UConn to open season at Barclays Center

[epark88]

This is some bull, IMHO.

Is it me, or does it seem that every year UConn fans are forced to choose between sporting events in NOV and/or DEC? I guess I'll have to check and see if any ACC schools have recently had to make these choices too...

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[FfldCntyFan]

This is some bull, IMHO.

Is it me, or does it seem that every year UConn fans are forced to choose between sporting events in NOV and/or DEC? I guess I'll have to check and see if any ACC schools have recently had to make these choices too...

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Be that as it may, our fanbase as a whole (especially considering our success in men's & women's hoops over the past two decades) has become quite lazy.

I imagine that if (hypothetically) Louisville had a late November Friday night football home game and a men's hoops game (some season opening event) at say Indianapolis against Purdue, they would have no problem representing themselves very well at both events.

For quite a few of the reasons were are knocked by others we have nobody to blame but ourselves.

 

[upstater]

We celebrated this year when the same scenario presented itself as UConn bball took on Michigan State.

Was anyone here upset?

 

[huskymedic]

We celebrated this year when the same scenario presented itself as UConn bball took on Michigan State.

Was anyone here upset?

Someone is ALWAYS upset here...

 

[Drame]

Yeah I live 4 blocks from the arena so if anyone has any Brooklyn questions, hit me up.

 

[benjordan]

Yeah I live 4 blocks from the arena so if anyone has any Brooklyn questions, hit me up.

It's early yet, but we should set up a pre game spot somewhere.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

Someone is ALWAYS upset here...

I was pissed off when UConn said the game would be on the video screen, then cut away to see the marching band play the fight song for the first if 7,000 times that night.

it's a song, you can hear and its literally on the field in front of you. pretty inexcusable to cut awayfrom the game when you promised it would be shown.

 

[whaler11]

NCST vs UConn at MSG, attendance was 11,840.

LOL don't try and cloud this with facts!

 

[whaler11]

Folks, we haven't filled up in NYC for early season games in seasons when UConn was excellent. In 2004, there were relatively few UConn fans in MSG for a November game. I was always more impressed by the away attendance at BE games against St. John's and even way back against Seton Hall at the Meadowlands. Lots of Husky fans.

I think the roll call at the third place NIT game against Utah would have ended at about the 50th person.

 

[whaler11]

Fair enough, I was way off. Still, a 9:30 tip on a Tuesday night for a team with zero postseason buzz...I'd expect this game can get at least 16,000.

If this is one game UConn against Maryland, would you like to set the over under at 16000 and wager a dime for everybody under 16k against 30 cents for everybody over 16k.

If that is one game on a Friday night they won't sniff 10k in Brooklyn.

 

[Rico444]

Dude, why are you such a dick? I'm trying to be optimistic here. I already said I was wrong, why do you have to keep being an *sshole? If you nailed the 9,000 number, I could understand the bravado, but you were off by 3,000 fans.

 

[Rico444]

BTW, UConn/Gonzaga in 2008 was one game in Boston, and it drew 16,000, so I don't see how I'm way off for being optimistic we can get to that number.

 

[upstater]

I think the roll call at the third place NIT game against Utah would have ended at about the 50th person.

I attended the Georgia Tech game as well--not much better.

 

[whaler11]

Dude, why are you such a ? I'm trying to be optimistic here. I already said I was wrong, why do you have to keep being an *sshole? If you nailed the 9,000 number, I could understand the bravado, but you were off by 3,000 fans.

I'm not being an asshol*. Just pointing out your numbers are wrong. I wasn't off by anything. They sold 11k tickets for the double header - you don't think that published attendance is related to people in the seats do you? The second game had about 9k at it. Maybe half were UConn fans if you were feeling generous. Most of the people around me were just drinking and gambling and didn't support any school past their wager.

Many of the people who would travel to the city for Maryland. are going to be tied up with football. For some reasons we have one of the few fanbases where there are basketball fans who don't support football. This thread is about them not being able to admit that the football game will cripple attendance at the Maryland game. Maryland won't draw much and if you saw the A-10 tourney you understand that college basketball in Brooklyn has no inherent draw.

You want to talk out of your *ss and say 16k. That's fine. Don't get pissy when it's pointed out that's a pipedream.

 

[whaler11]

BTW, UConn/Gonzaga in 2008 was one game in Boston, and it drew 16,000, so I don't see how I'm way off for being optimistic we can get to that number.

I offered you 3:1 odds on you setting the over under if you are so confident - doing that even knowing how badly they paper the house and published attendance.

 

[Drame]

So pregame at Hotbird. About 4 blocks from the venue. They've got good BBQ, an outdoor yard and a fire pit if you get chilly.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/hot-bird-brooklyn

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I'm excited, Barclays is great.

 

[ConnHuskBask]

BTW, UConn/Gonzaga in 2008 was one game in Boston, and it drew 16,000, so I don't see how I'm way off for being optimistic we can get to that number.

Because there wasn't a home football game on the same date?

I really am not trying to rain on your parade but come on. We don't pack 16,000 into the civic center to see #1 Louisville and yet somehow that same core fanbase is traveling to Brooklyn when the majority of those traveling fans will be at the football game?

UConn sends at tops 1,000 fans to this game.

 

[whaler11]

Because there wasn't a home football game on the same date?

I really am not trying to rain on your parade but come on. We don't pack 16,000 into the civic center to see #1 Louisville and yet somehow that same core fanbase is traveling to Brooklyn when the majority of those traveling fans will be at the football game?

UConn sends at tops 1,000 fans to this game.

I don't think they will send many but 1k sounds low. Maryland is no draw and Brooklyn is death from CT but it will be more than 1k. The fact that a good amount of our core traveling base spends a lot on football tickets combined with LV football being a better draw than Maryland plus the ease of travel to EH versus Crooklyn will limit it by like 75% though.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

I get supporting the alma mater but who could possibly be excited by the prospect of a UConn / Louisville football game?

 

[whaler11]

I get supporting the alma mater but who could possibly be excited by the prospect of a UConn / Louisville football game?

Right - we have basketball fans who hate the fact the football program exists. Yet somehow if a conference accepts UConn it will be because they sponsor football. Can't wait to watch you attempt to reconcile someday.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Right - we have basketball fans who hate the fact the football program exists. Yet somehow if a conference accepts UConn it will be because they sponsor football. Can't wait to watch you attempt to reconcile someday.

Sometimes your zeal to be an insufferable blowhard gets the better of you. I don't hate the fact that the football program exists. Not at all. I just recognize that there is nothing appealing, to me, about watching a UConn football game.

 

[whaler11]

Sometimes your zeal to be an insufferable blowhard gets the better of you. I don't hate the fact that the football program exists. Not at all. I just recognize that there is nothing appealing, to me, about watching a UConn football game.

Oh sorry to not understand that nuance. Luckily for you the football program may save the basketball program yet.

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

Oh sorry to not understand that nuance. Luckily for you the football program may save the basketball program yet.

Well, try harder I guess. And if you didn't understand my last post, there's no chance you'll understand this, but here goes: I don't dispute the importance of having a top flight football program, I just think UConn football games are incredibly un-entertaining. That's all I'm saying. Reflect on that for a minute or two before you post another comment completely misrepresenting what I said. Shouldn't be too tough for someone as smart as you, right?

 

[upstater]

Well, try harder I guess. And if you didn't understand my last post, there's no chance you'll understand this, but here goes: I don't dispute the importance of having a top flight football program, I just think UConn football games are incredibly un-entertaining. That's all I'm saying. Reflect on that for a minute or two before you post another comment completely misrepresenting what I said. Shouldn't be too tough for someone as smart as you, right?

What are you talking about? The lack of offense the last two years? The powerhouse running game before that? The defense? Which is the most hard-hitting and talented D in the conference?