OT- Maryland Student Section

[3uconn]

I wish we had a student section like this. I couldn't imagine how loud it would be at the XL Center with that many students then all of the fans. Also the ending wasn't bad!

 

[aboogieee]

Should push for Students sections on the sidelines..

 

[housekeys]

Nice, although... I rather be dancing in March/April, than dancing in February.

 

[Fishy]

UConn already did one of those flash mob-y sort of things last year.

 

[Mots010]

Yeah, been there, done that....

 

[CTBasketball]

 

[upstater]

UConn students were rocking at Gampel last week, it looked positively nuts there, and the announcers mentioned it several times.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Students around the entire court, yes. However, getting bat shi+ crazy loud as Huskies' students can at times trumps the Storrs' flash mob and especially Maryland's over-the-top, pre-choreographed Pukish effort.

 

[BoatShow]

I'm glad we don't have a stupid gimmicky student section.

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Should push for Students sections on the sidelines..

I do agree on the sidelines thing but we should also color coordinate more often I know it's gimmicky but it makes it look like way more people are there

 

[Jerry1714]

Their student section only shows up like that for Duke games

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

Utah St is usually the best and most creative student section.

They are also separated from the court only by a small bar in some sections. Very cool atmosphere there.

 

[minidarren]

Doesnt SDSU do that "I Believe" deal as well? I believe it sucks.

 

[UConn5]

Utah State's "I believe that we will win" is pretty cool but I don't know if they started it...I think New Mexico does it as well but I don't know who started doing it first.

 

[boog204]

I'll say this, I went to a number of Maryland games back in the day (my best friend is a grad) both at Cole and the Comcast Center and I'm sorry to say that their crowds are a million times more vocal, excited, and "into it" than any UConn game I've ever attended. Certainly part of it is the student surrounding thing, but it is just a world of difference. I could do without the cheese choreography, but seeing an ACC game at Maryland is a really, really cool experience. The closest UConn game atmosphere I can remember was 99 against Mich St. and that paled in comparison to any of the Maryland games I saw.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

Utah State's "I believe that we will win" is pretty cool but I don't know if they started it...I think New Mexico does it as well but I don't know who started doing it first.

"Winning Team, Losing Team" is awesome !!!

Much better than "I believe...". But i like that one as well.

 

[ibleedhuskyblue]

 

[huskysupporter]

I'll say this, I went to a number of Maryland games back in the day (my best friend is a grad) both at Cole and the Comcast Center and I'm sorry to say that their crowds are a million times more vocal, excited, and "into it" than any UConn game I've ever attended. Certainly part of it is the student surrounding thing, but it is just a world of difference. I could do without the cheese choreography, but seeing an ACC game at Maryland is a really, really cool experience. The closest UConn game atmosphere I can remember was 99 against Mich St. and that paled in comparison to any of the Maryland games I saw.

Agreed. Great student section. I liked Cole alot better than comcast center, though.

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[BoatShow]

Their student section only shows up like that for Duke games

This is true. But people could say ours only showed up for GTown and Cuse this year. The discrepancy at UMD is huge though.

 

[FeedTheDove]

Should push for Students sections on the sidelines..

So ive been really for the students on the sideline idea. We should be on the sideline and wrap around behind the basket were already behind. However, there are some issues. The sidelines have seats whereas the upper section of our current student section has bleachers; how do you think non student ticket holders will feel about sitting in bleachers? MSU has this designed perfectly. Student seats are bleachers surrounding the court in a lower section with seated non students further back. The atmosphere would be significantly better with students on the sideline/wrapping around, and it would also help student turn out knowing that you were guaranteed "lower section." The way our section is now pisses me off. It completely divides our students so that people in the upper sections dont feel that they have to stand or be loud because thats what the lower section is for. With all of the students on one level, there'd definitely be a sense of togetherness.

 

[ZenConn]

Doesnt SDSU do that "I Believe" deal as well? I believe it sucks.

It's because the sound doesn't travel well in thin air ...

 

[FeedTheDove]

"I believe" and "winning team losing team" are both chants that my high school did. Colleges doing this is a joke.

 

[ZenConn]

Maryland's fans are good especially when playing Dook.

Signs like these crack me up.

 

[upstater]

I also give Maryland fans credit for infiltrating the Duke student section before the game. The Maryland plant told the Duke fans that Nik-Caner Medley had a girlfriend with a pet name for him, "Piggy." The student said the girl's name was Myra, and that it would really get under NCM's skin if the duke fans would chant his nickname when he had the ball. So, the whole Duke student section started chanting "Myra and Piggy" when Caner-Medley was out there.

This prompted Coach K. to say, "WTF!?! Why are my students chanting Myron Piggie? STFU!"