zls44
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Went to the A-10 yesterday, and VCU had by FAR the most fans there. Very impressive showing. Double what anyone else had. There were VCU chants going in the first three sessions of the tournament before they even played. In terms of turnout:
VCU
big drop
St Louis
giant drop
UMass
Butler
Temple
LaSalle
St. Joes
Charlotte
They're advertising the dates for the next three years in Brooklyn already, but I can see them getting bought out by another conference. The afternoon session was desolate (St. Louis-Charlotte and Butler-LaSalle). Gee, a session featuring mid-major teams from North Carolina, Missouri and Indiana didn't travel to Brooklyn? Shocking. They curtained the entire upper bowl, as well.
The VCU band was impressive, as was their marketing. VCU didn't play until 6:30. The afternoon session got out at 5 PM. VCU parked a double-decker bus wrapped in VCU marketing graphics (paid for by an alumni frat) right outside the Barclays Center so that all the exiting fans of the other teams would see them jamming and calling out the rest of the conference right when they walked out.
As for the basketball, St. Louis was very impressive. Butler is a deceptively big team, and Rosie Jones is fantastic. VCU game was fun, but they are incredibly reckless. Up fifteen with four to play, they didn't run clock and kept shooting threes (finished 11-28 from three, missing their last seven). UMass played well in a game they had to have, dominating a bigger Temple team on the glass.
VCU
big drop
St Louis
giant drop
UMass
Butler
Temple
LaSalle
St. Joes
Charlotte
They're advertising the dates for the next three years in Brooklyn already, but I can see them getting bought out by another conference. The afternoon session was desolate (St. Louis-Charlotte and Butler-LaSalle). Gee, a session featuring mid-major teams from North Carolina, Missouri and Indiana didn't travel to Brooklyn? Shocking. They curtained the entire upper bowl, as well.
The VCU band was impressive, as was their marketing. VCU didn't play until 6:30. The afternoon session got out at 5 PM. VCU parked a double-decker bus wrapped in VCU marketing graphics (paid for by an alumni frat) right outside the Barclays Center so that all the exiting fans of the other teams would see them jamming and calling out the rest of the conference right when they walked out.
As for the basketball, St. Louis was very impressive. Butler is a deceptively big team, and Rosie Jones is fantastic. VCU game was fun, but they are incredibly reckless. Up fifteen with four to play, they didn't run clock and kept shooting threes (finished 11-28 from three, missing their last seven). UMass played well in a game they had to have, dominating a bigger Temple team on the glass.