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Message: [QUOTE="awhom111, post: 4536540, member: 8683"] triad would know more about what Duke is doing to try to get more fans in the seats as Cam and I are far away these days. In the past, when women's basketball was one of only three sports to charge anybody, they often had their own marketing person, but now that more sports sell tickets, I would not be surprised if those resources were distributed to multiple areas now. From TV observation, it seems like the lower level is pretty populated and that it is the upper level attendance that is struggling. Also, it may just be a case where Kara has not had the time or energy to get directly involved in marketing. Coach G built some powerful allies over her tenure and Coach P had the kind of personality where she loved being actively involved in trying to bring in fans. Will be interesting to see where the average ends up after we host NC State and UNC, but it looks like it is still going to be down pretty big, even with recent numbers looking better in conference and with winning. I think that Kara is still figuring out the optimal non-conference mix, but not hosting Iowa or South Carolina obviously made a huge difference (the South Carolina game's attendance was only 17 lower than the combined attendance of all of our non-conference games this season) and for our home-only mid/low-major opponents, it certainly helps to choose closer, more familiar schools. [/QUOTE]