Study says Louisville has college basketball’s best fanbase; Kentucky 7th

[mauconnfan]

Yeah fishy, seriously.

Louisville got selected into the ACC - sorry again - won the BE in football and dominated "freaking" Florida in the Sugar Bowl. Was the regular season and tournament champions in BE basketball on the way to the NCAA championship, runner up in the NCAA women's championship (nice continued body of work Lady Huskies), won the BE in baseball, women's volleyball, etc.

I'd say that trumps whatever the hell you mentioned...

The fact you are on the UConn site in June arguing about downtown LVille and their wonderful women's vball team does tell me all I need to know about your life.......or the fact you don't even have one! But thanks for your interest in UConn men's basketball........

 

[BobbyPs Ghost]

The fact you are on the UConn site in June arguing about downtown LVille and their wonderful women's vball team does tell me all I need to know about your life.......or the fact you don't even have one! But thanks for your interest in UConn men's basketball........

And there you have it. It took you a while to get there but it happens almost every time here. Once guys like you run out of things to say, it's some version of "why are you here? Just leave us alone".

Just so you know, as you're on here and engaged in the conversation, your silly "life" comment cuts both ways...

 

[mauconnfan]

And there you have it. It took you a while to get there but it happens almost every time here. Once guys like you run out of things to say, it's some version of "why are you here? Just leave us alone".

Just so you know, as you're on here and engaged in the conversation, your silly "life" comment cuts both ways...

How is that dopey? I'm here on a UConn site looking to see how my favorite college hoops team which I've been following for 40 plus years has been doing on the summer recruiting trial....and you're here why dipsh*t?

 

[BobbyPs Ghost]

How is that dopey? I'm here on a UConn site looking to see how my favorite college hoops team which I've been following for 40 plus years has been doing on the summer recruiting trial....and you're here why dip ?

I'm here for the witty comments...

 

[Hurleyman216]

I'm here for the witty comments...

You'd think living in such a beautiful city like Louisville, you wouldn't have time for all this message board stuff. After all LVille is such a bustling little place. There must be a UL badminton game to attend, no?

 

[BobbyPs Ghost]

You'd think living in such a beautiful city like Louisville, you wouldn't have time for all this message board stuff. After all LVille is such a bustling little place. There must be a UL badminton game to attend, no?

See, what did I tell you? Right on cue...

 

[caw]

When you come late to the party caw, there's always something lost in translation and honestly, I've no interest in trying to catch you up. And though we appreciate the kind words, any imagined inferiority complex held by Louisville fans has surely been erased by 2012-2013. If there has been a better year for an athletic program in history; I'd sure like to hear it.

LOL, you really are poor at making arguments (in the philosophical sense). This is a message board, unless something was edited or deleted, there is no "coming late to the party" in the sense of missing something. Every word is there for me to read in black and white, no one needs to be caught up.

The fact is that you either read his initial message a) selectively to start an argument (in the bar room sense), or b) are very poor at reading comprehension. You got called out, backtracked and hedged, threw some jabs about UConn fans being jealous of UL as the purported reason any person wouldn't think Louiseville wasn't the absolutely perfect city.

Now you are trying your hardest to turn UConn fans frustrations with your poorly put together arguments as them being defensive and resorting to "get out of here" because you have superior logic when in fact you just are too damn dumb to realize you never mounted a significant well thought out offensive.

 

[caw]

Yeah fishy, seriously.

Louisville got selected into the ACC - sorry again - won the BE in football and dominated "freaking" Florida in the Sugar Bowl. Was the regular season and tournament champions in BE basketball on the way to the NCAA championship, runner up in the NCAA women's championship (nice continued body of work Lady Huskies), won the BE in baseball, women's volleyball, etc.

I'd say that trumps whatever the hell you mentioned...

Serious question, Men's Basketball aside, has UL ever won a NCAA championship ever? I can't find a record of it, if UL has.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Boy, did this devolve into a crappy thread. Dissing Louisville for its Spaghetti Factory lines opened an unfortunate door and now we've got this silly p1ssing contest.

Yes, Louisville's public transit options are as weak as they are in most medium-sized US cities, so I suppose it could come up short in a way that Hartford might for some. And it's not a major city like NY, Boston, SF, DC, Seattle, Philadelphia, LA, Dallas, etc. Duh

That said, Louisville is repeatedly and appropriately recognized as a very good place to live. It certainly stacks up well by measurements favored by most who live in CT, with a notably lower cost of living. My experience of its metro area-incorporated-into-the city is that it looks and feels somewhat similar to coastal Fairfield County from Stratford thru Norwalk. It's a milder climate, naturally beautiful mix of city/suburb/country, with good and bad neighborhoods, lush parks, better-than-average culture & food options, historic sites & architecture, and (to contrast with CT) a mixture of North/South/Midwest that you won't find anywhere else in America. For the record, I like Bardstown Road and The Highlands. And I like CT.

It's a bummer that UofL got the ACC invite, but it's easy here to lose sight that football dollars is what busted up the best basketball conference ever. It's not that Upstater is wrong, but I doubt that I'd consult his guidebook.

 

[hthusky74]

Yeah fishy, seriously.

Louisville got selected into the ACC - sorry again - won the BE in football and dominated "freaking" Florida in the Sugar Bowl. Was the regular season and tournament champions in BE basketball on the way to the NCAA championship, runner up in the NCAA women's championship (nice continued body of work Lady Huskies), won the BE in baseball, women's volleyball, etc.

I'd say that trumps whatever the hell you mentioned...

Not to nit-pick, but UConn won the BE Baseball championship.

 

[upstater]

Boy, did this devolve into a crappy thread. Dissing Louisville for its Spaghetti Factory lines opened an unfortunate door and now we've got this silly p1ssing contest.

Yes, Louisville's public transit options are as weak as they are in most medium-sized US cities, so I suppose it could come up short in a way that Hartford might for some. And it's not a major city like NY, Boston, SF, DC, Seattle, Philadelphia, LA, Dallas, etc. Duh

That said, Louisville is repeatedly and appropriately recognized as a very good place to live. It certainly stacks up well by measurements favored by most who live in CT, with a notably lower cost of living. My experience of its metro area-incorporated-into-the city is that it looks and feels somewhat similar to coastal Fairfield County from Stratford thru Norwalk. It's a milder climate, naturally beautiful mix of city/suburb/country, with good and bad neighborhoods, lush parks, better-than-average culture & food options, historic sites & architecture, and (to contrast with CT) a mixture of North/South/Midwest that you won't find anywhere else in America. For the record, I like Bardstown Road and The Highlands. And I like CT.

It's a bummer that UofL got the ACC invite, but it's easy here to lose sight that football dollars is what busted up the best basketball conference ever. It's not that Upstater is wrong, but I doubt that I'd consult his guidebook.

What is it with you Louisville denizens? I didn't detect such an inferiority complex when I've visited there. For the record, I've lived in other smallish cities, like New Haven, Providence, and Albany. I mean, it really does suck being stranded in strip mall hell for 3 hours waiting for a taxi. It's bad. It's really indefensibly bad. It would never happen in Providence and Albany. And yes, I am not a fan of cities with empty downtown cores, but with everyone congregating along strip malls. This is the same reason I don't much like Atlanta, even though it has a lot more going on than Louisville. Ya know, when you go to a place, you're downtown at a nice hotel, you don't expect to have difficulty finding food and transportation.

Here's the thing: I think I was actually nice to Louisville. I've often defended small industrial cities on this board--even Syracuse (because I like BBQ!). But Louisville has always left a bad taste in my mouth. I'm also a city person--have only lived in cities. So I tend to judge cities and not the beautifully lush surrounding countryside (which I rarely visit when I'm in a town for only a few days). Great for the people that live there. For outsiders, the city is rather less than charming, to be kind.

 

[BobbyPs Ghost]

Not to nit-pick, but UConn won the BE Baseball championship.

You're not nit picking at all - UConn did win the BE baseball tournament championship - and beat UofL in the process. For the record, I was sorry to see Va tech beat them them in the regionals. As for UofL, well they won the regular season BE baseball championship and are now on the way to the super regional, after having won their regional tournament yesterday.

 

[BobbyPs Ghost]

LOL, you really are poor at making arguments (in the philosophical sense). This is a message board, unless something was edited or deleted, there is no "coming late to the party" in the sense of missing something. Every word is there for me to read in black and white, no one needs to be caught up.

The fact is that you either read his initial message a) selectively to start an argument (in the bar room sense), or b) are very poor at reading comprehension. You got called out, backtracked and hedged, threw some jabs about UConn fans being jealous of UL as the purported reason any person wouldn't think Louiseville wasn't the absolutely perfect city.

Now you are trying your hardest to turn UConn fans frustrations with your poorly put together arguments as them being defensive and resorting to "get out of here" because you have superior logic when in fact you just are too damn dumb to realize you never mounted a significant well thought out offensive.

Wow, you sure are a self-important little twit. How was my sentence structure?

I commented on what I thought was a poster's misperception of the city. Catching you up would have included correcting you on your lack of understanding (comprehension?) of what I was referencing. For example, I said that the area of Bardstown road that he was referring to is actually nationally known as an area to visit while in Louisville because of its restaurants and other points of interest however, the road is quite long and there are some dodgy areas at the end of it. Somehow you interpret that to be my agreement with him that the area is terrible. I also thought it interesting that in a thread citing an article saying Louisville's fan base is the best, he felt it important to say that overall, he didn't like the city.

So I commented to that effect - period.

 

[upstater]

Wow, you sure are a self-important little twit. How was my sentence structure?

I commented on what I thought was a poster's misperception of the city. Catching you up would have included correcting you on your lack of understanding (comprehension?) of what I was referencing. For example, I said that the area of Bardstown road that he was referring to is actually nationally known as an area to visit while in Louisville because of its restaurants and other points of interest however, the road is quite long and there are some dodgy areas at the end of it. Somehow you interpret that to be my agreement with him that the area is terrible. I also thought it interesting that in a thread citing an article saying Louisville's fan base is the best, he felt it important to say that overall, he didn't like the city.

So I commented to that effect - period.

Caw, it's nationally known, everyone is raving about it!!! This is one of the best strip mall havens in the USA! How dare you!!

 

[mauconnfan]

Wow, you sure are a self-important little twit. How was my sentence structure?

I commented on what I thought was a poster's misperception of the city. Catching you up would have included correcting you on your lack of understanding (comprehension?) of what I was referencing. For example, I said that the area of Bardstown road that he was referring to is actually nationally known as an area to visit while in Louisville because of its restaurants and other points of interest however, the road is quite long and there are some dodgy areas at the end of it. Somehow you interpret that to be my agreement with him that the area is terrible. I also thought it interesting that in a thread citing an article saying Louisville's fan base is the best, he felt it important to say that overall, he didn't like the city.

So I commented to that effect - period.

"self-important"?? From you Casper that's pretty hilarious........a guy who continues to post on something he must believe to be of importance to anyone but himself!! It's a basketball board with a poster who didn't particularly care for "your" town and you came back with some factoids which were fine. You should have left well enough alone after your rebuttal but the fact you are a self-important idiot (not a twit) has had you coming back for more BS........congrats you have made your way into the Cuse-type on this board but you've earned it!!

 

[caw]

Wow, you sure are a self-important little twit. How was my sentence structure?

I commented on what I thought was a poster's misperception of the city. Catching you up would have included correcting you on your lack of understanding (comprehension?) of what I was referencing. For example, I said that the area of Bardstown road that he was referring to is actually nationally known as an area to visit while in Louisville because of its restaurants and other points of interest however, the road is quite long and there are some dodgy areas at the end of it. Somehow you interpret that to be my agreement with him that the area is terrible. I also thought it interesting that in a thread citing an article saying Louisville's fan base is the best, he felt it important to say that overall, he didn't like the city.

So I commented to that effect - period.

Yes, I am when people make no sense.

Don't know, and don't care.

You assume I've never been to Louisville and thus have a lack of understanding. I have been, I worked (I actually liked it) with Yum Brands (KFC if you want more details) for a few years before I got bored there. Bardstown is decent for Louisville but it's really nothing to brag about. I think Louisville is better than Hartford or New Haven but it's nothing great relative to other cities I've lived in (which to be fair were mostly major metropolitan areas).

Your reading comprehension (lack thereof) is showing again. I never said you agreed it was terrible, I said/wrote, "Both agree that outside the downtown center are some dodgy areas on Bardstown Road."

I asked straight up why you were offended and instead of answering the question, you decided to be a whiny prepubescent girl, assume I knew nothing about Louisville, and say the question wasn't worth your time.

Do you really need to be shown why commenting on the city makes sense in regards to the article? Or are you just being obtuse?

 

[BobbyPs Ghost]

Caw, it's nationally known, everyone is raving about it!!! This is one of the best strip mall havens in the USA! How dare you!!

Glad to see that you've come around...

 

[BobbyPs Ghost]

Yes, I am when people make no sense.

Don't know, and don't care.

You assume I've never been to Louisville and thus have a lack of understanding. I have been, I worked (I actually liked it) with Yum Brands (KFC if you want more details) for a few years before I got bored there. Bardstown is decent for Louisville but it's really nothing to brag about. I think Louisville is better than Hartford or New Haven but it's nothing great relative to other cities I've lived in (which to be fair were mostly major metropolitan areas).

Your reading comprehension (lack thereof) is showing again. I never said you agreed it was terrible, I said/wrote, "Both agree that outside the downtown center are some dodgy areas on Bardstown Road."

I asked straight up why you were offended and instead of answering the question, you decided to be a whiny prepubescent girl, assume I knew nothing about Louisville, and say the question wasn't worth your time.

Do you really need to be shown why commenting on the city makes sense in regards to the article? Or are you just being obtuse?

"Before everyone freaks out -- and I admit it may be too late for that now -- this should be rage-inducing only up to the point that you don't understand the methodology Dr. Michael Lewis and Dr. Manish Tripathi used to calculate their findings. The two professors at Emory University's Goizueta Business School built a regression model "that predicts team revenues as a function of the team’s performance, as measured by winning rates and postseason success" to calculate "fan base quality [as] reflected in a school’s men’s basketball revenue relative to the team’s performance." The result is what Lewis and Tripathi call "Revenue Premium Brand Based Equity Rankings." In less business-speak terms, the two are basically comparing the durability of a program's revenue against the success it has had over the years.

That's why Louisville is No. 1. The Cardinals have huge revenues -- more than $40 million a year -- with projected profits between $23 million and $28 million. Louisville has hardly been a bottom-feeder over the years, but relative to their success -- even before the 2013 national title -- Cardinals fans keep their favorite program steadily flush with cash."

The thread was about a study completed that rates fan bases on the basis of revenue produced relative to the program's performance. And based upon that, you and your little friend inexplicably feel the taxi ratio of the city of Louisville is somehow germane to the conversation. And, I'm obtuse?

 

[upstater]

"Before everyone freaks out -- and I admit it may be too late for that now -- this should be rage-inducing only up to the point that you don't understand the methodology Dr. Michael Lewis and Dr. Manish Tripathi used to calculate their findings. The two professors at Emory University's Goizueta Business School built a regression model "that predicts team revenues as a function of the team’s performance, as measured by winning rates and postseason success" to calculate "fan base quality [as] reflected in a school’s men’s basketball revenue relative to the team’s performance." The result is what Lewis and Tripathi call "Revenue Premium Brand Based Equity Rankings." In less business-speak terms, the two are basically comparing the durability of a program's revenue against the success it has had over the years.

That's why Louisville is No. 1. The Cardinals have huge revenues -- more than $40 million a year -- with projected profits between $23 million and $28 million. Louisville has hardly been a bottom-feeder over the years, but relative to their success -- even before the 2013 national title -- Cardinals fans keep their favorite program steadily flush with cash."

The thread was about a study completed that rates fan bases on the basis of revenue produced relative to the program's performance. And based upon that, you and your little friend inexplicably feel the taxi ratio of the city of Louisville is somehow germane to the conversation. And, I'm obtuse?

You're not obtuse. You're batshit insane! Read your last paragraph.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

What is it with you Louisville denizens? I didn't detect such an inferiority complex when I've visited there. For the record, I've lived in other smallish cities, like New Haven, Providence, and Albany. I mean, it really does suck being stranded in strip mall hell for 3 hours waiting for a taxi. It's bad. It's really indefensibly bad. It would never happen in Providence and Albany. And yes, I am not a fan of cities with empty downtown cores, but with everyone congregating along strip malls. This is the same reason I don't much like Atlanta, even though it has a lot more going on than Louisville. Ya know, when you go to a place, you're downtown at a nice hotel, you don't expect to have difficulty finding food and transportation.

Here's the thing: I think I was actually nice to Louisville. I've often defended small industrial cities on this board--even Syracuse (because I like BBQ!). But Louisville has always left a bad taste in my mouth. I'm also a city person--have only lived in cities. So I tend to judge cities and not the beautifully lush surrounding countryside (which I rarely visit when I'm in a town for only a few days). Great for the people that live there. For outsiders, the city is rather less than charming, to be kind.

Louisville denizen?
Not this 50 year Husky fan who was raised in West Hartford, and has lived in Rochester, Boston, and NYC in addition to Westport, New Haven, Fairfield, Norwalk, Bridgeport and 3 places on Long Island. I like Dinosaur, but Louisville has more and better BBQ options, just as New Haven can top Spaghetti Factory. Ya got stuck in a medium US city with bad taxi response. You've revealed what you look for in a quick visit, probably on business. Louisville didn't work for you. Past that you've been reaching the whole time, and you're still not there. At least CAW goes apples to apples . . .

 

[BobbyPs Ghost]

You're not obtuse. You're bat insane! Read your last paragraph.

I guess based on your logic, if Louisville had a hundred more cabs, the basketball team would have generated 80 million in revenue. That and you wouldn't have stood for three hours on Bardstown Road like a two bit hooker...

 

[upstater]

Louisville denizen?
Not this 50 year Husky fan who was raised in West Hartford, and has lived in Rochester, Boston, and NYC in addition to Westport, New Haven, Fairfield, Norwalk, Bridgeport and 3 places on Long Island. I like Dinosaur, but Louisville has more and better BBQ options, just as New Haven can top Spaghetti Factory. Ya got stuck in a medium US city with bad taxi response. You've revealed what you look for in a quick visit, probably on business. Louisville didn't work for you. Past that you've been reaching the whole time, and you're still not there. At least CAW goes apples to apples . . .

I wasn't judging Ville as a place to live. My first post was about visiting Ville. That's it.

 

[upstater]

I guess based on your logic, if Louisville had a hundred more cabs, the basketball team would have generated 80 million in revenue. That and you wouldn't have stood for three hours on Bardstown Road like a two bit hooker...

You are getting nuttier with every post--and that is quite a feat!! Literally mixing crazy things together. Wow!

 

[BobbyPs Ghost]

You are getting nuttier with every post--and that is quite a feat!! Literally mixing crazy things together. Wow!

You've got to know your audience...

 

[upstater]

You've got to know your audience...

Clearly, you don't. See Senore's posts. He knows his audience. Take meds, then post next time.

 

[BobbyPs Ghost]

Clearly, you don't. See Senore's posts. He knows his audience. Take meds, then post next time.

Tell you what, if you can logically explain how your post about your experience in Louisville is pertinent to the study cited as the basis for this thread, I'll stop posting here. If you can't - then you stop posting. Deal?

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

I wasn't judging Ville as a place to live. My first post was about visiting Ville. That's it.

I've ONLY visited Louisville, never lived there. Face it: you overreached. Maybe you can edit the Wikipedia entry and mention the cab situation.

 

[upstater]

I've ONLY visited Louisville, never lived there. Face it: you overreached. Maybe you can edit the Wikipedia entry and mention the cab situation.

Sorry I mentioned I waited 3 hours for a cab. sorry I mentioned not seeing any food downtown other than Spaghetti factory. Sorry I don't like strip malls. I apologize. And really, sorry for liking the Seelbach, jazz in Louisville and sports. Because, if I never visit that town again, I'll be a happy man.

I actually wish what you wrote was true. I actually wish my exposure to that hole came from Wiki, and that I had no personal experience.

 

[Scot-e]

Who cares?

 

[upstater]

Tell you what, if you can logically explain how your post about your experience in Louisville is pertinent to the study cited as the basis for this thread, I'll stop posting here. If you can't - then you stop posting. Deal?

Someone mentioned that Louisville sux. I verified.