OT: Villanova's Finneran Pavilion = sold out = 6,501 seating: State of the Art building

[Zarathustra]

I checked out what is the seating capacity at Finneran Pavilion. Yes, it is "only 6,501 seats",
but the building is a "State of The Art", 65 Milllon Dollar facility. It was rebuilt in 2018 and it was 100%
donor financed. The Video about the facility is very impressive. I hope to see 6,501 unhappy
Wildcat Fans this afternoon at about 4:30 PM. GO HUSKIES! Should be a great game!!!

 

[darkstar1]

They won’t all be Wildcat fans!

 

[visitingcock]

Congrats to Villanova on the sellout.congrats also to Mary and the UConn fans who were big favors in the sellout.

Hope the game gets 1/2 million or more TV viewers as well. WBB needs the viewers for a P-6 BB Conference

 

[Luna]

looks like the big east is taken advantage of uconn being in the big east… I don’t think it helped the aac that much…I’ll be curious to see how recruiting is going for the rest of the big east.. this game has got to help

 

[visitingcock]

Question:

During the years that UConn was not in the BE,.how often did more than one BE ( the champ) qualify for the tournament? If frequently, how many teams made the tournament per year on average.

Yeah, I’m to lazy to search for info, Educate me.

 

[Carnac]

I checked out what is the seating capacity at Finneran Pavilion. Yes, it is "only 6,501 seats",
but the building is a "State of The Art", 65 Milllon Dollar facility. It was rebuilt in 2018 and it was 100%
donor financed. The Video about the facility is very impressive. I hope to see 6,501 unhappy
Wildcat Fans this afternoon at about 4:30 PM. GO HUSKIES! Should be a great game!!!

We have a much better chance of winning this game now that Caroline is back......and better than ever. The UConn women are still a BIG draw on the road. This game is also on national TV on the FS1 network. Go Huskies.

 

[Luna]

We have a much better chance of winning this game now that Caroline is back......and better than ever. The UConn women are still a BIG draw on the road. This game is also on national TV on the FS1 network. Go Huskies.

I think they are on FOX

 

[Rowdy831]

It will cozy and loud. The perfect venue for a Saturday afternoon.

 

[DefenseBB]

looks like the big east is taken advantage of uconn being in the big east… I don’t think it helped the aac that much…I’ll be curious to see how recruiting is going for the rest of the big east.. this game has got to help

Your speculation is wrong. The American attendance was helped greatly by having UConn in it and vaulted to the 6th most attended conference by average attendance. I had posted on those numbers a few different times.

 

[DefenseBB]

Question:

During the years that UConn was not in the BE,.how often did more than one BE ( the champ) qualify for the tournament? If frequently, how many teams made the tournament per year on average.

Yeah, I’m to lazy to search for info, Educate me.

 

[Carnac]

I think they are on FOX

I just checked the channel guide. They ARE on FOX!!! not FS1. Thanks for the assist. A UConn double-header today. The men are on FOX now hosting Seton Hall.

 

[genzhusk]

Question:

During the years that UConn was not in the BE,.how often did more than one BE ( the champ) qualify for the tournament? If frequently, how many teams made the tournament per year on average.

Yeah, I’m too lazy to search for info, Educate me.

Auriemma has said that the BE was already getting 3-4 teams in each year before they joined. So i looked it up, looks like average of 3 the prior 4 years UConn rejoined.

2019: depaul, marquette
2018: depaul, marquette, creighton, villanova
2017: depaul, marquette, creighton
2016: depaul, st. john’s, seton hall

What’s disappointing is Depaul has been downward ever since UConn joined. With Bruno getting less top 100 recruits than he used to.

 

[hoopsnloops32]

Question:

During the years that UConn was not in the BE,.how often did more than one BE ( the champ) qualify for the tournament? If frequently, how many teams made the tournament per year on average.

Yeah, I’m to lazy to search for info, Educate me.

The answer is every year. There were always 2-4 BIG East schools in the tournament before UConn rejoined. Creighton, Marquette, St JohnS, Seton Hall, Nova, and DePaul all made it in different combinations.

In a ten team conference that’s pretty good.

 

[MSGRET]

I just checked the channel guide. They ARE on FOX!!! not FS1. Thanks for the assist. A UConn double-header today. The men are on FOX now hosting Seton Hall.

Carnac, you can always check the Prognosticator's Predictions, I always post where it can be watched on TV.

 

[MSGRET]

Auriemma has said that the BE was already getting 3-4 teams in each year before they joined. So i looked it up, looks like average of 3 the prior 4 years UConn rejoined.

2019: depaul, marquette
2018: depaul, marquette, creighton, villanova
2017: depaul, marquette, creighton
2016: depaul, st. john’s, seton hall

What’s disappointing is Depaul has been downward ever since UConn joined. With Bruno getting less top 100 recruits than he used to.

Actually I think it's more that the other teams in the Big East are getting more top 100 which hinders Bruno in his recruiting.

 

[hookshot]

It's "too" lazy, I educated you

 

[DefenseBB]

It's "too" lazy, I educated you

Um, you realize it was @visitingcock who's quote in post #5 that was listed and I merely replied to right?