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The Road Game Against St. John's Moved to MSG.

CL82 said:
I like going to see games in Walsh. Small courts like that have their own charm. It reminds me of the era where teams all had their own small little band boxes.

That said, it has become increasingly more difficult to get tickets. The Prudential center is nice, but definitely a different experience. FYI, if the games ever do get moved to the Rock, building the time to go and eat in Newark Ironbound section. It's a short, reasonably safe, walk from the arena and the food is amazing, albeit a little bit pricey, depending on which place you go to.
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100%. Whenever we go to see the Seton Hall men there we head “down neck” for amazing food.
 
Zarathustra said:
My buddies and I would go to the "OLD GARDEN" to see the
final of the HOLIDAY FESTIVAL. Back in prehistoric times the
final was a triple-header! Three games for one price! Some student (?)
from St. Joe's (Philly) would bring a hawk and release it to
fly around the GARDEN! (It was trained to come back!). Their
mascot is a hawk and the St. Joseph's motto is: "THE HAWK WILL
NEVER DIE!" Other teams in the "FESTIVAL" (held between Christmas
and New Years) included Princeton, Columbia, Manhattan,
and a mixture of schools from around the country. Great Stuff!
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The Holiday Festival. It was a major event. Traditionally the defending national Champion or preseason sports illustrated number 1 team was invited. I saw a triple header final there where St John’s upset #1 Michigan with Cazzie Russell in an amazing come from behind game. I also saw in the third place game Bill Bradley put on a show and in the fifth place game a great overtime game. It was the greatest basketball night of my life. We sat in the student StJohns section. We got home to Newark at about 2am. It was a coming of age night for me as a young teenager.
 
BBallF said:
The Holiday Festival. It was a major event. Traditionally the defending national Champion or preseason sports illustrated number 1 team was invited. I saw a triple header final there where St John’s upset #1 Michigan with Cazzie Russell in an amazing come from behind game. I also saw in the third place game Bill Bradley put on a show and in the fifth place game a great overtime game. It was the greatest basketball night of my life. We sat in the student StJohns section. We got home to Newark at about 2am. It was a coming of age night for me as a young teenager.
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WE WERE AT THE SAME GAMES!!! WONDERFUL MEMORIES.... and affordable!!!
 
Zarathustra said:
WE WERE AT THE SAME GAMES!!! WONDERFUL MEMORIES.... and affordable!!!
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The finals we saw were January 2, 1965. In the semis on December 30th, Bradley had 41 and Cazzie had 27 but Bradley fouled out with 4:43 to go with a 13 point lead. They lost at the buzzer on a Cazzie jumper. Many consider it the greatest Holiday festival ever.
 
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BBallF said:
The finals we saw were January 2, 1965. In the semis on December 30th, Bradley had 41 and Cazzie had 27 but Bradley fouled out with 4:43 to go with a 13 point lead. They lost at the buzzer on a Cazzie jumper. Many consider it the greatest Holiday festival ever.
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That was the game I was at...
 
BBallF said:
The finals we saw were January 2, 1965. In the semis on December 30th, Bradley had 41 and Cazzie had 27 but Bradley fouled out with 4:43 to go with a 13 point lead. They lost at the buzzer on a Cazzie jumper. Many consider it the greatest Holiday festival ever.
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I remember it well! Good Stuff up eight avenue! Z
 
BBallF said:
Semis or Finals?
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I'm not sure and couldn't find an answer online, but it was December 30, 1964. I do remember (but didn't attend) Bradley's 58 point performance in the tournament in the Spring to determine 3rd place.
 
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Basingstoke said:
I'm not sure and couldn't find an answer online, but it was December 30, 1964. I do remember (but didn't attend) Bradley's 58 point performance in the tournament in the Spring to determine 3rd place.
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Umm, Bradley scored 58 pts in a gameI on March 30, 1965 vs Wichita State in the 3rd place game (back when they played a 3rd place game) of the NCAA championship. The game was played in Portland, OR.

My memory gets boggled up too. A lot of stuff banging around up there… 🧐
 
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oldude said:
Back in the Dark ages I spent 8 years in NYC, going to college and working for a few years after. I loved watching college basketball at the old MSG. It was just the men back then. It’s been awhile, but I’ve signed up to get a notice once tix are available and my wife and I are thinking about making the trip.

In order to entice my better half, I’m selling the trip to the Big Apple as a package deal, to include dinner at Gallagher’s Steakhouse and a Broadway show…. 😉
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Excellent idea! Enticements are always good
 
Nyskier said:
Excellent idea! Enticements are always good
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That's national championship tickets right there. Bait and switch: skating at Central Park or Rockefeller Center?
 
oldude said:
Umm, Bradley scored 58 pts in a gameI on March 30, 1965 vs Wichita State in the 3rd place game (back when they played a 3rd place game) of the NCAA championship. The game was played in Portland, OR.

My memory gets boggled up too. A lot of stuff banging around up there… 🧐
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Right, the game on December 30th, 1964 was the semis of the Holiday Festival. Bradley had 41 and fouled out and Michigan won on a Cazzie jumper. The finals were on January 2nd. That's the game I went into. My brother had gone to the semis and wanted me to see Bradley play. Like I said above, it was the greatest night of basketball I was ever at.
 
I have to say, I view this as VERY GOOD NEWS-why? Well let's go back a few years:
2022 at Carnesecca Arena 945 fans
2023 at UBS Arena 2.910 fans, which SJU had higher expectations for the game attendance but the Long Island location is brutal to get to for fans from Fairfield County and NJ.
2024 at UBS Arena 2,858 fans, which SJU modified the seating, shutting down one whole side of the arena to make it appear more fans were at the game for the TV viewing. Utterly absurd.

So, I think by leveraging their already facility agreement with MSG, this will be an experiment to see if the higher facility cost but easier location, gets significantly more fans.

Here is why this is important to SJU.
2023 17 home games, total attendance was 9,900 or 582 per game. Deduct the 2,910 from our game at UBS and it drops to a really pathetic 437 fans.
2024 14 home games, total attendance was 19,937 or 1,424 per game. Deduct the 2,858 from our game at UBS and it drops to a still bad 1,314 fans.
2025 15 home games, total attendance was 13,151 or 877 per game. Deduct our 4,917 fans at Carnesecca and it drops to a pathetic 588 fans.

SJU is trying anything and everything to generate support and I do laud them for that.
 
rvwsleep said:
MSG has tickets available for the St Johns game. Don't look if you're faint of heart.
Go to the ESPN UConn page and click on the St.Johns game. You will " tickets available" through Vivid Seats. They start at $199.
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"Starting at $199" is a great way to hold attendance down. No thanks.
 
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Tempting, but I'll hunker down in front of the living room television for that one. Kinda wish for the old days of fans (booster clubs) going down on buses........
 
oldude said:
Just purchased 2 tix on Vivid in the lower section-baseline for just under $200 each. That’s more than I would have preferred to pay, but a lot less than along the sidelines where they’re starting at $500 each.
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Perfect for watching a full half of our full court press. Hopefully Geno runs the Diamond and you can see Blanca at the point during the right half. When I had floor seats at USF, I watched Blanca carefully. So deceptively long and fast. Very impressive.
 
Presale tickets go on sale TODAY at 12:00 EST, with presale code (all caps) STJHOOPS through your Ticketmaster account. After last night’s game, you might say “why bother going to NYC, I’ll watch it on TV (or streaming, etc.). That mindset will doom this from happening again. If you have the ability, if it isn’t crazy expensive, and you are fairly close, go and have a great time in the city!
 
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kjkj3 said:
Presale tickets go on sale TODAY at 12:00 EST, with presale code (all caps) STJHOOPS through your Ticketmaster account. After last night’s game, you might say “why bother going to NYC, I’ll watch it on TV (or streaming, etc.). That mindset will doom this from happening again. If you have the ability, if it isn’t crazy expensive, and you are fairly close, go and have a great time in the city!
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Purchased my tix weeks ago and just booked my hotel. Looking forward to visiting my old stomping ground in the Big Apple.
 
dvegas said:
Why towards the end of his life, John Wooden's favorite basketball team was the UConn women!
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I love Geno's story that he was so impressed and pleased when Coach Wooden told him that end that he was a fan of the way Geno coached the game. Sometime later they met again and Geno was looking forward to talking to him. When Geno went up to him, Coach Wooden said "nice to meet you" apparently having no recollection of their prior conversation.
 
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I just got a pair of tix in the lower bowl for the game online for $132.20 (including fees), using the STJHOOPS code!
Let's fill the place up!
 
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