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A Boston Garden game would be great. Still like the idea of a 50/50 game against Providence.
 
Tyler2Rings said:
Maybe we could let Fairfield wear their whites and it could count as a road game for metrics.
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Not a bad idea tbh, we can make Fairfield the technical home team and not get dinged as much for the game. You also don't lose a home game to neutral venue.
 
Palatine said:
A Boston Garden game would be great. Still like the idea of a 50/50 game against Providence.
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I see you're still flogging Boston. I don't get it, there's nothing to be gained there. UConn just put on a show in Boston and it resulted in no local impact. The press coverage was perfunctory, no radio discussion of note. Boston doesn't care about college hoop.
 
Waquoit said:
I see you're still flogging Boston. I don't get it, there's nothing to be gained there. UConn just put on a show in Boston and it resulted in no local impact. The press coverage was perfunctory, no radio discussion of note. Boston doesn't care about college hoop.
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It's a neutral court game the same as NYC but we had a better home court advantage in Boston that we did in New York during the tournament.
 
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auror said:
It's a neutral court game the same as NYC but we had a better home court advantage in Boston that we did in New York during the tournament.
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Not a fair comparison. there were twice as many schools playing in Brooklyn. After accounting for Athletic Dept needs and big time donors, there were almost no tickets available for season ticket holders in Brooklyn. There were many more tickets available in Boston. There is also the competitive factor. There will always be more interest in regional finals compared to 30+ point wins in first round.
 
Stew Crew said:
Not a fair comparison. there were twice as many schools playing in Brooklyn. After accounting for Athletic Dept needs and big time donors, there were almost no tickets available for season ticket holders in Brooklyn. There were many more tickets available in Boston. There is also the competitive factor. There will always be more interest in regional finals compared to 30+ point wins in first round.
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100%. I will also add that it's hard to compare Friday at 2:30 & Sunday at 7:00 with Thursday at 7:00 and Saturday at 7:00 especially when the former two are not in Manhattan but in Brooklyn. Friday afternoon is self explanatory but then Brooklyn Sunday night is brutal for folks coming from CT. MSG at least shortens the trip and easier to navigate to venue.

The best 1:1 comparison is Sunday afternoon v a Big Ten team in 2014 in the Elite 8 at MSG v. Saturday night in 2024 in the Elite 8 at TD Garden v a Big Ten team. I was only at the former and watched the latter across the street so I can't say. From talking to folks it sounded like they were about equal.
 
I'm not saying it's better to play in NYC than Boston, but it's dumb to say there's nothing to be gained. From that UConn Today article a few years back, there's almost twice as many alumni in Boston than NYC.
 
willie99 said:
Ok, how do they sell season tickets? Can't be a home game

Then donors get pissed, and they're going to be asked to donate more than ever
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It has been done in the past. The game is outside the season ticket package and has been against teams like Columbia and Easter Washington so the Hartford or Gampel season ticket holders might actually be glad to give up a game like that.

The times they have done this the games were complete sell outs.

I personally travel to games in Storrs or Hartford so it would be great to have a gam so close to home. There are many people who don't want to make the drive so this might give them an opportunity to see a game live.

I am not suggesting that Marquette, Creighton, Villanova be scheduled there.

The women also did this and =games were also completely sold out.
 
GoConn said:
College sports should ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.....not an hour away
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Agree - games should be at Gampel but since there are games in Hartford and multiple games outside the conference scheduled at MSG (for example Gonzaga in December 2024) why not a cupcake game in Bridgeport?
 
cullaville said:
Agree - games should be at Gampel but since there are games in Hartford and multiple games outside the conference scheduled at MSG (for example Gonzaga in December 2024) why not a cupcake game in Bridgeport?
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16,000 seats at XL vs 10,000 seats in Bridgeport. The AD has a lot more pressure now to reduce deficit in budget. Demand for tickets is at close to an all-time high right now. That wasn't the case 10 years ago; no sell outs at XL other than maybe Cincinnati or Memphis. Playing in Bridgeport was probably an attempt to engage Fairfield County Alumni and fans.
 
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auror said:
I'm not saying it's better to play in NYC than Boston, but it's dumb to say there's nothing to be gained.
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We just played in Boston. What did we gain?
 
superjohn said:
I've always felt our activation needs to be Fairfield County. You just turn a handful of these guys into UConn basketball fans and money will never be an issue for UConn basketball.
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Which is why the MSG games can never stop since that is considered homecourt for all sports for many lower ffc folks. Id support playing at TD as long as the tix split was advantageous and I always want to keep some road games in recruiting hotspots, LA, Atlanta, Texas, Florida, etc. Had a great time at the Zags game this year. Seattle area actually produces some very high end ballers as well.
 
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ucp990411 said:
Remember 2014 at MSG? No crowd will ever beat that one. We owned the place
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NY during the NCAA tournament.

First of all the Barclay's is not a great arena and difficult to get to. Secondly the games in Brooklyn were first and second round games one on A Friday afternoon which UCONN was expected to win and advance to Boston 3) The week before UCONN fans were a major presence at MSG for the BE Tourney.

If other fans were like me anticipating wins in Brooklyn and having spent money on tickets, transportation, etc for the BE tourney and anticipating high prices in Boston decided to pass on attending the games in Brooklyn and go to Boston.
 
auror said:
In the NIL era? Alumni activation is huge.
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That's a good point. I just question if we would get enough activation to justify giving up a home game. I know we wouldn't get enough attention from the local media. They don't care.
 
cullaville said:
UCONN home game in Bridgeport against Quinnipiac or Fairfield would be nice
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Just to remind those who may have forgotten, they did play a game in Bridgeport once. The team was good and they didn't fill the building. IIRC, the sentiment at the time was "never again".
 
If we want a game for those in this part of the state to attend there is no better spot than MSG.

The one we tried in Bridgeport was setup for failure. Early weekday tipoff around the holidays and ticket prices were noticeably higher than other home games at the time.

I understand what they were trying to do but they could have done it much better with an MSG game.
 
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shizzle787 said:
I would also like to see us play Yale and one other top-end Ivy League program (Princeton, Cornell, or Harvard).
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Definitely Yale because lately they have recruited more high level players, some of whom would be good portal entries.

Because of Yale's proximity to UConn, the staff could be visible at some of their games if we had interest in any of their players.

I suppose this could be applied to Harvard if they had portalable players too.
 
UCann said:
Hurley mentioned on one of his podcast appearances (forget which one) that we'd have a big on-campus non-conference game this year, recognizing that this was a hole in the schedule last year. I wonder if he was alluding to the Baylor game or if there might be something else in the works.
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It has to be Baylor.
 
When do we usually get the full schedule again? Trying to plan a winter vacation
 
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