whaler11
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bandwagon or no bandwagon, this school is on the Highway to Hell with this conference.
So then just shut down the athletic department?
bandwagon or no bandwagon, this school is on the Highway to Hell with this conference.
So then just shut down the athletic department?
I said if we're 27-6 we would have drawn more attendance. I said the team would draw more attendance if the product wasn't poor quality basketball.It's your opinion of yourself. You flat out said you only want to support the team when they are good.
It's good to see someone here own that. Hopefully in spite of everyone who shares your opinion there will be a bandwagon to join again someday.
The cheapest I saw on those sites yesterday morning was about 50 bucks.
I'm not sure why this is so hard. Our fanbase isn't great. But on top of that, it is far worse than it pretends to be.
I'll own my part of that. For the first time in years - I didn't buy XL tickets - only Gampel. I looked at the schedule and decided it wasn't worth the money to buy season tickets when I can't go most of the time and they are nearly impossible to give away. I bought Gampel tickets (4) because my buddy can usually use them when I can't use my 2.
Other than Saturday - the only game I went to was Cuse at MSG (I work in the city). Most of my Gampel tickets were used, but not by me.
People have de-prioritized UCONN Basketball. Myself included. We are not a good fanbase. That's just a fact. I don't care what any person does individually, but I 100% agree with Whaler that you can't say you are good fan and then choose not to spend money and go to games. You aren't a good fan because you went to games 20 years ago. You aren't a good fan because you watch games on TV.
That's like saying a team is good but loses all of the time. That's why they keep score.
For a fanbase, attendance is the scoreboard. And we are losing.
have bought season tickets for years and will continue to buy them, but that being said, the schedule had almost zero juice. The conference games are with absolutely snoozer programs. The OOC programs were lackluster.
Agreed. The odd thing is - that even with ticket transfer - I couldn't dump most of my XL tickets for free last year - even though they were center court in 204 maybe 10 rows up. People don't want to go to the games for free.
At least if my son decides to end up at UCONN I will be able to have my tickets used for the next 4 years and beyond!
I'm not sure why this is so hard. Our fanbase isn't great. But on top of that, it is far worse than it pretends to be.
I'll own my part of that. For the first time in years - I didn't buy XL tickets - only Gampel. I looked at the schedule and decided it wasn't worth the money to buy season tickets when I can't go most of the time and they are nearly impossible to give away. I bought Gampel tickets (4) because my buddy can usually use them when I can't use my 2.
Other than Saturday - the only game I went to was Cuse at MSG (I work in the city). Most of my Gampel tickets were used, but not by me.
People have de-prioritized UCONN Basketball. Myself included. We are not a good fanbase. That's just a fact. I don't care what any person does individually, but I 100% agree with Whaler that you can't say you are good fan and then choose not to spend money and go to games. You aren't a good fan because you went to games 20 years ago. You aren't a good fan because you watch games on TV.
That's like saying a team is good but loses all of the time. That's why they keep score.
For a fanbase, attendance is the scoreboard. And we are losing.
In trying to get rid of random football and bb tickets when I can't make it, it's become very clear that the casual fan is not interested even at give-away or free price points.
I watched the game against Houston Saturday Morning. Me and a buddy decided that if we couldn't get a reasonable spot in an area not behind a basket for a reasonable price, we were going to a bar. At 12:00, the plan looked like it was firmly in "bar" end of the spectrum. Prices started to come down around 1:30 and we pulled the trigger around 2:30. Bought 2 tickets in the corner for $38+12 surcharges. EasySeat unexpectedly upgraded us to Section 202 row b. It wasn't $10 for the Tournament strip, but it was better than we expected...And the atmosphere was rockin'. I'd do it again in a heartbeat.Yes, if you woke up Saturday and decided to go. Which many (including myself) did - can't expect a last minute bargain when demand increases.
Somewhat agree, but if that's your measure, every fanbase but Kentucky, Cuse (and this year's MSG attendance makes me wonder about theirs, too), LCC, and UNC is "garbage"
No other fanbase has experienced the dramatic drop in product that we have. A combination of undue NCAA punishment, losing a HOF coach, conference affiliation, etc. Under the circumstances, we're not that bad.
It's easier to draw vs. Duke, UNC, and Notre Dame than ECU, Tulsa, and Tulane.let me put in perspective for the crybabies here.
Lets take Syracuse, we like to make fun of Syracuse. We talk about how we are better and 4>1 and how their fans suck and all that.
Syracuse, and I will use a number taken from BEFORE ACC season started so nobody can use conference as an excuse.
through beginning of season to second week in January Syracuse AVERAGED 21,000 in attendance. Remember through January Syracuse has as bad a start to the season as us. Maybe WORSE.
21,000.
Let that sink in while we are putting 7000 in XL. Less in Gampel.
But so many of the casual fans would say they are diehards. And I think that is what Whaler is really getting at.