 34 years. Attendance was good because people actually cared.

No one gives a rat's arse about the 14-13 Tulane Green Wave going on the road to the battle the 5-20 East Carolina Pirates.
 
CTBasketball said:
We were spoiled with the best college basketball conference for 34 years. Attendance was good because people actually cared.

No one gives a rat's arse about the 14-13 Tulane Green Wave going on the road to the battle the 5-20 East Carolina Pirates.
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Nor should they. Brand recognition and value are real things that equate to real dollars, and we had all of that stripped away from us without warning. If this wasn't the NCAA there'd be a class action lawsuit in the works.
 
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BUConn10 said:
Nor should they. Brand recognition and value are real things that equate to real dollars, and we had all of that stripped away from us without warning. If this wasn't the NCAA there'd be a class action lawsuit in the works.
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Agree 100%. That's why the Big East pulls more fans than the AAC. Heck the Mountain West does too. I know for a fact basketball attendance would increase if we went to the Big East. Football attendance would probably increase too based off of the last game...
 
CTBasketball said:
Agree 100%. That's why the Big East pulls more fans than the AAC. Heck the Mountain West does too. I know for a fact basketball attendance would increase if we went to the Big East. Football attendance would probably increase too based off of the last game...
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I don't think anyone would argue that attendance would better in the Big East. That concept makes me miss when upstater was trying to argue the AAC was a better basketball conference than the newest Big East.
 
superjohn said:
Don't really think that's it. Everyone has a home theater experience at home now to watch the games on. I have a lot of friends in the "industry" and bars are empty during the week the last several years. Years ago I would go out to watch games on weeknights and the bars would be full with people watching all the college basketball games. We've become a bunch of shut-ins.
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Its only going to get worse as technology progresses. Instead of watching with friends and family in the comfort of a living room everyone will be strapped up to some VR headset or some other like contraption. Good times ahead.
 
whaler11 said:
I don't think anyone would argue that attendance would better in the Big East. That concept makes me miss when upstater was trying to argue the AAC was a better basketball conference than the newest Big East.
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That argument was always dumber than dirt. Outside of UConn there are three teams in this godforsaken conference that have any sort of hoops history or name recognition. Cincy, Temple and Memphis. Every team in the Big East does.
 
superjohn said:
That argument was always dumber than dirt. Outside of UConn there are three teams in this godforsaken conference that have any sort of hoops history or name recognition. Cincy, Temple and Memphis. Every team in the Big East does.
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Upstater's hatred of Creighton is so unhinged I love it. It's enjoyable to see them in the top 10.
 
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it was ugly
 
My issue is ticket availability. I check online for tickets regularly. There are none available in lower bowl at both gampel and XL unless you go on stubhub and pay at least triple face value. I know these are season tixs and many of those seats are empty at game time. I would buy these seats if reasonable priced.
Upper level are at least 15 rows up at XL. Gampel upper level chair backs are season tixs also.
I would rather watch on TV if I have to sit that high up for lousy match ups.
 
Even though the announced crowds have gone down. This problem started the last few years they were in the big east.
 
August_West said:
It was a morgue and people tried to stay positive but man at the end especially people wanted to poke their eyes out.

The last 7 minutes took 35 minutes
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August....let me know when you're coming to games.....I'm at all the XL games. Would be great to hang out again.
 
alexd. said:
August....let me know when you're coming to games.....I'm at all the XL games. Would be great to hang out again.
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Im at most of the XL games and some gampels life schedule permitting. Had family in tow last night.
 
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Waquoit said:
I'm done.
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If true, I'm disappointed. I truly enjoy your spirited defense of the XL and tweaking of those who argue against it.

Is it about missing all the free BWW wings this year?
 
whaler11 said:
I don't think anyone would argue that attendance would better in the Big East. That concept makes me miss when upstater was trying to argue the AAC was a better basketball conference than the newest Big East.
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Evidence please. Show it, because I never said that. I can however provide you with plenty of posts the last 3 years when I said the opposite.

If there was a time I made that argument, it was likely the year we got our doors blown off by Louisville, then proceeded to destroy the best team in the Big East the very next weekend, on route to a national championship. Maybe in March of 2014. Not after then--never said anything like that.
 
I still cant forgive us for sitting on our ass when conference realignment was going on and not proactively getting out when our sports teams were doing a lot better
 
whaler11 said:
Maybe someone already knows, but it feels like it's been a long time since the announced attendance at the XL Center for a scheduled regular season game hit this kind of low (I think the first AAC tourney game 2 years ago may have been announced lower).

It's crazy to think about what the atmosphere was like 20 years ago compared to today.
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I think attendance will get a whole lot worse before it gets better:
Last night was probably the worst play I have seen. Nobody could hold onto the ball. Did we have 2 fast breaks all night? Kevin has quite a job to bring this team together. People forget that attendance was sinking before the end of the beloved Big East.
As mentioned, the inane games during the many breaks, the many breaks make for a lack of real excitement. D- 3 games move along. Besides keeping fans at home, tv breaks are killing the game. I assume those of you who actually go to the games have noticed we haven't had any performers at half time [other than kids teams] or performing the national anthem pre game.
As someone already mentioned, UCONN's ticket strategies are turning many off. We have had season tickets for 15 years, as well as football season tickets and have contributed regularly. We still have seats on the curve behind the basket. Our seats are still surrounded by people who bought one game tickets on the internet. Next year, I probably will not buy season tickets but go to just one or two games. Why fight the system. I no longer need to buy season tickets to be assured of a seat.
There were less that 75 students at the game. [Almost as many as at the last football game]. What is the size of the student body, 20,000plus?
 
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