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Message: [QUOTE="ThisJustIn, post: 5139946, member: 382"] Random follow up thoughts on the game at Barclays. 1) after worrying about attendance, I was more than pleasantly surprised. There were enough TN and Iowa fans to have a good crowd for the first game. Possible reasons: Holiday weekend, strong fan base willing to travel, local fan chapters? 2) 7pm start made the 9:45 second game a bit brutal, but a lot of folks stayed to the end. Early exit-era reminded my of Gampel or XL exits. 3) The in-arena team videos were DELIGHTFUL!!! Well produced, fun, showed the personality of the players and you could hear what they were saying. MORE of that, please 4) Normalize captioning/closed captions. Not everyone knows who the players are, so attach the names to their photos/intros whenever possible 5) Barclays is a lovely arena - would love to see it bid for a regional host. Not sure it's big enough to draw a Final Four (where would the WBCA conference be?) 6) Cool to have "Unrivaled" gear for sale. Important cross over opportunity. Not sure I saw individual team gear. Maybe next year? 7) If UConn is the anchor, I hope they can continue to draw ranked teams. NYC/Brooklyn is a fun destination w/great food in the area. Good exposure for the game in a city that has lots of bids for sports eyes. 8) Appreciate the players that attended the game and the shout outs during the broadcast (caught the 1st half replay and thought the production quality was really good.) Jess Moore was in the house. 9) I expected a smidge more NY Liberty/WNBA crossover - but I can understand why the focus was college ball. Was surprised there wasn't a bigger push from Barclays to WNBA ticket holders. Tsai DID tweet Chen's ankle breaker, though. lol. 8) I'm looking forward to next year! [/QUOTE]

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