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UConn vs. Arizona Sell Out?

The bar area behind 107 is an awesome spot. I’d guess Saturday had around 150-200 people packed in there the whole game.

The move for those upset about ticket prices is to buy a $15 ticket, get to the bar area early and grab a stool with a good few of the game.
 
How can you complain about attendance after the last 2 seasons we just had? We win this game we’re 7-1 and in a really good spot. That’s all that matters.

Just win and the fans will come. Just don’t overprice tickets for the product on the court. This isn’t the 96’ Bulls.
 
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Part of the problem is that too many of the people who have lower section seats do not show up which is why supply is so short and the tickets are over priced for the ones available. They absolutely need to lower the prices for the lower half of the upper section though. Those tickets do not sell because they are way overpriced imo. I would also just give away student section tickets to kids who want to come. There are a lot of kids would come if the tickets were given away and it would create a much better atmosphere.
 
andy34 said:
That's a great deal honestly, I'm shocked
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elmcityboy said:
i was gonna post this as well -- after years of paying $9 for plastic cups of beer at XL, this kinda blew my mind.
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I still think its a typo. But this MHOC season ticket holder in 107 is a fan. :)
 
BTW I have 2 if someone needs them. Will be in AC Saturday night and won't be able to get back on time.
 
I guess I am part of the problem. Alum and love all Uconn sports. Even though I can get a cheap ticket I refuse to sit in the top portion of the upper levels of the XL. I get to several games a year with better seats and it’s great but the seats they sell for 15 bucks really suck IMO and just being in the building is not worth the crappy view.

However the suggestion of getting to the bar is a good one. What time do doors open and is there a big crowd that tries this move?
 
I would recommend to get there early on Sunday anyway. The security lines to enter the building took about 5 extra minutes even at the new hampshire game and this game will obviously be much more packed....but the security line isn't as rough as it was at MSG for the Syracuse game where the wait was about 20 minutes and they weren't far from having me bend over, spread em' and cough.
 
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TMB4405 said:
I guess I am part of the problem. Alum and love all Uconn sports. Even though I can get a cheap ticket I refuse to sit in the top portion of the upper levels of the XL. I get to several games a year with better seats and it’s great but the seats they sell for 15 bucks really suck IMO and just being in the building is not worth the crappy view.

However the suggestion of getting to the bar is a good one. What time do doors open and is there a big crowd that tries this move?
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Obviously this is a matter of personal preference but for a big game with an actual atmosphere you get into the building however you can. Just record the game and watch it sober the next day or when you get home. I think it's crazy to expect 15 dollar tickets for a lower bowl seat in a game against Arizona.
 
Clockshop said:
I always find humor at the fact the keyboard warriors on the board that live out of state like to call out the fanbase.
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I don't know about the others, but this warrior drove from way out of state when the team was awful, so let me give some perspective. And I'm not looking for a medal or a chest to pin it on.

We had seen a glimpse of what could be when Shabel was coach and naively use to think "why can't we win like the national powers?" I remember some of us thinking we had a chance at Lew Alcindor when he was coming out of high school (I'll leave time here for those who'll have to look up who he was/is). Once we again lived a relatively short distance away (Binghamton, Lewiston and Albany), we started buying season tickets and may have bailed on one bad weather night in 35 years (last 20 in Western Mass were a breeze).

Gave weekday tickets to my parents in Cromwell when we lived 5 hours away, but made all the others, including the infamous Wednesday night games at the Big East. Always a loss it seemed, even when we won it once or twice, but we'd stay for the whole weekend and try to imagine what it would feel like to be Georgetown, Syracuse and St. John's fans (even Villanova now and then because we lost something like 20 in a row to them).

Things were so bad that there was a UConn reception hosted by Dee Rowe the morning after the Wednesday Big East game sometime about 1985 that was attended by 7 people, and my wife and I were two of them. So many depressing losses, but one turned into a healthy one. We had a one point lead on Villanova in Hartford and were about to break the 15 or 20 game losing streak and lost on a last second full court drive for a layup. Had a beer or two at Gaetano's and smoked about a half pack of cigarettes there and on the two hour drive home and felt so bad the next morning I told friends I was quitting till UConn won the NC. Their response was, "so you're quitting for life?" I did quit, but did have one in 1999...and only one.

And then the good times started with the NIT in 1988. All those in the season tickets around us felt what we did. "Somethin' happenin' here":



So, maybe the answer is we "keyboard warriors" have some perspective because we believed someday things would be better and attended all those games when we had no chance, just hope, like football today.

We knew winning wasn't automatic and weren't spoiled from day one as many on this site probably were if they came on the scene from the early 90's till today. You had to be at the NIT in 1988 to feel how much excitement there was and see the joy in the players' big smiles when we finally won a championship.

Moved a 1,000 miles away in 2011 but still go to games at ECU, USF and UCF and made it to the first two men's games and the women's opener this year too because games in person are a lot better and much less aggravating when things aren't going well.
 
Kenny11 said:
Classic Genius Chief. This could mean he's watching at his house or at the xl center. Legend
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You need to cut Chief some slack. I finally met him outside Gampel the opening weekend and, while he was very busy, I was able to get his card.

"THE CHIEF", Event Entry Procurement.

Now you know why he's always around the team................
 
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If we can get the Arizona bigs in foul trouble early they are done. They have a short bench, if they have to match up small against us we can run them out of Hartford. Unfortunately, we are not good at drawing fouls. I’m still on a Uconn cover. Good guys win this by 10.
 
UcannUconn said:
If we can get the Arizona bigs in foul trouble early they are done. They have a short bench, if they have to match up small against us we can run them out of Hartford. Unfortunately, we are not good at drawing fouls. I’m still on a Uconn cover. Good guys win this by 10.
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I don't know the team well, but some things I noticed from peaking at the stats....

1) By the stats, they are about as deep as we are. They basically have an 8-man rotation. We play 9. If we add Sid for some minutes, maybe we have an extra guy.

2) Their guards do not rebound well. I think we should expect Vital to feast. Their bigs are good rebounders, but our rebounding is more well-rounded. If Carlton, Cobb and Co. can just box out, I think it will allow the guards to clean up.

3) We have 4 decent 3 point shooters. They have 3. Will Sid make it 5? I think they're averaging about 20 taken three per game, making a little under 6. Gonna be important for us to close out better than we have been. If Sid can shoot, and we have 5 decent shooters on the team, I think we have a chance of cracking the top-25 this season.

4) Their guards do not turn the ball over much or pass it that well. We're going to need to get them on their heels with our pressure and force them to make plays. No easy drives, or easy perimeter passing.

5) They only have TWO players averaging more than one assist per game. If i'm Hurley and the staff, that's the key to the game right there. Get the ball to ANY ONE but those two and turn up the pressure, especially when one of them has to leave the game. Guarantee we can get turnovers if we put pressure on their non-passers. We don't have many double-teams in the defense yet, but if we're going to add it, this is the day. Their bigs don't pass at all. They're like Brimah. Get the ball to chase Jeter, and double down with the guards. Easy money.

6) Very good team from the line. Don't foul them.

I like this matchup a lot for us. None of their bigs are over 230lbs. We have by far the better back court (like we will 95% of the time), just a matter of can our bigs hold their own? Like every other night.
 
DSquiz said:
The game will have 15k if not a total sell out by Sunday. That's more then 90% of teams can say for a game between two unranked teams.
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Scrutiner said:
I don't know about the others, but this warrior drove from way out of state when the team was awful, so let me give some perspective. And I'm not looking for a medal or a chest to pin it on.

We had seen a glimpse of what could be when Shabel was coach and naively use to think "why can't we win like the national powers?" I remember some of us thinking we had a chance at Lew Alcindor when he was coming out of high school (I'll leave time here for those who'll have to look up who he was/is). Once we again lived a relatively short distance away (Binghamton, Lewiston and Albany), we started buying season tickets and may have bailed on one bad weather night in 35 years (last 20 in Western Mass were a breeze).

Gave weekday tickets to my parents in Cromwell when we lived 5 hours away, but made all the others, including the infamous Wednesday night games at the Big East. Always a loss it seemed, even when we won it once or twice, but we'd stay for the whole weekend and try to imagine what it would feel like to be Georgetown, Syracuse and St. John's fans (even Villanova now and then because we lost something like 20 in a row to them).

Things were so bad that there was a UConn reception hosted by Dee Rowe the morning after the Wednesday Big East game sometime about 1985 that was attended by 7 people, and my wife and I were two of them. So many depressing losses, but one turned into a healthy one. We had a one point lead on Villanova in Hartford and were about to break the 15 or 20 game losing streak and lost on a last second full court drive for a layup. Had a beer or two at Gaetano's and smoked about a half pack of cigarettes there and on the two hour drive home and felt so bad the next morning I told friends I was quitting till UConn won the NC. Their response was, "so you're quitting for life?" I did quit, but did have one in 1999...and only one.

And then the good times started with the NIT in 1988. All those in the season tickets around us felt what we did. "Somethin' happenin' here":



So, maybe the answer is we "keyboard warriors" have some perspective because we believed someday things would be better and attended all those games when we had no chance, just hope, like football today.

We knew winning wasn't automatic and weren't spoiled from day one as many on this site probably were if they came on the scene from the early 90's till today. You had to be at the NIT in 1988 to feel how much excitement there was and see the joy in the players' big smiles when we finally won a championship.

Moved a 1,000 miles away in 2011 but still go to games at ECU, USF and UCF and made it to the first two men's games and the women's opener this year too because games in person are a lot better and much less aggravating when things aren't going well.
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Give this man a medal.
 
Once you get under the upper level overhang at the XL, it's like you're in a different dimension. Regarding crowd noise, it's almost like you're hearing it as if you were holding up a conch shell to your ear....could be just me. I also prefer to sit as close as I can
 
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elmcityboy said:
saying this now: if you stay home from the arizona game to watch the 3-8 new york football giants, you are a #casualfan
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My Ravens have a huge game on Sunday for our playoff hopes. Much more important than any Giants or Jets game, and I'm missing it to cheer on the boys at XL. There's no reason to miss this game if you can be there
 
elmcityboy said:
saying this now: if you stay home from the arizona game to watch the 3-8 new york football giants, you are a #casualfan
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I'm going and i have the PSvue app on my phone so I can peak at the giants game during breaks if want. But I will probably just catch the 4th quarter at a local pub post game. Gotta have a plan.
 
DSquiz said:
The game will have 15k if not a total sell out by Sunday. That's more then 90% of teams can say for a game between two unranked teams.
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Move all games to Gampel! Oh wait we had 5500 there for Lowell
 
I’m not sure if this is the right thread for this, but how horrible is the new Moe’s burrito wrap contest they do during breaks?

If we’re losing, and I have to watch two kids roll into each other while “thank u next” is playing on Sunday, I may lose my mind.
 
UConnStats said:
I’m not sure if this is the right thread for this, but how horrible is the new Moe’s burrito wrap contest they do during breaks?

If we’re losing, and I have to watch two kids roll into each other while “thank u next” is playing on Sunday, I may lose my mind.
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I like how during the Cornell game, one of the kids didn't understand the rules. He just flailed then rolled on his own for the win.
 
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