it’s amazing to me you can’t explain how this team came out and played like crap against providence on the weekend in front of a sold out raucous xl crowd.
If thats true then I’ll accept defeat with that point. However just taking a quick glance of the splits especially the last season with fans (2019-2020). Most if not all Wells Fargo games are weekend games vs good teams.
Take away 2 of the luckiest 3 pointers of the year and they shot 29% from 3. They shot under 40% in the game from the floor, well below their season average of 46%.
Definitely. Great teams win on the road.
Who said them losing was 100% on Hartford? And again you’re only helping the argument for pro Gampel people comparing a sold out providence on a weekend vs playing Creighton at 6:00 during a weeknight.
I've been going to games since 1984. Hundreds of games. There is absolutely NO doubt in my mind that Gampel is a better home court. None whatsoever.
This program will be playing games in the XL like they have the last 40 years.
It is if we believe it is.
I've argued for all games at gampel since the arena opened. Unfortunately money talks and most of the big and corporate donors say Gampel is too far or too hard to get to during the week can't see it ever changing.
Sometimes when people talk about sports they act like it’s a video game and completely forget their is a human element to every aspect of it.
They want to keep the XL to keep Hartford alive....It will take more than UConn basketball to do that.
You’re not allowed to make very valid arguments on this thread.
Going to need more than 8 UConn games a year to defibrillate the Hart Beat!
The same people complaining about our games being walled behind ESPN+ are probably the same ones advocating to play our games at the XL center on cable TV with an empty arena and 5 students in the stands.
Meanwhile Texas Tech who barely even had a basketball program 5 years ago has sellout crowds every single game, and I'm pretty sure their entire student body shows up. When was the last time students at UConn ever had to camp out for a game? I know it sure as hell didn't happen when I was there. Probably the last time was 10 years ago when Cuse came to Gampel for College Gameday.
A home court should be exactly that, a home court. The crowd was so quiet last night that I forgot it was a home game until I saw the Husky face at midcourt. I remember the Civic Center really rocking in 1990. Now it seems like an outdated, shabby facility with bad sight lines. I live 10 minutes from the XL Center and 35 minutes from Gampel. I'll gladly drive the extra 25 minutes to Gampel.
Some students are likely going to the games and making a night of it and some students actually go back home to study if they need to. The latter are more likely to go to a game at Gampel and study immediately afterward. Drive to Hartford which requires a 4-5 hour block of time, minimum? Probably not. Again, this isn't difficult. The only university in the country which believes games need to be off campus.
I agree. I was in the 200’s and even with 5 minutes to go and the game was tied, the fans were mostly sitting in their seats and barely cheering. It seems like the only thing that gets these casual fans riled up is when we dunk the ball or have a flashy play. Instead, we need the crowd the most when Uconn is on defense. Seems like half the crowd is more interested in being on their phone or talking with the people they came with rather than cheer on the team and give the guys a 6th man on the court.
No one needs to study on a Tuesday night 2 weeks into a semester. Maybe that's our problem, too many nerds on campus, not enough people who like sports.
I was at the Providence game, I'm pretty sure I was standing up more often than the students were. Even during that game the crowd was extremely dead. People don't understand how important crowd noise can be on the psychological side of sports. There are studies that show how important it is.
I’d venture a guess that all the people in this thread saying “don’t blame the court!” are the same old farts who were sitting on their hands all night last night.
I was at Storrs from 2014-2018. I've had season tickets my entire life with my family. I've seen the shift in real time from a party school atmosphere to one that puts sports and fun dead last. I'm sure the nerds who need to study on a Tuesday night are realll big sports fans
This isn't your father's UCONN. No, nerds on campus isn't a problem, it's an asset. Students can be nerds and sports fans.
Not dismissing your point, but no one wants the kids having to drive to Hartford either. I'm sure there are still plenty of partiers but those are the last folks who should be driving to Hartford. Make no mistake, being a top 25 public flagship is far better than the UCONN of 30 years ago. Puke doesn't seem to have a problem with nerds showing up to games.