Just wow. Empty building.

[Madmannsucks]

When I lived in CT I used to go to several games a year. Once the team got good, you struggled to be able to get a ticket. What happened?

 

[Hoophound]

When I lived in CT I used to go to several games a year. Once the team got good, you struggled to be able to get a ticket. What happened?

Buffalo on a Tuesday night. Plus, times have changed.

 

[uconnfan68]

When I lived in CT I used to go to several games a year. Once the team got good, you struggled to be able to get a ticket. What happened?

It’s snowing at my house.

 

[ThabeetDown]

What’s worse? The crowd or the transfers?

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

We’re still building this thing back from the dungeon it was in a few years ago. Once we become a top 10 team, it will feel like the old days again I’d reckon.

 

[MTBingNinja]

Important question….TV timeout here at the game…..Why is Clingan sitting on a blue pad on top of his chair? His chair is too small? I was intrigued by Tyrese Martin’s sleeve tag now this. Idk how I sleep at night.

 

[husky429]

Important question….TV timeout here at the game…..Why is Clingan sitting on a blue pad on top of his chair? His chair is too small? I was intrigued by Tyrese Martin’s sleeve tag now this. Idk how I sleep at night.

He's a giant. I'm assuming it's just to make the chair more comfortable.

 

[AtlantaHusky]

I wanted to claw my eyes out the first 12 minutes or so. Glad they got that tshow out of their system.

 

[Verne]

People saw Alleynes shot in warm ups and left.

 

[HuskyHawk]

What’s worse? The crowd or the transfers?

This won’t age well.

 

[gars44]

When I lived in CT I used to go to several games a year. Once the team got good, you struggled to be able to get a ticket. What happened?

You moved out of CT

 

[storrsroars]

Important question….TV timeout here at the game…..Why is Clingan sitting on a blue pad on top of his chair? His chair is too small?

A cushion adds height, making it easier on knees to get up from chair.

Or it's hemmoroids.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Didn’t the AD increase season ticket prices?

 

[MTBingNinja]

2 more boards for Newton and he’ll get a Triple-Double

 

[Palatine]

I remember the building looking empty against Vandy when we had Caron Butler.

Back in early 90s it was pretty full every game. But not for a while now.

 

[shizzle787]

This is what happens when you schedule 5 cupcakes in a row.

 

[shizzle787]

I remember the building looking empty against Vandy when we had Caron Butler.

Back in early 90s it was pretty full every game. But not for a while now.

We sold out our last four games past year.

 

[shizzle787]

The place is going to be a morgue on Sunday with the Jets and Patriots playing.

 

[Palatine]

We sold out our last four games past year.

Not our first four.

 

[shizzle787]

Not our first four.

We sold out our first one. That was at Gampel. UConn messed up the XL/Gampel splits. The first game should have been at Gampel, and Okie State should have been at XL.

 

[HuskyHawk]

The place is going to be a morgue on Sunday with the Jets and Patriots playing.

That game is at 1:00. But the AD simply needs to schedule slightly better teams. Buffalo should have had a bigger crowd.

 

[HuskyHawk]

A cushion adds height, making it easier on knees to get up from chair.

Or it's hemmoroids.

The ADA Toilet of bench seats.

 

[Waquoit]

I'll leave this thread to those of you that don't go to games.

 

[KingAG]

Was at the game. The crowd wasn’t that bad for a Tuesday night game against buffalo with snow in the forecast

 

[aburks41]

These early season cupcake games need to be at Gampel. Does our athletic department really think we are going to draw more than 10k for a game like this?? No. So put it at Gampel and let the students bring the energy. It's not fair to ask the students to travel 30 minutes on a school night via bus, just to watch a terrible Buffalo team.

 

[Chin Diesel]

UConn's athletic department lost money playing this game at XL and stroked a check to the state for the privilege of playing there.

 

[Waquoit]

UConn's athletic department lost money playing this game at XL and stroked a check to the state for the privilege of playing there.

Nope. Not even close. There were thousands of people sitting in the 200's level. Fans that people that don't go to games will ever see on TV. Fans that never heard of the Boneyard and bought a single game ticket. Those tickets sold are all straight cash to UConn. I judge by how high the critical mass goes up in the second deck. It was pretty high. Not high enough to see from Florida maybe.

 

[MTBingNinja]

He's a giant. I'm assuming it's just to make the chair more comfortable.

Maybe to make him sit more level too

 

[Chin Diesel]

Nope. Not even close. There were thousands of people sitting in the 200's level. Fans that people that don't go to games will ever see on TV. Fans that never heard of the Boneyard and bought a single game ticket. Those tickets sold are all straight cash to UConn. I judge by how high the critical mass goes up in the second deck. It was pretty high. Not high enough to see from Florida maybe.

I'm in DC area. It was easier to count the bodies than count the empty seats in the upper bowl.

UConn’s lease with the XL Center is set to expire. Will more games be played at Gampel Pavilion?

With a superior on-campus arena preferred by students and teams, why do the Huskies...

www.ctinsider.com

UConn pays a per-game rent of $40,500 for men’s and women’s basketball and $20,500 for men’s hockey, plus $20,000-$30,000 in facilities fees for each event. The CRDA also collects a $3 surcharge per basketball ticket (up to 12,450 tickets) and a $2 surcharge per ticket for hockey tickets (up to 4,600).

Benedict said attendance must be “well north” of 10,000 for UConn to avoid operating at a loss at the XL Center on a given night. And by playing in Hartford, revenue potential built into events at Gampel is sacrificed. UConn takes no money from XL concessions or parking. It does control sponsorship signage revenue for Hartford games, but not suite or loge seating. Cost and lost opportunity adds up to several millions of dollars, annually.

 

[Son of Robert]

The place was more than half full, a good crowd too.