Gampel on TV

[calluke]

I get not going to a Hartford game on a weeknight VS Tulane, but Gampel game on a saturday (noon) VS Cincy?

Like I said, those that were there were Awesome. Hopefully winning and BE next year will bring them back even better than ever.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

I get not going to a Hartford game on a weeknight VS Tulane, but Gampel game on a saturday (noon) VS Cincy?

Like I said, those that were there were Awesome. Hopefully winning and BE next year will bring them back even better than ever.

It’s Sunday. Just wanted to make sure you don’t wrongly miss work tomorrow

 

[superjohn]

It’s Sunday. Just wanted to make sure you don’t wrongly miss work tomorrow

You should have rolled with it, like duping Dwight Schrute.

 

[lange10]

Why do you think that is?

I think we’re an incredibly attractive school academically now. Not to say UConn wasn’t a good school in the 90’s/00’s, but the student population now compared to then has different values, I believe.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

You should have rolled with it, like duping Dwight Schrute.

He’s probably already getting drunk with laser tag team. May be too late

 

[superjohn]

Are these responses serious? Students aren't going to games as much because UConn is so amazing academically? lol.

 

[navery12]

Are these responses serious? Students aren't going to games as much because UConn is so amazing academically? lol.

This is funny. People aren't going to games because it's 2020 and the experience is so much better on TV

 

[NC_Uconn_Fan]

People aren't going to games because we have been bad, very bad. No tournament birth since 2016 bad. I think next year is going to be interesting to watch the attendance. Back to Big East (I know technically we never left) and I think we will be better team.

 

[superjohn]

This is funny. People aren't going to games because it's 2020 and the experience is so much better on TV

It's the same reason all sporting events don't get as many people, movie theaters don't get as many people, sports bars don't get as many people anymore. There really is no mystery here. We do pretty well considering we sucked for 3+ years in a row and are a misfit in a lousy conference. We'll do really starting next year.

 

[gampelcrazies]

This is funny. People aren't going to games because it's 2020 and the experience is so much better on TV

College basketball is not better on TV. However sports like football are made more TV.

 

[ToolzieFan]

This is funny. People aren't going to games because it's 2020 and the experience is so much better on TV

Since I went to literally every home game for four years, I can't even remember whether or not I could watch most games on TV when I was a UConn student. I agree that's probably an issue. And our performance is almost certainly the biggest issue.

Still, I wouldn't dismiss the idea that students who choose UConn care less about sports now, although I admit I might be wrong. The average SAT score of UConn freshmen at Storrs has increased from 1189 in 2005 to 1296 in 2019. In 2005, 37% of incoming freshmen were in the top 10% of their high school class. In 2019, it was up to 55%. Does that mean academics are contributing to declining attendance? No, of course not. But UConn is a more competitive and well-respected college than it ever has been.

 

[kemba]

Why do you think that is?

Probably mostly just the quality of the team and the schedule. I'm sure the diehards who grew up as huge uconn fans and wanted to go to uconn because of basketball are still going. But for the casuals or the kids who don't start supporting uconn basketball until being a student there hasn't been a lot to get excited about. Used to be we'd have a winning team playing an awesome big east schedule and now its been a losing team playing maybe 2-3 home games worth getting semi excited for a year and losing most of the time.

So for a game like today, where the long time loyal fans saw this as a big game against a semi rival and a chance to show we're finally getting over the hump and beating good teams, and we're clearly working our way back to where we were, most of the students just see it as our mediocre basketball team playing an ok cincy team.

The national trends of attendance being down im sure plays some role, but when we are good again and in the big east we'll be fine attendance and atmospehre wise.

 

[kemba]

College basketball is not better on TV.

Agreed, plus a lot of the biggest reasons for staying home and watching on tv (traffic getting there, parking, cost, bad seats) aren't issues for students attending gampel games.

 

[Danbury Dan]

There isn't anything better than a raucous Gampel crowd, which I was a part of. However, love watching it on TV and therefore I ask when the Cincy replay will be available? Want to see how electric the crowd came across.

 

[navery12]

Since I went to literally every home game for four years, I can't even remember whether or not I could watch most games on TV when I was a UConn student. I agree that's probably an issue. And our performance is almost certainly the biggest issue.

Still, I wouldn't dismiss the idea that students who choose UConn care less about sports now, although I admit I might be wrong. The average SAT score of UConn freshmen at Storrs has increased from 1189 in 2005 to 1296 in 2019. In 2005, 37% of incoming freshmen were in the top 10% of their high school class. In 2019, it was up to 55%. Does that mean academics are contributing to declining attendance? No, of course not. But UConn is a more competitive and well-respected college than it ever has been.

I went to as many as possible, but the majority of my friends for all 4 years preferred just watching on TV with all of us in someone's apartment over going to the game

 

[Caronimo]

Can’t wait for Saturday big east games at the XL center. Gonna be a drunken jungle in the ole civic center

 

[Dooooooomed]

Can’t wait for Saturday big east games at the XL center. Gonna be a drunken jungle in the ole civic center

True story. All these Sunday games suck big time.

 

[Husk04ies]

I had some fans next to me who screamed with us highfived us....awesome experience. Then I had jerks in front of us who turned and gave the stink eye whenever we cheered....dont they realize where they are? Also, rewatched on tv and the CV 3 after the 2 whaley blocks was crazy loud

 

[Towney007]

I guess i'm in the minority that thinks both buildings - when they're rocking - are great places to watch basketball.

 

[husky429]

Since I went to literally every home game for four years, I can't even remember whether or not I could watch most games on TV when I was a UConn student. I agree that's probably an issue. And our performance is almost certainly the biggest issue.

Still, I wouldn't dismiss the idea that students who choose UConn care less about sports now, although I admit I might be wrong. The average SAT score of UConn freshmen at Storrs has increased from 1189 in 2005 to 1296 in 2019. In 2005, 37% of incoming freshmen were in the top 10% of their high school class. In 2019, it was up to 55%. Does that mean academics are contributing to declining attendance? No, of course not. But UConn is a more competitive and well-respected college than it ever has been.

Duke. Virginia. Georgetown. Stanford. Michigan. UCLA. Cal. All top 30 acdemic schools, and they can fill seats to ball games.

Your hypothesis isn't a bad one. But between this and the fact that attendance is down all over the USA, I'm thinking we're seeing a correlation, not cause.

 

[husky429]

I guess i'm in the minority that thinks both buildings - when they're rocking - are great places to watch basketball.

I don't give a rats behind where I watch UConn basketball, as long as I'm watching Uconn basketball. Simple as that. You're not alone.

 

[FatHank]

Then I had jerks in front of us who turned and gave the stink eye whenever we cheered....dont they realize where they are?

Fans, not fans. You got a stink eye from folks at home in a phyisical, OBE matchup game where we are looking for another conference win, with a team honor and Calhoun in the house?? Borderline criminal. I'd have been into it today too. SMH.

 

[FatHank]

I believe in the old product selling the seats theory. It's not like our product has been good over the recent years... Put a number next to our name, you'll see a change. Put a number next to our name and play Villanova in our house with a number next to thier name, you'll see a change. Recruits will see this too, and here we go again. If not, we must have earned some type of NCAA sanction where we won too many games and we cannot have a home crowd for a year.