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CBSSN is the worst

huskyrob1 said:
Hulu has had every game this season no matter what channel the game was on, and 30% cheaper than Charter or Comcast. They also have DVR recording that's included with the package price.
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While nice, this ain't much for national brand facetime, nor motivating for recruits.
 
intlzncster said:
While nice, this ain't much for national brand facetime, nor motivating for recruits.
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Hulu doesn't broadcast anything, they just pickup all the games no matter what channel it's on. That being said you can blame ESPN for banishing UConn men's basketball to CBSS.
 
whaler11 said:
i have my own passwords for all the other apps - cbs is just bizarre.
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It’s amazing that every TV carrier except xfinity is Cbssn app eligible yet it’s part of the cable package

I run an old slingbox just for that
 
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So not to gloat, I GET CBS SN. Nice to see a road game with a packed house and a crowd really into it. This team is the next big thing if Penny can coach even a little, as we already know he can recruit. I did fall asleep though.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
Isn't it bizarre the mass confusion it causes when you ask someone at a bar to change the TV to something that isn't ESPN?

When I didn't have cable a few years ago and would have to go somewhere to watch the CBS SN games it was like talking a foreign language just to get a game on.
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We're spoiled. Don 't get me wrong, I like being spoiled, but UConn has had great media coverage over the years. So now when we are stuck in the hinter lands of CBSSN it sucks.

Reminds me of a story (as most things do.) Back in the early to mid 90s the wife and I were at bar/restaurant and we asked them to put the UConn game on. The bartender grumbled a bit but changed the closest TV to us to the game. We (and by we I mean mostly me) started cheering and bit by bit people came over to watch UConn making a run at one of the Big East traditional power teams ('cuse, I believe.) By the end of the game all the TVs had been switched to game and everyone in the place was rooting for UConn. I miss those days.
 
huskyrob1 said:
Hulu has had every game this season no matter what channel the game was on, and 30% cheaper than Charter or Comcast. They also have DVR recording that's included with the package price.
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As does Sony PS Vue with which I am satisfied.
 
CL82 said:
We're spoiled. Don 't get me wrong, I like being spoiled, but UConn has had great media coverage over the years. So now when we are stuck in the hinter lands of CBSSN it sucks.

Reminds me of a story (as most things do.) Back in the early to mid 90s the wife and I were at bar/restaurant and we asked them to put the UConn game on. The bartender grumbled a bit but changed the closest TV to us to the game. We (and by we I mean mostly me) started cheering and bit by bit people came over to watch UConn making a run at one of the Big East traditional power teams ('cuse, I believe.) By the end of the game all the TVs had been switched to game and everyone in the place was rooting for UConn. I miss those days.
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I wish I could have been older or in CT to have appreciated Huskymania was it was an actual thing. When we'd visit relatives in CT it was unreal. EVERYONE represented with UConn gear.
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
I wish I could have been older or in CT to have appreciated Huskymania was it was an actual thing. When we'd visit relatives in CT it was unreal. EVERYONE represented with UConn gear.
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What happened?
 
AAC Guru said:
What happened?
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the main thing that happened is that the fanbase got old.

look around the rent or xl. its like an assisted living community.

combine the push for out of state and international students with younger generations not being as into spectator sports and its very different.

people still get up for a big event but day to day is almost zero juice
 
intlzncster said:
We won too much and got fat. Then when the team struggled, people lost interest.

On top of that, CT is famous for being a wine and cheese crowd.
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yep the shine wears off too. uconn hadnt even started losing yet when the crowds started to shrink at the rent.
 
whaler11 said:
the main thing that happened is that the fanbase got old.

look around the rent or xl. its like an assisted living community.

combine the push for out of state and international students with younger generations not being as into spectator sports and its very different.

people still get up for a big event but day to day is almost zero juice
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People laugh, but once the school became 'better' academically , it took some of the juice out of the next generation.

You need a large group of kids who are only at school for booze and birds. Those are the mindless idiots who still love sports.
 
intlzncster said:
People laugh, but once the school became 'better' academically , it took some of the juice out of the next generation.

You need a large group of kids who are only at school for booze and birds. Those are the mindless idiots who love sports.
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100%. Kids who actually lived in Connecticut after graduation too.
 
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whaler11 said:
yep the shine wears off too. uconn hadnt even started losing yet when the crowds started to shrink at the rent.
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This may be more anecdotal but I had season tickets starting in 05 through 13 and I thought the best crowds I was at were the back to back night games against Pitt and WVU in 2010. The crowd was awesome and I thought we were on the upswing...

Then I still remember going to the Iowa State game on a Friday in fall 2011, when the Cuse and Pitt news came out. The rest as we know from there is history.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
This may be more anecdotal but I had season tickets starting in 05 through 13 and I thought the best crowds I was at were the back to back night games against Pitt and WVU in 2010. The crowd was awesome and I thought we were on the upswing...

Then I still remember going to the Iowa State game on a Friday in fall 2011, when the Cuse and Pitt news came out. The rest as we know from there is history.
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those were two good crowds but season tickets peaked in like 07.

I had a bulwark of a dozen seats at the top of 206 and 207. There were only two games where people truly sat near us after 2008 - Michigan and BYU.

they sold fewer season tickets coming off a trip to the fiesta bowl. who does that?
 
whaler11 said:
those were two good crowds but season tickets peaked in like 07.

I had a bulwark of a dozen seats at the top of 206 and 207. There were only two games where people truly sat near us after 2008 - Michigan and BYU.

they sold fewer season tickets coming off a trip to the fiesta bowl. who does that?
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USF and Louisville in 2007 were pretty great too.

Tough to explain the season ticket drop after the Fiesta Bowl. Randy leaving, hiring a retread like P and our idiotic ticketing policies probably contributed to it, but overll I just don't know.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
USF and Louisville in 2007 were pretty great too.

Tough to explain the season ticket drop after the Fiesta Bowl. Randy leaving, hiring a retread like P and our idiotic ticketing policies probably contributed to it, but overll I just don't know.
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just a continuation of bad momentum.
 
intlzncster said:
People laugh, but once the school became 'better' academically , it took some of the juice out of the next generation.

You need a large group of kids who are only at school for booze and birds. Those are the mindless idiots who still love sports.
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I don’t agree with this necessarily. It’s more so the school became better and then graduates got good jobs out of state. Unlike other good schools around the country where exactly can you work in CT if you aren’t an engineer or want to do finance in New York light(Stamford). There aren’t many options for jobs for recent graduates, so UConn isn’t cultivating a rabid fan base that’s where I think a lot of these issues come from.
 
polycom said:
I don’t agree with this necessarily. It’s more so the school became better and then graduates got good jobs out of state. Unlike other good schools around the country where exactly can you work in CT if you aren’t an engineer or want to do finance in New York light(Stamford). There aren’t many options for jobs for recent graduates, so UConn isn’t cultivating a rabid fan base that’s where I think a lot of these issues come from.
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I know not apples to apples, but doesn't Duke have the best home court advantage in college hoops? They are a great academic school.

Cuse is a similiar school to UConn in terms of academics, and you can't convince me the Syracuse, NY job market is any better than Hartford or Fairfield? Yet they get 20k a game up there for hoop.
 
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ConnHuskBask said:
I know not apples to apples, but doesn't Duke have the best home court advantage in college hoops? They are a great academic school.

Cuse is a similiar school to UConn in terms of academics, and you can't convince me the Syracuse, NY job market is any better than Hartford or Fairfield? Yet they get 20k a game up there for hoop.
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Cuse endowment is 1.3B UConn's endowment is $400M, they aren't similar schools when it comes to alumni and fan support.
 
ConnHuskBask said:
I know not apples to apples, but doesn't Duke have the best home court advantage in college hoops? They are a great academic school.

Cuse is a similiar school to UConn in terms of academics, and you can't convince me the Syracuse, NY job market is any better than Hartford or Fairfield? Yet they get 20k a game up there for hoop.
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Different demographics in Canada. They do well. We dont do well because New Englanders have inbred front runner syndrome. Always have, always will. Its in our DNA.


See: fans of Patriots, New England
 
polycom said:
Cuse endowment is 1.3B UConn's endowment is $400M, they aren't similar schools when it comes to alumni and fan support.
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The endowment at the Ivies is huge and they don't have big time fan support.

Your premise, and others in this thread, was that a better quality student is a lower quality fan, and that jobs/careers aren't readily available in the area to cultivate a bigger/better fanbase.

I don't necessarily disagree with either of those statements, but I tend to think they are more excuses and I agree with @August_West more that it's just a front runner syndrome.
 
whaler11 said:
just a continuation of bad momentum.
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And then realignment happened without us and we never stood a chance. I remember the first time there was a crowd announcemed under 30k was a big “woah”
 
ConnHuskBask said:
The endowment at the Ivies is huge and they don't have big time fan support.

Your premise, and others in this thread, was that a better quality student is a lower quality fan, and that jobs/careers aren't readily available in the area to cultivate a bigger/better fanbase.

I don't necessarily disagree with either of those statements, but I tend to think they are more excuses and I agree with @August_West more that it's just a front runner syndrome.
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I think a lot things conspired to enter into it. When we were playing at the 3500 seat Field House and had a brand new and innovative 15,000 (then, IIRC) arena it made sense to go there. But seeing a game in a pro arena in Hartford has a different feel than seeing a game on campus. We also played games at the New Haven Civic Center. When Gampel was built, they initially held the capacity to 8,500 to make sure that the new on campus venue would not compete with the Civic Center. Calhoun almost immediately bumped it to 10,000. At that point most, if not all home games should have been played at Storrs, but somehow playing in Hartford and supporting the XL became a claim of right. Add to that some truly dumb pricing policy decisions from Jeff Hathaway and the traditional fan became alienated. If we had guys sitting in the same seats and not being moved around and (some) price out of tickets, there would be more mutual loyalty.

Also Storrs and our big population center in the SW are inconveniently not sitting right on top of each other. So getting there takes time and people show up late and like to get an early head start out. Likewise Hartford is a half hour away from Storrs. College kids would be far more groomed to see games if it was just a walk across campus. And make no mistake about it today's college kids are the future super fans of the program. The games we play in Hartford sacrifice on future a bit.

If that weren't enough, Kraft's dalliance Hartford made the notion of playing football off campus seem palatable and normal. College football gets a lot of ambiance and pageantry from being on campus. Once again. A more convenient location comes at the cost of having kids get up and wander over to the stadium.

CT's economy is struggling and HDTV and every game being broadcast makes it easier to pass on the hassles of going to a game. Don't get me wrong, nothing, nothing beats being at a game, but in today's harried world with a limited discretionary budget access to games on TV makes it easier to rationalize not going.

Finally, our teams are in a down cycle. The cost and hassle of going to game is harder to justify when your are frustrated with the play. All these things combine into a stew of malaise and disinterest in our program. We need to win and rethink the way we treat the fans to build back the loyalty and energy we once had.
 
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