I heard the announcers say Tuesday was the biggest home game, but I don't agree.
I think the three biggest game were:
1) Ralph Sampson Game (loss)
2) UNLV Game (loss)
3) Tuesday's UVA Game. (win)
Now Tuesday's win was the biggest win from an excitement/all things considered standpoint.
Tuesday's was also the most attended home game.
To me nothing I've seen has matched the Ralph Sampson game.
(12-09-2021 04:34 PM)Dukester Wrote: [ -> ]I heard the announcers say Tuesday was the biggest home game, but I don't agree.
I think the three biggest game were:
1) Ralph Sampson Game (loss)
2) UNLV Game (loss)
3) Tuesday's UVA Game. (win)
Now Tuesday's win was the biggest win from an excitement/all things considered standpoint.
Tuesday's was also the most attended home game.
To me nothing I've seen has matched the Ralph Sampson game.
Um Dukester I think they meant attendance-wise, buddy.
(12-09-2021 04:34 PM)Dukester Wrote: [ -> ]I heard the announcers say Tuesday was the biggest home game, but I don't agree.
I think the three biggest game were:
1) Ralph Sampson Game (loss)
2) UNLV Game (loss)
3) Tuesday's UVA Game. (win)
Now Tuesday's win was the biggest win from an excitement/all things considered standpoint.
Tuesday's was also the most attended home game.
To me nothing I've seen has matched the Ralph Sampson game.
Dukester, I had graduated by the time Lefty's Dukes hosted and demolished the Ticks for a Midnight Madness game. My wife was there. I'm thinking it might be in the Top 5.
(12-09-2021 04:39 PM)JMU1987UVA1998 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-09-2021 04:34 PM)Dukester Wrote: [ -> ]I heard the announcers say Tuesday was the biggest home game, but I don't agree.
I think the three biggest game were:
1) Ralph Sampson Game (loss)
2) UNLV Game (loss)
3) Tuesday's UVA Game. (win)
Now Tuesday's win was the biggest win from an excitement/all things considered standpoint.
Tuesday's was also the most attended home game.
To me nothing I've seen has matched the Ralph Sampson game.
Dukester, I had graduated by the time Lefty's Dukes hosted and demolished the Ticks for a Midnight Madness game. My wife was there. I'm thinking it might be in the Top 5.
The midnight game was one of those unique games. It was weird because we were so top heavy attendance wise - meaning students were up in the bleachers and tons of no shows on the lower level.
I think the actual people at that game was only about 4500.
I think in the context of exactly where JMU stands at this moment in time, Tuesday's game is by far the most important home game/victory we've ever had. This win could be a real turning point for the program and the university. For the team this win provides hope that an at large bid may actually be possible. I guarantee this victory cements the student (and local) support we need to really give us the home court advantage we so desperately have been missing. From a recruiting standpoint this will be massive. That kind of fan support coupled with our incredible new facilities makes us hard to beat.
From the JMU perspective, it was another softball-like moment which brought us even more national exposure on the heels of our Sun Belt announcement and CAA crap. With the dukes Rise challenge and the importance of re-engaging alums and growing our donor base the timing was perfect. And, the excitement from Tuesday is also very likely to carry over to Friday night's game. Hopefully the students come out on fire- I'm betting they will!
Look, this is like arguing over superman vs batman! But Tuesday's game was huge!
Go Dukes!
Maybe we can agree that we should have a list of biggest games played in Godwin, biggest games played in the Convo and the biggest games played in the Bank.
Tuesday night's victory with COVID restrictions in place last season is definitely the biggest victory to date at the Bank. Like others I expect it to pay huge dividends for years to come.
Maybe just recency bias obviously but I would lean towards this one being the biggest because of where the program stands. Basketball has been bad for so long and attendance had plummeted, JMU is firmly a football school but the new arena and improvement of the team has the potential to start bringing the fans back. This game was an opportunity to put a huge jump start on things, this can get the attention of people who would've otherwise needed a couple years of good JMU basketball to start to take notice.
Need to take advantage of that sudden jolt and keep it going though, would be a shame to get everyone's attention then **** the bed and have them calling it a fluke.
Ralph played us twice in the Burg. His sophomore year at Godwin. We lost by 1. His senior year which was year 1 at the convo and UVA won easily.
Tuesday night is the biggest win. And I do think Ralph’s visit to Godwin was the biggest game.
Just checked and it appears that we gained around 250 new donors after the UVA win bringing us to 1990 donors. I didn’t check right before the game so hard to say exactly how much we jumped. Last I checked though we were at around 1740. I do have a screenshot from thanksgiving though where we had 1685 so we’ve gained 305 donors since thanksgiving alone
I would say the loss to eventual champs Jordan/Worthy UNC in '82 has to be included. A "better take notice of these guys" moment that has been washed out due to the state of the program the last 20 or so years. But we use to hang our hat on that as an aspirational moment.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/box...dison.html
(12-10-2021 07:53 AM)James Madison Wrote: [ -> ]Just checked and it appears that we gained around 250 new donors after the UVA win bringing us to 1990 donors. I didn’t check right before the game so hard to say exactly how much we jumped. Last I checked though we were at around 1740. I do have a screenshot from thanksgiving though where we had 1685 so we’ve gained 305 donors since thanksgiving alone
Dang. Glad we got some new donors, but alarmed at how many we lost in the past 2 years. Pretty sure we were up around 2700-2800. Anyone else know the numbers?
I believe this is the first time we've taken the scalp from a national championship winning coach at home. Also UVA is ONLY three years removed from said NC, some of those players on the court on Tuesday were on that NC team (even if Clark was the only one to see the floor).
Given that fact and the epic crowd, this might be our biggest home win, and game. Ralph Sampson was a bigger media circus, but not quite like taking down the former champs.
(12-10-2021 09:14 AM)olddawg Wrote: [ -> ] (12-10-2021 07:53 AM)James Madison Wrote: [ -> ]Just checked and it appears that we gained around 250 new donors after the UVA win bringing us to 1990 donors. I didn’t check right before the game so hard to say exactly how much we jumped. Last I checked though we were at around 1740. I do have a screenshot from thanksgiving though where we had 1685 so we’ve gained 305 donors since thanksgiving alone
Dang. Glad we got some new donors, but alarmed at how many we lost in the past 2 years. Pretty sure we were up around 2700-2800. Anyone else know the numbers?
I believe the counter is only for current fiscal year giving (aka 2022 giving) and many won't give until the spring before the deadline. Could be wrong about the exact timing, but it does point out FY22 giving, so I'd imagine it's also only counting those who have alright given some dollars in this fiscal year.
(12-09-2021 04:39 PM)JMU1987UVA1998 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-09-2021 04:34 PM)Dukester Wrote: [ -> ]I heard the announcers say Tuesday was the biggest home game, but I don't agree.
I think the three biggest game were:
1) Ralph Sampson Game (loss)
2) UNLV Game (loss)
3) Tuesday's UVA Game. (win)
Now Tuesday's win was the biggest win from an excitement/all things considered standpoint.
Tuesday's was also the most attended home game.
To me nothing I've seen has matched the Ralph Sampson game.
Dukester, I had graduated by the time Lefty's Dukes hosted and demolished the Ticks for a Midnight Madness game. My wife was there. I'm thinking it might be in the Top 5.
Having been at the midnight madness game (as a student) and this week's game (as an old dad man), I have to say that there was something electric against UR (though that may have been the Jaegermeister talking). It was just such a thorough Tick @ss-kicking - literally from the opening tip. Add to it national TV, a well-lubricated student section, and it was one of those games I'll never forget.
UVa was the bigger win, but the Ticks game (to me) is the more memorable.
(12-09-2021 04:39 PM)JMU1987UVA1998 Wrote: [ -> ] (12-09-2021 04:34 PM)Dukester Wrote: [ -> ]I heard the announcers say Tuesday was the biggest home game, but I don't agree.
I think the three biggest game were:
1) Ralph Sampson Game (loss)
2) UNLV Game (loss)
3) Tuesday's UVA Game. (win)
Now Tuesday's win was the biggest win from an excitement/all things considered standpoint.
Tuesday's was also the most attended home game.
To me nothing I've seen has matched the Ralph Sampson game.
Dukester, I had graduated by the time Lefty's Dukes hosted and demolished the Ticks for a Midnight Madness game. My wife was there. I'm thinking it might be in the Top 5.
That was the #1 game. It was a raucous environment. At least half of us in the stands had a few. Several were pretty toasted by midnight.
Purdue back in the Lefty days was a big win
(12-10-2021 12:05 PM)Purplehazed Wrote: [ -> ]Purdue back in the Lefty days was a big win
Fla blowout. was great, although crowd not big with students out.
Surprised how many BYU fans were at Convo.