No Games At Gampel Until March??

[HuskyBandDad]

No because I can’t afford the donation plus the ticket. How old are you?

I agree with about sitting on benches they are bad. I will only get chair backs.
Most of the chair backs are season tickets.
But single game seats for benches and chair backs are the same price and no donation. I buy single game chair backs often

 

[HooperScooper]

Strangely, the NCAA still bans alcohol sales at all Final Four and other NCAA championship events.

As others have said they just changed that back in April. So beer will be flowing for March Madness games.

Division I council approves alcohol sales at NCAA championship events

 

[ucawn]

Playing on campus is always the best place for a true home court advantage.
I would like to see more games at the Gampel because it is the best advantage for a win

Yeah that would be the case if they got 9-10k a game but that’s not happening. The fan base out there is small so unless people drive from the Hartford area you won’t get sellouts. Everyone’s mindset is changing when they sell “10,100 tickets”(I saw some empty seats) on campus for the first time in awhile. XL usually draws 10k+. If you are struggling to make money, you want more fans that won’t buy the cheap student priced seats. I can see where you’re coming from but the student body is not interested in men’s basketball right now because of it’s recent history and lack of national recognition. They had to give away tickets for free, plus shirts and hats to fill up the student section. Sure the atmosphere was great but it will probably only be that full at the USF game because of Ray Allen. Houston wouldn’t even get 10k there because students won’t go to a game on Valentine’s Day, they are all going to go out and party and go on dates.

 

[Rico444]

I don't have anything to contribute other than you can't get from Hartford to Storrs in 20 minutes unless you're going triple digits.

 

[CL82]

I don't have anything to contribute other than you can't get from Hartford to Storrs in 20 minutes unless you're going triple digits.

So right now, with light traffic:

 

[Husky25]

So right now, with light traffic:
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If you hit all the lights, roll through the stop signs, do 80-85 in the 65s, and 70 in the 45's, you may be able to shave enough time to get it under a 1/2 hour.

Watch out for that dip by the old gray barn on 44 though. Don't want to leave your transmission on a rural country road. Albeit was more of a hazard before cell phones.

 

[nadav]

Terrible! They are clearly better at Gampel and Hurley always talk about it. I bet he makes a push to have us play there more often. More Gampel = more W's.

I’m guessing Hurley likes his salary. Calhoun seemed to do ok in Hartford.