Iowa MBB averaging 4,658 per game actual attendance
- Thread starter cycloneworld
- Start date
I'll give you that one. I like knowing what's going down in EIU before my hawk friends do too.
That's a sad number but as we know they'll start showing up once the Big 10 season rolls around just like our fans do for Big 12 games. Only difference is we have had better non-conference game support so it's not nearly as noticable as it is for Iowa.
Hawk fans portray themselves as all high and mighty and they say they are some of the best fans in the nation. That is total BS and this is just one of several points to prove it.
Also, many of my friends are Hawk fans and we talk sports all of the time. So yes, I do give a crap what's going on over there. You may not, but many people do.
I'm sorry if 9k season tickets have been sold their should be 9k in attendence...I dont have season tickets for ISU basketball but do for football, the thing is if I cant go to a game I either sell them to someone who wants to or give them to a friend that I know will go to the game. I know the two sports are different but I would do the same for basketball. I know there are a lot of corporate tickets around and that is usually how I am fortunate enought to see cyclone games.
If a team is bad people give tickets away left and right...there always people who cant afford or chose not to buy season tickets to pick those give-aways up. Theres no excuse.
If a team is bad people give tickets away left and right...there always people who cant afford or chose not to buy season tickets to pick those give-aways up. Theres no excuse.
Wasn't it you who was complaining about how dismal the Hilton Crowd was during the Minnesota game? http://www.cyclonefanatic.com/forum/mens-basketball/16550-hilton-last-night.html#post253424
Also, I watched ISU play UNI, and heard of the Centenary and Winston-Salem crowds. Not many people in the seats, and not a lot of cheering.
I'm not arguing that ISU has had more people there - because they have. Probably about 5,000 more people per game. But with as dismal as Iowa's attendance has been, ISU's hasn't been anything to brag about. You can argue paid attendance all you want - Iowa has 9,500 people paying, but about 5,000 people not showing up.
ISU is having about the same problem, aren't they? According to cyclones.com, ISU is averaging a paid attendance this year at around 14,000. Not too shabby. But they're is no way that they've averaged much more than 10,000 people in the stands per game.
And to head this off before I get blasted - no I haven't gone to games. I've watched a few on TV, but if you do a search on this site and look at posts from people who have gone to games, almost every thread has a complaint about how "lame the Hilton Crowd was last night", or how there were so many empty seats, etc...
Maybe, but "lame" at Hilton still beats a sellout at CHA. Wait, has there ever been a sellout at CHA??:biggrin:
I don't disagree. I'm just saying, both teams are having this problem of people buying tickets, and then not showing up. While the problem may not be as bad at ISU this season, the fact is that still about 5,000 fans pay and don't show up.
LOL, touche`. Although, I've been at Carver when it gets loud. I'm not going to compare it to Hilton, because I hate Carver. The bowl annoys me, and I can't believe they built it that way.
Never, not ONCE did anyone say ISU fans were were filling the joint up during rough seasons.
However, as noted, 10k attendance > 5k attendance....7 days a week.
I've been disappointed over attendance to some games last year and one or two this year. I certainly have not been sick over the lack of fans in the seats though - which is how I would feel if I was a Hawk fan looking around CHA.
However, as noted, 10k attendance > 5k attendance....7 days a week.
I've been disappointed over attendance to some games last year and one or two this year. I certainly have not been sick over the lack of fans in the seats though - which is how I would feel if I was a Hawk fan looking around CHA.
I was complaining about having only 10,000 actual people there (without school in session). Iowa fans should be complaining that they can't get 10,000 PAID people there. Huge difference.
Minnesota game attendance was 13,709. I was complaining that only 10,000 or so showed up (73% of paid attendance). Iowa is averaging 9,119 and 4,658 showing up (51%). Again, a huge difference.
You do realize that the Iowa State WOMEN are averaging more people per game than your men's team right? :biglaugh:
My guess is their alumni crowd is pretty loyal...as is ours. It is their casual fan without attatchment to the university that tends to latch on only to the winning teams. This is why I'd take our smaller fan base over their larger one any day of the week.
I might have said "filled," but it was more in comparison of Hilton to CHA. More than 2/3 filled looks a lot more full than less than 1/3 filled.
My point is that there were quite a few posts comparing ISU fans to Iowa fans, and how much more loyal the ISU fan base is because they are showing up and supporting their team - when in fact you are seeing roughly the same numbers now showing up (about 5,000 people paying and then not coming).
It isn't as bad at ISU - not nearly as bad. But the games against bad competition (Centenary and Winston-Salem) had poor attendance, and the game against Minnesota was also pretty empty. So it's not like ISU fans are selling out the place and getting Hilton rocking - so the comparison is fair.
I'd be willing to bet that the actual people that show up to the women's games is pretty close to the number that show up to the men's....
The aveage Iowa fan is still saving their money and waiting for their football bowl game announcement to come through, duh!:wink:
The paid vs. attendance numbers...oh...tossing out the same 5k.
What about the percentage relationship?
And there is no way there were anywhere close to 5k fans at the Hawkeye challenge games...which is on the same level as the Centenary and Winston-Salem games you keep bringing up.
What about the percentage relationship?
And there is no way there were anywhere close to 5k fans at the Hawkeye challenge games...which is on the same level as the Centenary and Winston-Salem games you keep bringing up.
Like I said - it's not nearly as bad at ISU as it is at Iowa. But some people were making it sound as though ISU fans were all so giddy to come out and support their new coach, when still about 5,000 people aren't showing up after paying for their ticket.
Like I've said, there is no excuse for the lack of people in the stands. I don't know why - it would be nice to get them there. I hope they show up for the Big Ten season. Lick knows he needs to get them excited about basketball again - and I have faith that he will.
