If that is the reasoning, our ISU students have their priorities all messed up. The beginning of dead week is NOT a good reason to go to this game.
Attendance???
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i text a buddy and we both couldnt believe how empty it was, must be a style of play thing, IDK...thought besides the Iowa and Baylor game last year the crowds were pretty disappointing
Just a thought: college kids these days think of St. Johns as an average mid-major school. Not a super sexy matchup. They've only made the tourney 3 times since most college kids have been alive. This ain't the Red Storm of the 80's/90's.
It looked fine to me on TV. They even showed a shot of the upper deck behind one of the baskets and it looked relatively full.
We need a spinoff of the We Will Collective that contributes solely to a student section "pregame" allowance at (Paddys/Cys) for B12 games; that should do the trick.
Tip was right in the middle of Sunday afternoon, and a nice Sunday at that.
Between all the RSV/Flu/Other crap going around that had me on my ass, and people shopping for holidays/wrapping up exterior decorations, I'm not surprised.
Between all the RSV/Flu/Other crap going around that had me on my ass, and people shopping for holidays/wrapping up exterior decorations, I'm not surprised.
We were 2-22 the year before lol TJs building the excitement back and it’s getting there.
Also, competing with NFL and ISU/Iowa wrestling probably kept it down a bit. I didn’t think it looked too bad though. Thought it sounded pretty loud at times and the crowd was getting into it.
I'm sure some will hate this opinion, but the student section in the upper deck should go away. It's full for 2-3 games a year, and if you made those general public seats, they'd still be full for those 2-3 games and would be much more full for the other ~15 home games.
I agree with that completely. They fill it for Iowa, Kansas, and maybe someone else if we're good.
The general public would fill that for pretty much every Big 12 game.
We already moved the students for football and moved student seating back from the floor. Students bring the noise and excitement to the games.
Yes and outside of Oregon State and Iowa, we played a bunch of SWAC tomato cans. Not gonna pull great attendance for those teams.
And we had solid attendance for conference play overall, especially considering how bad we were offensively.
Guilty as charged. Didn't hardly miss a home game for 25 years, but as age has crept up on me and all that comes with that, the TV becomes alot more inviting. But us old folks eventually need to be replaced by the younger generation.... In the world of streaming, technology, home partying, etc. it might become an issue no matter the team's success. I was always surprised during football games how many people tailgated and stayed out in the parking lot instead of attending the game.
One of my sons went to a Sunday dead week game with his senior design group. They bounced around ideas at half. I just wonder when this site became full on hating our own fans. Not enough people at a non con on a Sunday of dead week which coincides with CyHawk wrestling, holiday crap, and a bunch of people battling respiratory illnesses. You need to be there for everything no matter where you live. You’re not a fan if you don’t have season tickets to everything, and donating to NIL, Cyclone Club, Gridiron Club, whatever else club there is, going to every event and paying for super parking.
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i just hold Hilton to a higher standard, not going to continue to argue good win yesterday
I actually agree that it is a problem but disagree on the solution. We should look to follow Kansas and make people actually claim their tickets. Then once students have the opportunity sell them to the general public. The problem is more students are unreliable. If you cut their tickets you have to cut how many you sell. You then have the same problem just in the lower bowl.
I agree, which is why I wish more students would show up.
I also hate what we've done to the student section in the lower deck. We should move them closer to the court and have standing risers put in where the parquet divide is (similar to what they use at Providence).
The majority of the students don't come out until it's trendy to do so. Should reallocate some of those tickets until big 12 play.
