(02-11-2019 10:21 PM)canewton Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 09:16 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Houston gets better crowds on the weekends as their fans get paid on Fridays.


Still one of the best self deprecating jokes a Houston fan made years ago.

I've been called 'poor' while leaving a game at Ford Stadium.

Once while playing a #3 at the time Oklahoma at home, I was in the center of the TU student section in Skelly stadium that was 90%+ crimson because people were paying twice our season ticket value for the games. The student section was not happy about the situation, they rode the OU players and talked trash to anyone who would listen. A small raging spot of blue in a sea of red.

At half time we trailed 3-0 and the exchanges were quite entertaining. OU took control and got out to quite a lead. The OU fans started to get after it. After one score by the Sooners a mid-thirties man in a cut off jersey who most likely has never attend a college class turned around and called out "How'd you lil bastards like that?" To which a TU student jumped up and said "You'll find out next year when I'm your boss".

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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Ever been to Memphis? That's in the south.

(02-11-2019 10:14 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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Because basketball sucks.

I'm going to turn you into a basketball fan next season.

(02-12-2019 02:27 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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Ever been to Memphis? That's in the south.

Panama's is just always a bit cranky...you would be too if you walked around with a crick in your neck. Poor fellow.

(02-11-2019 05:52 PM)mikeinoki Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 02:55 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  Averages 5k or LESS in attendance per game in men's basketball.

This is HORRIBLE. It smacks of mid-major. When you add on to this only two bids, I think it should be plain to everyone here why those outside the AAC look at us as a mid-major basketball conference. Hard to argue at this point.

Here are the culprits:

UCF: 4,808
USF: 4,257
ECU: 4,129
Tulsa: 4,080
Tulane: 1,558

We're trying out new promotions to get the fans in. This one is called "$teak Night."

(02-11-2019 08:46 PM)Crazier Wrote:  NCAA tourney is in Memphis. We play our best basket at home so don't be surprised to see us win tourney with a bad record.

Can you describe this basket? It sounds nice. Is it a wicker basket? It's coming up on Easter, so maybe an Easter basket? Maybe it's something fancy that only the south knows about!

(02-11-2019 06:27 PM)BullsBEAST Wrote:  Usf basketball has been awful since our ncaa tournament season. We just had 5700 go watch us play ecu. If we can sustain some level of moderate success I think we can get the average up to 6-7k

We're in the same boat as USF, probably never average over 7k.

(02-12-2019 09:57 AM)muckdawg24 Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 06:27 PM)BullsBEAST Wrote:  Usf basketball has been awful since our ncaa tournament season. We just had 5700 go watch us play ecu. If we can sustain some level of moderate success I think we can get the average up to 6-7k

We're in the same boat as USF, probably never average over 7k.

We had a run averaging over 7k in the Jordan years and starting 14-0. If we cracked into the top 25 they would come. There would be a few hundred at Houston games until recently.

(02-12-2019 02:27 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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Ever been to Memphis? That's in the south.

Don't know about him ever being in Memphis, but his lil ole schools football team has. Guess he's still a little bitter about that 55-22 drubbing his team took, so dissing basketball in the south probably just makes him feel better.

(02-12-2019 10:10 AM)wylioats Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 02:27 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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Ever been to Memphis? That's in the south.

Don't know about him ever being in Memphis, but his lil ole schools football team has. Guess he's still a little bitter about that 55-22 drubbing his team took, so dissing basketball in the south probably just makes him feel better.

Currently 6 of the top ten ranked teams in the AP are from the South. So I would say basketball in the South is alive and well.

(02-12-2019 02:27 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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Ever been to Memphis? That's in the south.

Technically, it's Hoops City. Memphis is just a nickname.

As a Memphis fan living in New Orleans for a lot of years, that number seems high for Tulane. I am a big basketball fan. I think I have been to more Tulane games than the average Tulane fan. I can tell you that the level of support for Tulane is damn near non existent in the city. Tulane is seen as the rich/smart kids, and not really part of the fabric of the city. Tulane's outreach to the city is minimal at best. Between that and having abysmal basketball, no wonder Tulane has the worst attendance in the AAC.

(02-12-2019 11:10 AM)I_LUV_MEMPHISTIGERS Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 02:27 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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Ever been to Memphis? That's in the south.

Technically, it's Hoops City. Memphis is just a nickname.

Plus Kentucky and North Carolina are two of the most hoops-crazed states and they are in the south. Might be more accurate to say people in the deep south don't watch basketball.

(02-12-2019 11:30 AM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 11:10 AM)I_LUV_MEMPHISTIGERS Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 02:27 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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Ever been to Memphis? That's in the south.

Technically, it's Hoops City. Memphis is just a nickname.

Plus Kentucky and North Carolina are two of the most hoops-crazed states and they are in the south. Might be more accurate to say people in the deep south don't watch basketball.

Raleigh/Chapel Hill/Durham, definitely.

Let's see what the attendance is for basketball "crazed" Indiana's first round NIT home game.

(02-12-2019 10:29 AM)billetingman1 Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 10:10 AM)wylioats Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 02:27 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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Ever been to Memphis? That's in the south.

Don't know about him ever being in Memphis, but his lil ole schools football team has. Guess he's still a little bitter about that 55-22 drubbing his team took, so dissing basketball in the south probably just makes him feel better.

Currently 6 of the top ten ranked teams in the AP are from the South. So I would say basketball in the South is alive and well.

Even if you can get talented players to come play for you, that doesn't mean you can get a lot of fans to come watch.

I've always seen a lot of references to basketball being more popular in the north than south and baseball being more popular in the south than north. Sure there will be outliers.

Our attendance is bad (although it's been worse) and we haven't won a conference game, but we do have . . . Mardi Gras uniforms:

(02-11-2019 09:03 PM)ShockerFever Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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You did manage the time to post in a basketball thread though.

Because.I.was.not at.a.game.

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(02-11-2019 10:14 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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Because basketball sucks.

Shhhhh...

You will upset Kansas

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(02-12-2019 02:27 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(02-11-2019 08:16 PM)panama Wrote:  People.in.the.south.do.not.watch.basketball.

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Ever been to Memphis? That's in the south.

On one side Memphis


On the other Dallas, Huston, Atlanta, Orlando...the list goes on...

Even GT does not sell out in Atlanta. Unless it's tournament time people are not talking about caring about college basketball in the South...

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