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Why are we playing weeknight XL Center games while school is in session?

UcannUconn said:
Mind boggling dumb move to schedule this game at the XL Center. It was like a neutral court tonight.
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I agree. I was there and was embarrassed. Except for a few times during the 2nd half when the crowd was really juiced, it was the usual XL crowd sitting in their seats and barely cheering. A buddy of mine said Bill Raftery even made a dig at the crowd saying oh I finally I hear a home crowd in the 2nd half. People were rushing for the exits when we were down 2 with a minute to go
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
The home schedule this year stinks in general. Wish there were more weekend games and not these random time midweek but alas.
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I was also shocked when the schedule came out to see how few weekend home games we had once conference play started.
 
What is the crowd supposed to do when we play a frustrating game like that? When we went on little runs and had momentum, the crowd was into it. When we stunk, they weren’t. Unfortunately we stunk a lot tonight, so that was reflected by the crowd.
 
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CV1 said:
I agree. I was there and was embarrassed. Except for a few times during the 2nd half when the crowd was really juiced, it was the usual XL crowd sitting in their seats and barely cheering. A buddy of mine said Bill Raftery even made a dig at the crowd saying oh I finally I hear a home crowd in the 2nd half. People were rushing for the exits when we were down 2 with a minute to go
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Uh I was there too and there was literally nothing to cheer about for 35 minutes of game time.
 
2 mins before tip off row after row in the lower section were empty. Entire game upper levels behind both baskets were completely empty.

UConn has a marketing problem.
 
CTMike said:
Uh I was there too and there was literally nothing to cheer about for 35 minutes of game time.
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I should clarify and agree that there was nothing to cheer about in the 1st half. Further confirmed by the stats that we were getting outrebounded by 10. Considering we are one of the top rebounding teams in the country, I’d agree can’t cheer on that effort. The boys grinded it out in the 2nd half and it would have been great to get the home crowd behind them on defense. The game was hanging in the balance and the crowd was so quiet.
 
Not sure if this post is saying that's why we lost? Lol. This was still a home game in Connecticut and we lost because of our poor play. This was a bad loss
 
This is a real problem for the program. We need to sell tickets. If we can’t sell tickets for our 17th ranked team on a 5 game win streak than we won’t ever be able to sell tickets.
 
UcannUconn said:
This is a real problem for the program. We need to sell tickets. If we can’t sell tickets for our 17th ranked team on a 5 game win streak than we won’t ever be able to sell tickets.
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Are you new to UConn basketball?
 
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Really unfortunate so far we've played 2 Big East gampel games at 8:30 against 2 of the bottom feeders of the conference while the students were on break, then play a good Big East team right after the students get back in Hartford. We don't have much control over the times I don't think but we do have control over that.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
What is the crowd supposed to do when we play a frustrating game like that? When we went on little runs and had momentum, the crowd was into it. When we stunk, they weren’t. Unfortunately we stunk a lot tonight, so that was reflected by the crowd.
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On tv, the place looked half empty in the first half. The place sounded like a monastery in the first half.

Second half has improved sound and attendance, at least from the tv perspective.

Yes, Rafftery made the comment about "finally feels like a home game" in the second half.
 
HooperScooper said:
I think people struggle to get to the 6:30 games on time.
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That shouldn't be as big a problem.in Hartford. Lol they had trouble getting to 7pm starts for years. As far as leaving early that's another UConn trend. I always advocated making lower seat season tickets holders be moved to the upper section for the rest of the season if they left early, esp in a winnable game and their tickets be given to fans who stayed to the end.
I remember games that were close, went to OT when half the crowd had already left - happened in XL and Gampel. No excuse.
 
Letsgohuskies11 said:
The home schedule this year stinks in general. Wish there were more weekend games and not these random time midweek but alas.
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This is what happens when you play on National instead of regional tv. The games get scheduled to suit their needs, not the teams, but it effects everybody. Oh and $$$
 
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2 more Tuesday games at XL. I expect a similar environment to last night when we play Marquette next week, and a good crowd 2/22 vs Nova.
 
UcannUconn said:
Mind boggling dumb move to schedule this game at the XL Center. It was like a neutral court tonight.
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Because people work in Hartford and not in Storrs. Has always been this way. It's the weekend games they play in Gampel because people can make the drive.
 
quacktalker said:
2 more Tuesday games at XL. I expect a similar environment to last night when we play Marquette next week, and a good crowd 2/22 vs Nova.
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The bandwagon might be completely empty by the time 'Nova comes to town :(
 
Tiamat7 said:
The place sounded like a monastery in the first half. Second half has improved sound and attendance, at least from the tv perspective. Yes, Rafftery made the comment about "finally feels like a home game" in the second half.
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1H vs 2H: Imagine that, somewhat improved quality of UConn play mattered. /s
 
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CTMike said:
Uh I was there too and there was literally nothing to cheer about for 35 minutes of game time.
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Was there as well. 22 points in the first half.

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Kathy said:
Don't get me wrong always been an advocate for all games at Gampel, just know there are many who hate the drive.
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If I lived out there I'd hate driving to Hartford more. Connecticut has not done a good job with its cities, similarly to the state I raised my family - New Jersey. I live in Florida now but my buddies and I intend to renew our tradition of buying tickets for all the BE tourney games and making a long weekend of it. NYC is a city worth visiting. THe XL center is a terrible bball venue. My last UCONN home game was at Gampel when USF came in just before covid shut everything down. I had been at the USF game in Tampa earlier as I live in Clearwater and was happy to see the revenge. We had a multifamily reunion with my nephew who was a graduating senior at the time. Turns out the game and our dinner after ended up being his graduation party because covid shut everything down. I would drive the extra distance to the campus to see a game any day.
 
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