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Why senior citizens love NCAA women’s basketball
"I think the girls understand the basics," said Chuck Metzger, a retired retail food-sales manager and FSU women's season-ticket holder since 2013.
“There’s an awful lot of passing, there’s a lot of communication between the players, the way they move around the court looking for open shots and everything. It’s a little different than a lot of, ‘Get it to the big guy and dunk.’”
"USF doesn’t keep track of its season-ticket purchasers by age bracket. Nor does 11-time national champ Connecticut or 2017 national champ South Carolina. But FSU and Florida do.
Of the Seminoles’ 1,620 women’s hoops season-ticket holders this season, 1,199 are 50 or older. UF, which has averaged close to 400 season-ticket holders the last three seasons, indicated a sample set of its ticket database revealed 85 percent of the group consisted of individuals 55 and older."
"I think the girls understand the basics," said Chuck Metzger, a retired retail food-sales manager and FSU women's season-ticket holder since 2013.
“There’s an awful lot of passing, there’s a lot of communication between the players, the way they move around the court looking for open shots and everything. It’s a little different than a lot of, ‘Get it to the big guy and dunk.’”
"USF doesn’t keep track of its season-ticket purchasers by age bracket. Nor does 11-time national champ Connecticut or 2017 national champ South Carolina. But FSU and Florida do.
Of the Seminoles’ 1,620 women’s hoops season-ticket holders this season, 1,199 are 50 or older. UF, which has averaged close to 400 season-ticket holders the last three seasons, indicated a sample set of its ticket database revealed 85 percent of the group consisted of individuals 55 and older."