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Why is the schedule today a doubleheader starting at 5:00pm?! Seems to totally negate and even discourage ticket buying as most working people cannot make a 5pm game unless their shift at Penn Station ends at 4:59
 
Tonight will be an away game. The IU fans will be louder.

Our pep band is awesome though!
 
upstater said:
I really wonder if these St. John's games were simply a lot more popular than early preseason tourneys.

If you look at the height of UConn's ticket sales for bball (very near to 14,000 average) it coincide with that 2004-2006 period. And that's when I saw sparsely attended garden games. I think the team was very popular 10 years ago.

My brother in Westport tells me that travel is just brutal in Fairfield Cty. right now. I wonder if the influx of people has created an impossible travel situation over the last decade.
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It's a mix of that plus all the construction on '95. I live in Norwalk and work in Stamford and it could take me a good 40-45 min each way to go from Exit 9-15 and vice versa. Forget the Post Road and the Merritt is almost always a parking lot.
 
Interesting. Has any compared UConn’s attendance figures with that of the national average? I know attendance is down across the board for almost all teams, which is due to in part to the economy, rising ticket prices, time (I swear everyone works a lot more hours than we all did before the recession), etc. If UConn is at or above the national trend, especially after last year’s nightmare, the Huskies should be OK from that perception.
I bet part of the reason can also be attributed to weakening fan interest due to the loss of so many traditional, regional rivalries. I wonder how much PC, Hall, St. John’s will be hurt financially without UConn and to a lesser extent Syracuse fans invading their arenas once a year?.
Lastly, for CT UConn fans, Metro North sucks (the NJ Transit lines that go head south and west from Penn Station via the Portal Bridge and Newark are just as bad) and I-95 is a freaking joke 20 of the 24 hours in any given day. I can see why folks, especially families, don’t want to make the trip to MSG. Thankfully, I live in Northern Jersey and can drive 10 minutes to the train station, which gets me to either Hoboken (from there the PATH train, which ends a block away from MSG) or transfer trains in Secaucus and arrive right under MSG in less than an hour if the express trains are running or 90 minutes if not.
 
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Husky Dynasty said:
I'll be holding down section 106 with AFGHusky.
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I changed seats to section 110 last minute... But you will be able to hear me from 106...


Also it would be sick if enough Uconn fans showed up near the end of the consolation game to get Uconn chants going in order to send a loud and clear message to Indiana and the rest of the nation from the very beginning that MSG is Uconn country and we are here to protect our house!
 
Mr. Conehead said:
Interesting. Has any compared UConn’s attendance figures with that of the national average? I know attendance is down across the board for almost all teams, which is due to in part to the economy, rising ticket prices, time (I swear everyone works a lot more hours than we all did before the recession), etc. If UConn is at or above the national trend, especially after last year’s nightmare, the Huskies should be OK from that perception.
I bet part of the reason can also be attributed to weakening fan interest due to the loss of so many traditional, regional rivalries. I wonder how much PC, Hall, St. John’s will be hurt financially without UConn and to a lesser extent Syracuse fans invading their arenas once a year?.
Lastly, for CT UConn fans, Metro North sucks (the NJ Transit lines that go head south and west from Penn Station via the Portal Bridge and Newark are just as bad) and I-95 is a freaking joke 20 of the 24 hours in any given day. I can see why folks, especially families, don’t want to make the trip to MSG. Thankfully, I live in Northern Jersey and can drive 10 minutes to the train station, which gets me to either Hoboken (from there the PATH train, which ends a block away from MSG) or transfer trains in Secaucus and arrive right under MSG in less than an hour if the express trains are running or 90 minutes if not.
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Was just looking at this. Looks like UConn was #34 last year, which was down from #26 in 2012.
 
Can only speak for myself.. I have a connection where I get extras from a season ticket holder so I get to about 10 games per season for price. I would go to more, love going, but to sit in row x in the 200,s and pay 60-80 dollars a piece, then take the 2 monsters with me ( kids) ect.. It's brutal. Then you watch the game on TV and there are emptys everywhere. It's so frustrating!! And forget scalpers, it's even worse. It's a pretty good size nut to get a decent seat these days. If I'm missing something , someone let me know, but where are the decent tickets at fair price?
 
uconnsox23 said:
I'm expecting the stands to be a lot more full tomorrow being a Friday night with two quality opponents. I know there's a lot of Indiana alumni in the New York area. Do we think there will be more red or Husky Blue in the stands tomorrow? I know I'll be there +11 making a ruckus in 111.
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I'm in 111 too, row 15!
 
Coach Calhoun looked pissed off every time I looked at him last night. He has been pretty relaxed looking at games but not last nite.
 
A bunch of dudes wearing casual Friday business clothes behind announcers. Uconn represent!
 
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Second level was all UConn. This might be the best attended preseason MSG UConn game in history. Looks like a lot of UConn fans there.

Players need to play with a bit more savvy.

Olander is much better than Phil Nolan so far.

Brimah needs some seasoning.
 
Looks and sounds fairly even but with a definite uconn edge. Maybe 60-40 or so. Really wish I could have made the trip. Hats-off to the fans who did make it. Keep making noise!
 
ASweet3781 said:
I noticed on TV BC had their cheerleaders, mascot, and band there. BC. In the Garden. UConn to my eyes didn't which I found odd. We should not be outdone by BC in anyways in terms of support of our men's basketball. Is this a sign of what being in the AAC will do to us? Money pinching? The UConn band and cheerleaders would always go to preseason MSG games. UConn-Indiana on a Friday night in MSG and no "UConn Husky" blaring? What's the excuse for that? Not like they have Tclasses.
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A version of the UConn band was there and they were outstanding as always. The "BC" hardly played nor could be heard. ESPN has to focus on BC as they are their team.
 
That IU red is really prominent, but Uconn fans were really loud for this game.
 
It sounded like an electric atmosphere on TV. Great showings by both UConn and Indiana fans. I wonder if Indiana would be interested in starting a series?
 
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The number of fans was not that close to being even in terms of pure numbers. IU outnumbered us pretty easily. Thanks to the Hardbody Huskies in section 111 (i.e. RRV17A) it may have seemed like it was even. You're welcome UCONN.
 
buddy said:
A version of the UConn band was there and they were outstanding as always. The "BC" hardly played nor could be heard. ESPN has to focus on BC as they are their team.
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However, at the Maryland game, no band and no cheerleaders. Md. had both. We were definitely outnumbered by Terps in Brooklyn.
 
UconnDon said:
However, at the Maryland game, no band and no cheerleaders. Md. had both. We were definitely outnumbered by Terps in Brooklyn.
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It was a home game for Maryland.
 
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upstater said:
It was a home game for Maryland.
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Yeah, I keep hearing that reply. I don't know of any MD. campus in Brooklyn. Because Maryland presumably designates a Brooklyn venue as a "home" game, that prevents UConn from taking the band and cheerleaders some 100 miles to the game?? No doubt, the Terp crowd was probably larger, and certainly louder than UConn presence.
 
buddy said:
I was at the game. I thought it was nearly even UConn-Indiana. The red color of their clothes make it easier to see. The loud cheering at the end for BC was the Indiana fans. The BC fans overall were few in number and quiet. The UConn student section didn't show up until midway through the first half. Other than the student section, the UConn fans as well were muted in their enthusiasm. The tone of the game, with so many foul calls disrupts the fans as well as the players.
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spot on. they actually showed someone with a red uconn shirt on the big screen. doubt there where many of those, but the red shirts definitely stand out.
And, the IU fans were much louder. at the end, when both fan bases were into it, the noise and energy was pretty even.
If anything, it seemed the IU fans were more organized. Like one large voice against several different pockets of uconn fans.
 
upstater said:
That BC band was reading sheet music for the alma mater. Someone on BCs site said they were a local HS band.
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when they were leaving, they all put on jackets that said Columbia Band.
wasnt' sure why at the time, now it makes sense.

Is there anything underhanded or deceitful BC won't attempt? the eagle even cheated in one of the little TO contests...
 
huskyblooz said:
Tonight will be an away game. The IU fans will be louder.

Our pep band is awesome though!
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The Uconn Band was louder, more spirited, and overall head and shoulders above any of the other bands.
Kudos for 'bringin' it to MSG'... Great job on their part.
 
UconnDon said:
Yeah, I keep hearing that reply. I don't know of any MD. campus in Brooklyn. Because Maryland presumably designates a Brooklyn venue as a "home" game, that prevents UConn from taking the band and cheerleaders some 100 miles to the game?? No doubt, the Terp crowd was probably larger, and certainly louder than UConn presence.
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Yes, when you have a home game somewhere, you control the arena. The public address announcer even was all Maryland. When you look at the boxscore on ESPN, it counts as a UConn road win and a Maryland home loss. Maryland controls the tickets, etc.
 
uconnsox23 said:
The number of fans was not that close to being even in terms of pure numbers. IU outnumbered us pretty easily. Thanks to the Hardbody Huskies in section 111 (i.e. RRV17A) it may have seemed like it was even. You're welcome UCONN.
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i was definitely surprised by the number of IU fans. I think the numbers were pretty close.

If you were in the section that had 10 husky fans booted and escorted out in the 2nd half, that's just a great visual for the fan base. Thanks.
 
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