Thank you XL Center

[willie99]

Could never have done it without you

 

[Madmannsucks]

What's with all the empty seats?

 

[Chin Diesel]

What's with all the empty seats?

Would have been more empty seats if people had to drive all the way to Storrs.

 

[OUTATIME]

Would have been more STUDENTS if game was in Storrs.

FTFY

 

[SteelCT]

Great turnout for a Tuesday…good amount of students as well. What makes me more mad that the empty seats is people leaving with less than a minute in a close game.

 

[UChusky916]

I said in another thread that the flash ticket sale was scary because we won't be close to filling the place, and that those who attend will hopefully make up for the empty seats. Thankfully they did.

I was happy to attend and thought the crowd, while not near capacity, was very engaged and loud considering it was a 6:30 game midweek.

It certainly helps when the team starts fast and puts up 45+ in the first half.

 

[Son of Robert]

The XL Center was rocking, best crowd this year. Great game!!

 

[TMB4405]

So I thought crowd did a really good job starting with supporting the officer when she fumbled the anthem 2 times. Good karma there.

Every time we really wanted to get into it in defense they scored or got fouled. So it could have been even better. Overall good effort.

 

[Waquoit]

The XL Center was rocking, best crowd this year. Great game!!

I was checking the Chat room during the timeouts. The usual suspects were calling the XL a morgue again. I keep that in mind when I read their posts.

 

[CTBasketball]

I’ve been to every home game this year, the loudest and most engaged games have been:

1. Providence @ XL
2. Marquette @ XL



….

3. Georgetown @ Gampel

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

I was at the game against Creighton and the one today. We had way more people attend this time and the crowd was standing up and cheering way more compared to the last game. Then again Creighton were winning pretty much all game compared to our performance today.

Fun game to attend!

 

[John]

Give people a,reason to show up and they'll show up. Give people a reason to cheer and they'll cheer.

 

[mbs02005]

Anyone in the building wouldn’t second guess the crowd tonight. Unless you’re just a lifetime hater. What a student turnout.

 

[CV1]

I have been critical of the XL crowd this year but they were great tonight. I was there and it seemed like there was an edge to the crowd from the beginning. The XL crowd also deserves big time props for coming to the aid of the woman who sang the national anthem. She stumbled a bit in the middle and had to start over and the crowd sang the whole national anthem with her and at her pace. Really great moment.

 

[Deepster]

And Red Panda…..

 

[bendm]

Give people a,reason to show up and they'll show up. Give people a reason to cheer and they'll cheer.

having a winning record should be reason enough and theyve had that all season

 

[Ts5034]

The XL Center was rocking, best crowd this year. Great game!!

Let’s follow that up with an even better crowd vs Villanova 2 weeks from tonight.

 

[Kolumbo]

Would have been more empty seats if people had to drive all the way to Storrs.

Completely empty, no doubt.

Long live the HCC.

 

[willie99]

What's with all the empty seats?

You must not have been there, or you're blinded by hate fueled by silliness

Loudest crowd of the year.

 

[RayIsTheGOAT]

We keep talking about this good crowd for a "Tuesday" thing... but then I put on the Arkansas Auburn game afterwards and that place was filled to the brim, not an empty seat in sight... on a Tuesday night.

I understand Arkansas were playing the #1 team in the country.... but we're UConn. We're ranked, playing another ranked team in a huge Big East game. You're telling me we can't fill every seat in that arena?

Does Duke have good "Tuesday" crowds with visible clusters of empty seats at the bottom?

It really sucks that people have tickets like 3 rows back from the court, and hold on to them and don't go.

But also- this wouldn't happen at UConn in the OBE days right? Lots of empty seats for a Big East ranked matchup on a Tuesday night? Is covid still just keeping people away, whereas in Arkansas, no one really gives a **?

 

[John]

We keep talking about this good crowd for a "Tuesday" thing... but then I put on the Arkansas Auburn game afterwards and that place was filled to the brim, not an empty seat in sight... on a Tuesday night.

I understand Arkansas were playing the #1 team in the country.... but we're UConn. We're ranked, playing another ranked team in a huge Big East game. You're telling me we can't fill every seat in that arena?

Does Duke have good "Tuesday" crowds with visible clusters of empty seats at the bottom?

It really sucks that people have tickets like 3 rows back from the court, and hold on to them and don't go.

But also- this wouldn't happen at UConn in the OBE days right? Lots of empty seats for a Big East ranked matchup on a Tuesday night? Is covid still just keeping people away, whereas in Arkansas, no one really gives a **?

You're new to UConn basketball I take it. You do realize that during the Calhoun era, especially after the 2004 championship, that attendence started to slide in both buildings.

 

[UofCT]

Great turnout for a Tuesday…good amount of students as well. What makes me more mad that the empty seats is people leaving with less than a minute in a close game.

The game within the game

 

[Kiddddddd34]

Section 102 STAND UP... entire building is on their feet and that entire section refused. (myb its not "cool" to cheer) .... and im pretty sure at least a couple people in that section could've been in a coma

 

[DCUconnfan]

We keep talking about this good crowd for a "Tuesday" thing... but then I put on the Arkansas Auburn game afterwards and that place was filled to the brim, not an empty seat in sight... on a Tuesday night.

I understand Arkansas were playing the #1 team in the country.... but we're UConn. We're ranked, playing another ranked team in a huge Big East game. You're telling me we can't fill every seat in that arena?

Does Duke have good "Tuesday" crowds with visible clusters of empty seats at the bottom?

It really sucks that people have tickets like 3 rows back from the court, and hold on to them and don't go.

But also- this wouldn't happen at UConn in the OBE days right? Lots of empty seats for a Big East ranked matchup on a Tuesday night? Is covid still just keeping people away, whereas in Arkansas, no one really gives a **?

As yo your last point, yes, I truly believe Covid is keeping people away in this state still versus elsewhere. I know multiple people with season tickets that are not yet venturing out to games due to omicron. Now that numbers are below 10% positivity I'm sure they'll get back into stadiums, but I get it. The bigger issue is not trying to find others to take said tickets, but that's a different story.

 

[Guapo]

We keep talking about this good crowd for a "Tuesday" thing... but then I put on the Arkansas Auburn game afterwards and that place was filled to the brim, not an empty seat in sight... on a Tuesday night.

I understand Arkansas were playing the #1 team in the country.... but we're UConn. We're ranked, playing another ranked team in a huge Big East game. You're telling me we can't fill every seat in that arena?

Does Duke have good "Tuesday" crowds with visible clusters of empty seats at the bottom?

It really sucks that people have tickets like 3 rows back from the court, and hold on to them and don't go.

But also- this wouldn't happen at UConn in the OBE days right? Lots of empty seats for a Big East ranked matchup on a Tuesday night? Is covid still just keeping people away, whereas in Arkansas, no one really gives a **?

You know I’m on your side generally in this debate, but this crowd was perfectly adequate for a 6:30 tip on a Tuesday vs Marquette.

There are only a handful of other programs that’ll pull 12k for that draw/tip time