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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2061344, member: 5798"] IF fan attendance is really important to UConn, and 12K is a goal, I wonder if how much thought the basketball office and the XL Center stadium operations personnel have given this in regards to scheduling games, so as to maximize attendance and fan participation with the program. If most fans find it easier to attend games in Hartford on the weekend, then try and schedule as many weekend games in the early afternoon as possible. If fan attendance is dwindling at Gampel, the marketing team need to get together, and think outside the box, and figure out ways to make a visit to either of these venues "fan friendly". No more BIG Monday 9:00 pm start time games. Those are sure fire crowd killers. I understand [B]ESPN[/B] has a broadcasting contract, and [I]they[/I] call the shots on those games. They can certainly lobby for an earlier start time. There lots of ways to put butts in those seats. A forward thinking person(s) just has to figure out how to do it. Nothing is impossible. [/QUOTE]