Student Section

[Waquoit]

I thought the student section was really strong at the Gampel games I was at this year, except for the “let’s go Brandon” chant they broke into at one of them That was just dumb.

I'm thinking the students-only First Night helped get the students back.

 

[outlaw]

I believe it was the 2012 game, it was 100% at Gampel. I was a student as well. But it is certainly easier for anyone to get into the student section at XL.

fair enough - there are plenty of things I don't remember LOL

 

[XLCenterFan]

Interesting. Did you factor in ranked/unranked opponents into that analysis? I'm genuinely curious because when I was a student there, it seemed like we played better quality opponents at Gampel each year (obviously both had cupcakes built in, but I would think if you are looking for a gambler's advantage you would want to remove those types of games from the comparison).

I simply did wins/loses in Hartford/Gampel. I should maybe look into against the spread records and factor in opponents - that would be much more timely though.

For the most part, we play an equal schedule at both places. This year we have Nova/PC/Butler/Creighton/MQ in Hartford, and SH/X/G-Town/SJU/DePaul at Storrs. Cupcake games were also evenly split. This is usually the case every year.

 

[bolt34]

Going off that, here are the records ATS (against the spread) this year.

Gampel: 3-0
vs. Central CT, -34. Won by 51
vs. LIU, -29. Won by 53
vs. Grambling -26. Won by 29

XL: 0-4
vs. Coppin St. -42. Won by 35
vs. Binghamton. -32. Won by 24
vs. MD-Eastern. -35. Won by 9
vs. Providence. -7.5. Lost by 4.

Obviously hard to make extrapolations off of such a small sample size but something I will continue to keep track of.

 

[phillionaire]

Going off that, here are the records ATS (against the spread) this year.

Gampel: 3-0
vs. Central CT, -34. Won by 51
vs. LIU, -29. Won by 53
vs. Grambling -26. Won by 29

XL: 0-4
vs. Coppin St. -42. Won by 35
vs. Binghamton. -32. Won by 24
vs. MD-Eastern. -35. Won by 9
vs. Providence. -7.5. Lost by 4.

Obviously hard to make extrapolations off of such a small sample size but something I will continue to keep track of.

Fade us in Hartford got it

 

[UConnSwag11]

The student section has been awful for awhile.

It’s a mix of bad play over the years and the students not being the students of 20 years ago (or even 10). They don’t value going to games like they use to.

The university has slowly sucked the life out of the student section as well. Started in 2009 and now it’s manifested. They’ve gotten rid of the student section at the xl center. The students should also start demanding more to have a college experience for them like we did years ago

 

[UConnSwag11]

was a student 10 years ago - don't recall that - and you certainly don't see any opposing kids in the gampel student sections.

I was there and saw the kid

 

[UConnSwag11]

there were providence kids in the student section.... think that says it all.

Bc there is no student section at XL

 

[bolt34]

The university has slowly sucked the life out of the student section as well. Started in 2009 and now it’s manifested. They’ve gotten rid of the student section at the xl center. The students should also start demanding more to have a college experience for them like we did years ago

This x100. Can’t even begin to explain how much XL Center staff was accosting students waiting in line before doors opened in the rain. Taking away signs they had made and stuff like that.

 

[101akul]

I wouldn't judge the student section based on the providence game

From a current students perspective XL games are not a great fan experience, the student section is just horrible for a game watching perspective as your pretty far away from the court especially compared to Gampel, plus only 5 rows have a good view of the court with the band taking most of the left side seats and you cant see over them, if your not in the first couple rows on the right side your watching the game from the Jumbotron. Plus getting to XL from Storrs is also kinda of a hassle between the bus being hit or miss with availability.

Also in general most of the students have not been too many games, Only Juniors and Seniors have been to games, and even for those juniors and seniors who went to the game the outlook on the team has changed significantly. Also so far this season during multiple games people have came down and told us the student section was mic'd so you couldn't say or do certain things.

Specifically for Saturday too the finals schedule was weird so there where a lot of people who still had finals on Saturday or just went home early.

But I do see its not as intense as it was for even the Houston, or Cincinnati games from freshman year, but I think that is more just the significance of the game because the turnout especially to Gampel games has been good so far (both parts are usually filled an hour before gametime) Once the spring semester rolls around I think you'll see much more of the student section you want specifically looking at that Xavier, Hall, Nova stretch (Hopefully Covid allows)