Storrs South this year

[huskyjawz]

I was in 114 and the SJU fans around me said they were ticket holders. The family in front of me said they were not missing this game after stinking for so many years.

I'm curious, are the 100s at PBA all season ticket holders?

Yes.

 

[HooperScooper]

A St. John's crowd at a St. John's home game. I'm not sure why this is shocking for so many people.

Just because UConn fans have been able to pack MSG in the previous years before last season because SJU was't good. We're not used to what happened last night.

 

[Marat]

The Illinois game was probably 70/30 Uconn--felt 50/50 during warmup with the orange so loud.

Florida game was probably 65/35 in favor of Uconn.

Its all relative.

Where i sat in lower level, it felt 90% UConn to 10% Illinois, or worst case 80/20.

 

[John]

Just because UConn fans have been able to pack MSG in the previous years before last season because SJU was't good. We're not used to what happened last night.

Neither are they.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

Does Pitino take another P4 job? The biggest attraction of the St. John's job was that it didn't require him to move. I'm not convinced that he'll be up for the disruption again for a new start up.

I said the same thing in the chat. Pitino is a scummy human, but a very good basketball coach. This last run at St. John's confirms that and rehabilitate his reputation, somewhat.

If I remember correctly he was born sometime in the 1400s so he’s probably got another 600 or so years in him at least. P4 job is not out of the question.

 

[willie99]

When St John's sells more season tickets and those fans show for a big game, like we would, they're going to fill the lower bowl. Our fans bought the tickets that were available to them, the upper bowl. For our home games, we even fill the upper bowl

It was a home game for a ranked team people, and a fan base that's desperate to be relevant again. They brought it

Now, if we meet in the BET, that will be the test. Their season ticket holders won't have any more tickets than ours. And the rest will be up for grabs on the secondary markets

Enjoy the ride people

 

[Marat]

When St John's sells more season tickets and those fans show for a big game, like we would, they're going to fill the lower bowl. Our fans bought the tickets that were available to them, the upper bowl. For our home games, we even fill the upper bowl

It was a home game for a ranked team people, and a fan base that's desperate to be relevant again. They brought it

Now, if we meet in the BET, that will be the test. Their season ticket holders won't have any more tickets than ours. And the rest will be up for grabs on the secondary markets

Enjoy the ride people

Exactly !

I think back to the 1999 BET final vs SJU and still cant believe it was like 80% UConn fans in that game, or maybe even 85%. I dont think it would like that in 2026 though.

 

[willie99]

If I remember correctly he was born sometime in the 1400s so he’s probably got another 600 or so years in him at least. P4 job is not out of the question.View attachment 116880

No joking, I see the resemblance. Pitino is just a little paler, not has much sun I suppose

 

[huskyjawz]

Who has the most rabid fanbase, Kentucky? If we hosted Kentucky in Hartford, how many tickets were their fans buy , 5%?

 

[EROCK CONN]

I was there …. lower bowl was 70-30 SJU but the red i saw in the upper seemed to be about 30% of the crowd.

Electric environment ! Tickets were pricey and getting into the city was brutal. I had a dinner in new canaan with a client that ended at 615. Had a car pick me up (gotta do what you gotta do). After a couple cocktails, a long day that started at 345 am, i fell asleep in the car . When I woke up, the city was on my right and i was on the whitestone - uber driver said west side hwy, CCP and West Side were disasters. Getting crosstown was a nightmare with all the snow/ garbage . Didn’t get to garden until 810… that’s about 40 miles in 2 hours.

Even with the loss - still well worth it.

 

[sledog]

Here's a mention of 'Storrs South' by NY Post today:

St. John’s fans did their part — and more — during electrifying UConn win

In the lead-up to Friday night, nobody knew what to expect from the sellout crowd.

nypost.com

 

[Lafayette]

Here's a mention of 'Storrs South' by NY Post today:

St. John’s fans did their part — and more — during electrifying UConn win

In the lead-up to Friday night, nobody knew what to expect from the sellout crowd.

nypost.com

Not often a top 3 in conference rival heads to MSG. Basically us or in recent past Marquette or Creighton depending on when but NY/CT is a border that means close rivalry.

St. John's fans are delusional though:

1. A few light, almost uncallable fouls on us, and some of them wanted a flagrant.
2. When Braylon tripped on the court so the ball went OOB, one fan wanted deliberate delay of game
3. When Demary had a free throw late in the second half their guy was 2 ft in the lane before he shot - no call so some grumbles from UConn fans (as we were called for a lane violation in the first half) for equality - were met with "no violation! he was behind the line!"

I get UConn fans can be rough, but we see what we see.

 

[RuffRuff]

Not often a top 3 in conference rival heads to MSG. Basically us or in recent past Marquette or Creighton depending on when but NY/CT is a border that means close rivalry.

St. John's fans are delusional though:

1. A few light, almost uncallable fouls on us, and some of them wanted a flagrant.
2. When Braylon tripped on the court so the ball went OOB, one fan wanted deliberate delay of game
3. When Demary had a free throw late in the second half their guy was 2 ft in the lane before he shot - no call so some grumbles from UConn fans (as we were called for a lane violation in the first half) for equality - were met with "no violation! he was behind the line!"

I get UConn fans can be rough, but we see what we see.

You really think our fans are more objective than theirs?

 

[uconnric]

If we can only fill the building on Saturdays is it really Storrs south? Think the fan base has had a bad showing all year except for the Arizona game

That’s ridiculous. This was a St. John’s home game. They have season season ticket holders and obviously otherwise bought tickets early for this game. If you want to criticize the UCONN turnout compare it to the turnout at a Providence game at the Dunc.
It wasn’t the BET or a neutral site game

 

[cullaville]

I was there …. lower bowl was 70-30 SJU but the red i saw in the upper seemed to be about 30% of the crowd.

Electric environment ! Tickets were pricey and getting into the city was brutal. I had a dinner in new canaan with a client that ended at 615. Had a car pick me up (gotta do what you gotta do). After a couple cocktails, a long day that started at 345 am, i fell asleep in the car . When I woke up, the city was on my right and i was on the whitestone - uber driver said west side hwy, CCP and West Side were disasters. Getting crosstown was a nightmare with all the snow/ garbage . Didn’t get to garden until 810… that’s about 40 miles in 2 hours.

Even with the loss - still well worth it.

Not sure where you were looking in the uppers but it was mainly red. Besides my son and myself I think there were four other Uconn fans is our whole section.

When waiting at the train station I started having a feeling that this was not going to be the typical Uconn crowd at the garden, a lot fewer people in Uconn garb, able to get a set on the train. Even saw people in St John's sweatshirts etc coming in from CT. In the many years we have been going to this game I don't remember seeing that.

When we walked by Legends and there was no line then I really thought the crowd was going to be different.

Just like the Civic VCenter will be a predominantly Uconn crowd.

 

[cullaville]

a lot of red in the lower bowl but the upper deck was very blue

not sure where you were looking but besides my self and son I think there were only four other Uconn fans in our whole section

 

[cullaville]

very intentional scheduling by SJU/MSG/FOX

Uconn fan here.

I don't think St Johns has much say in the conference schedule, I would think the conference sets the schedule. There are limited Saturdays and Sundays during the period of the conference schedule. Yes Saturday or Sunday would have been easier but MSG is also home to the Knicks and Rangers and there are many other events that take place there.

Friday night on FOX - isn't it good for both teams and the league to have a national audience for the two top ranked teams in the conference?

Compare a Friday night for UConn fans to get to MSG via Metro North compared the St Johns fand getting to the Civic Center on a weekday evening with very few options for Mass transit.

 

[Lafayette]

Uconn fan here.

I don't think St Johns has much say in the conference schedule, I would think the conference sets the schedule. There are limited Saturdays and Sundays during the period of the conference schedule. Yes Saturday or Sunday would have been easier but MSG is also home to the Knicks and Rangers and there are many other events that take place there.

Friday night on FOX - isn't it good for both teams and the league to have a national audience for the two top ranked teams in the conference?

Compare a Friday night for UConn fans to get to MSG via Metro North compared the St Johns fand getting to the Civic Center on a weekday evening with very few options for Mass transit.

I think this was more than just Big East scheduling. Other games of note were going on and not wanting competition of the enthusiast not from those schools (e.g., which game to watch?)

There's also logistics especially in the Winter - if we played them on Sunday we have to get to Butler likely Tuesday but also the Superbowl was Sunday so the game would have been earlier like 10am which is not ideal either.

 

[HooperScooper]

Uconn fan here.

I don't think St Johns has much say in the conference schedule, I would think the conference sets the schedule. There are limited Saturdays and Sundays during the period of the conference schedule. Yes Saturday or Sunday would have been easier but MSG is also home to the Knicks and Rangers and there are many other events that take place there.

Friday night on FOX - isn't it good for both teams and the league to have a national audience for the two top ranked teams in the conference?

Compare a Friday night for UConn fans to get to MSG via Metro North compared the St Johns fand getting to the Civic Center on a weekday evening with very few options for Mass transit.

There was nothing scheduled at MSG on Saturday.

As we discussed above, the consensus seems to be that Fox wanted this game for Friday night.

Yes, it was a pain in the neck getting to MSG on a Friday night.

 

[CTBasketball]

There was nothing scheduled at MSG on Saturday.

As we discussed above, the consensus seems to be that Fox wanted this game for Friday night.

Yes, it was a pain in the neck getting to MSG on a Friday night.

I think this was more than just Big East scheduling. Other games of note were going on and not wanting competition of the enthusiast not from those schools (e.g., which game to watch?)

There's also logistics especially in the Winter - if we played them on Sunday we have to get to Butler likely Tuesday but also the Superbowl was Sunday so the game would have been earlier like 10am which is not ideal either.

The Big East and Val don’t really know how to schedule. They put this exact game last year in Storrs at like 6:30 on a Friday night and half the people couldn’t get to their seats for tip.

They wanted to feature Michigan St & Illinois on Saturday night. They gave St John’s and UConn Friday night. Regardless I don’t really care that UConn fans couldn’t get to MSG, it was designed to be a St John’s home game and it was. When they are good and playing there it is NOT our home arena.

 

[cullaville]

I think this was more than just Big East scheduling. Other games of note were going on and not wanting competition of the enthusiast not from those schools (e.g., which game to watch?)

There's also logistics especially in the Winter - if we played them on Sunday we have to get to Butler likely Tuesday but also the Superbowl was Sunday so the game would have been earlier like 10am which is not ideal either.

A few years ago the game was on Super Bowl Sunday and started at noon. There were a lot of of empty seats although if I remember it was still majority Uconn fans.

 

[cullaville]

There was nothing scheduled at MSG on Saturday.

As we discussed above, the consensus seems to be that Fox wanted this game for Friday night.

Yes, it was a pain in the neck getting to MSG on a Friday night.

Even though there might not have been any events at MSG on Saturday there is till the consideration of when the teams last played and when/where they play next.

Twenty conference games have to be scheduled in a limited amount of time and take into account the scheduling of all games allowing time for travel. Uconn's next game is at Butler.

 

[HooperScooper]

Even though there might not have been any events at MSG on Saturday there is till the consideration of when the teams last played and when/where they play next.

Twenty conference games have to be scheduled in a limited amount of time and take into account the scheduling of all games allowing time for travel. Uconn's next game is at Butler.

All true but I don't see how any of that is relevant to this game in particular.