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Message: [QUOTE="uconnbaseball, post: 2707453, member: 412"] Michigan and Indiana -- two other successful northern programs -- have no issue drawing butts to seats (well over 1,000 a game on average). Neither program plays in fantastic weather on a regular basis. I don't think weather is the main issue. After all, successful UConn teams of the past have struggled to draw for home games even in nice weather. J.O. Christian is obviously suboptimal for the time being, but stadium quality doesn't explain 200 people at a big conference game on Sunday. The students in particular are disappointingly absent from games. How do we get more support? Well, I guess the program could use more PR from the university. Mind you, Benedict has shown an active interest in the team and Chris Jones (the play by play guy) is awesome in every way, but it's true the program doesn't get the coverage it deserves. I don't have any easy solutions to the problem, but UConn nation needs to think critically about how to support its successful programs because a couple hundred people a home game is a horrible look for any prospective p5 conference. We are definitely not far apart on this. Where I disagree is that it's acceptable for UConn fans to ignore a regional host-level team because of cool weather. It's not. [/QUOTE]