Here’s the bottom line…
Yes, we absolutely should be able to beat a team like Creighton in Storrs, Hartford, Omaha, NYC or in China. The venue shouldn’t matter.
BUT the numbers don’t lie. We shoot worse in the XL center.
The weekday attendance is terrible.
Why are we purposely nuking our home court advantage (do we win this game in Gampel? Idk but we score more than 55 points for sure) to sell a few more potential tickets? Not to mention it’s embarrassing to see all those empty seats and 15 students in the student section on TV.
Don’t blame Covid, we packed Gampel for an 8:30 tip vs bottom feeder Georgetown on Thursday.
Yes we can’t blame the arena for the loss per se, but we also can’t hide from the fact the building does this team no home court favors.