The 9 best places to watch WCBB

[Plebe]

The 9 best places to watch women's college basketball, according to fans | NCAA.com

While we wait for another exciting women's college basketball season to start again, we decided to ask the experts — the fans — which places are the best to catch a game.

www.ncaa.com

In no particular order:

KFC Yum Center (Louisville)​

Ferrell Center (Baylor)​

Colonial Life Arena (South Carolina)​

Gill Coliseum (Oregon State)​

Humphrey Coliseum (Mississippi State)
Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame)​

Hilton Coliseum (Iowa State)​

Gampel Pavilion (UConn)​

Matthew Knight Arena (Oregon)​

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[nwhoopfan]

Only 1 state has 2 on the list. I've been to one of those arenas.

 

[Plebe]

Only 1 state has 2 on the list. I've been to one of those arenas.

Hard to believe it wasn't too long ago that both of those teams sucked. In 2013 Oregon finished the season ranked #255 in the RPI, Oregon State #193. They've both come a long way in a very short time.

 

[eebmg]

Weird 'survey' when you ask fans who will invariably pick their home court. Question identical to 'which are the nine strongest programs with most active fan bases. And of course, the results validate that.

 

[ochoopsfan]

The Pit and Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, CA. Only 4 rows on the sidelines and depending which end of the court. 8 rows or 3 rows.

 

[Centerstream]

My easy chair in front of my 78inch 4k TV.

 

[triaddukefan]

meh

 

[Plebe]

Weird 'survey' when you ask fans who will invariably pick their home court. Question identical to 'which are the nine strongest programs with most active fan bases. And of course, the results validate that.

This is what passes for a scientific sociological study nowadays in the age of social media.

The fans have spoken!
Sorry, @triaddukefan , High Point didn't make the cut

 

[triaddukefan]

This is what passes for a scientific sociological study nowadays in the age of social media.

The fans have spoken!

I'm in a cantankerous old man mood tonight... so I won't comment on that right now

Sorry, @triaddukefan , High Point didn't make the cut

Just wait until High Point moves into their $120 million dollar complex in 2020-21....

 

[SimpleDawg]

Average attendance last year at home....... (roughly the same top 9, sans a few)

RANK	School	Games	Average Attendance				Total Attendance
1	South Carolina	17	10,406				176,904
2	Iowa State	20	9,573				191,462
3	Louisville	17	9,531				162,021
4	UConn	14	8,870				124,177
5	Mississippi State	17	8,446				143,578
6	Notre Dame	17	8,434				143,382
7	Tennessee	17	8,028				136,471
8	Oregon	17	7,148				121,511
9	Iowa	17	6,797				115,546

 

[MilfordHusky]

The seating, parking, and amenities at Gampel are not the best, but the quality of play is. And then there are the Wall of Honor and 11 banners hanging from the rafters.

 

[triaddukefan]

Well to me, the best places to watch games would be either old historic barns.... or modern palaces. So of the list.... Yum and Gill would be the two that fit the bill of the 9 listed.

 

[nwhoopfan]

or modern palaces

I haven't been in it, but I don't think Uncle Phil spared any expenses on Matt Knight Arena, so that would probably fit the bill as well.

 

[triaddukefan]

I haven't been in it, but I don't think Uncle Phil spared any expenses on Matt Knight Arena, so that would probably fit the bill as well.

Perhaps.. I wouldnt step foot in the place

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

IMHO the Mohegan Sun Arena is a great place to watch a WBB game!
It's what Gampel Arena should have been! All REAL seats no bleachers!

 

[JordyG]

Being a Husky fan I still have to say it. If you can't get charged watching your team play SCar at Colonial Life you ain't a WCBB fan.

 

[NWHoopFan2]

I haven't been in it, but I don't think Uncle Phil spared any expenses on Matt Knight Arena, so that would probably fit the bill as well.

I’m a season ticket holder and it is pretty nice.

 

[SCGamecock]

Being a Husky fan I still have to say it. If you can't get charged watching your team play SCar at Colonial Life you ain't a WCBB fan.

That is a pretty rocking environment. In the beginning at least. But it's still nice to see so many thousands turn out for women's basketball.

 

[meyers7]

My easy chair in front of my 78inch 4k TV.

Yea, was gonna say, they didn't include my man cave and bar. Just sayin'.

 

[vtcwbuff]

The 9 best places to watch women's college basketball, according to fans | NCAA.com

While we wait for another exciting women's college basketball season to start again, we decided to ask the experts — the fans — which places are the best to catch a game.

www.ncaa.com

In no particular order:

KFC Yum Center (Louisville)​

Ferrell Center (Baylor)​

Colonial Life Arena (South Carolina)​

Gill Coliseum (Oregon State)​

Humphrey Coliseum (Mississippi State)​

Purcell Pavilion (Notre Dame)​

Hilton Coliseum (Iowa State)​

Gampel Pavilion (UConn)​

Matthew Knight Arena (Oregon)​

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Gampel??? - Maybe in the lower bowl. Try squeezing into the ass numbing seats in the upper bowl.

 

[mbr33ct]

Yea, was gonna say, they didn't include my man cave and bar. Just sayin'.

I think you needed a minimum of 5 votes.

 

[vtcwbuff]

IMHO the Mohegan Sun Arena is a great place to watch a WBB game!
It's what Gampel Arena should have been! All REAL seats no bleachers!

I was going to mention the Sun Arena as a great place to watch WCBB. Then I noticed the list was all home arenas. In any case the Sun beats the hell out of Gampel in about a dozen different ways.

 

[Monte]

Seton Hall

 

[mbr33ct]

I was going to mention the Sun Arena as a great place to watch WCBB. Then I noticed the list was all home arenas. In any case the Sun beats the hell out of Gampel in about a dozen different ways.

Let me just add my 2 cents worth to the Mohegan Sun Arena. I have to agree what you and @RSHERMVIKES mentioned. For the few times I've been there to watch a game or two, I found myself going up to the "upper bowl" to watch the games. Those seats seem to be right on the action, great view from up there.

 

[ed4ourgirls]

I'm always impressed with how well Cyclone fans support their Iowa State team.

I don't think they've ever been to a final four. Elite Eight maybe once or twice, but
they always draw in the top five year in and year out.

Maybe there's just nothing else to do in Ames.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

I'm always impressed with how well Cyclone fans support their Iowa State team.

I don't think they've ever been to a final four. Elite Eight maybe once or twice, but
they always draw in the top five year in and year out.

Maybe there's just nothing else to do in Ames.

There is that. We were riding the elevator at the hotel there and - not kidding - wondering what the large building next door was. It was the "Bull Semen Institute". That's Iowa for you.

As to the folks talking about Gampel, as a Rutgers fan I was there many times - very nice arena actually, in comparison to most. I have only been to 3 on the list (shocking, I've been to over 100 arenas), I really didn't care much for Notre Dame and it was so long ago we were in Ames I don't feel competent to comment.

I can't think of all the places we have gone, but I will say that, as somewhat older facilities go, Carver-Hawkeye Arena at Iowa was a nice place to watch a game.

 

[j66kicker]

I'm always impressed with how well Cyclone fans support their Iowa State team.

I don't think they've ever been to a final four. Elite Eight maybe once or twice, but
they always draw in the top five year in and year out.

Maybe there's just nothing else to do in Ames.

Sorta like - ahem - Connecticut...?? (sports-wise, anyway)

 

[LoTrader]

It's impossible not to get charged up in Gill Coliseum. It is absolutely electric in this arena.

 

[j66kicker]

Most of CT is a metro-north ride away from NYC, which is a big, big difference from Ames! As someone who lived in CT for four years, I can easily attest to the difference that makes in accessing the wider world.

Yeah you got me there. I lived in CT for 20 years and got to know NYC so well it almost seemed like I lived there. Also proximity to Boston, Italian food on Franklin Avenue, etc, etc. Better stop now before I want to move back...

 

[SoFla Steve]

IMHO the Mohegan Sun Arena is a great place to watch a WBB game!
It's what Gampel Arena should have been! All REAL seats no bleachers!

The original plan for Gampel was to have all chairback seats, They ran out of money.
There's that "M" word, again.