OT: Georgetown's Plan to Increase Student Attendance

[DFW HOYA]

Honestly, I never thought the fan support was ever really all that good for Georgetown.

I went to more than a few UConn-Gtown and SU-Gtown games down in DC and it was never impressive.

Recency bias--try telling an 18 year born in 2005 that Georgetown is a big deal, which it was.... just not in the last 15 years.

Crowds like this don't help.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

With a bazillion dollars endowment they can’t give students free tickets?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Georgetown basketball crowds are like The U for football.

Actual student attendance and alumni attendance wasn't what made the buzz.

It was the local and regional fan base which gave it the national attention.

And those fan bases get fickle with their time amd money when teams suck.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Georgetown basketball crowds are like The U for football.

Actual student attendance and alumni attendance wasn't what made the buzz.

It was the local and regional fan base which gave it the national attention.

And those fan bases get fickle with their time amd money when teams suck.

This is a great analogy.

The thing about the bulk of the 'fans' that attended games during the Hoya Paranoia and The U eras was that they were there for the fad, not the school.

Even if either school starts winning, if they can't also recreate the image or mystique, the attendance may not be anything special.