Gotcha. You guys know much more about how those all work than I do. I just knew it black out local markets, didnt realize it was solely because of the RSN's. Makes sense.

Back on topic. Winning brings people in naturally. Marketing gets people in the door as well. The atmosphere and product on the court brings people back for more. It has to be an event, not just a basketball game. From the student side, making it fun brings people back. Losing makes it harder but not impossible. The DAC Pack grew despite plenty of losing. The leaders being involved and making it fun and personable helped tremendously. '11-'12 finally rewarded those students, at least until the quarterfinal game, which helped kill the momentum for a not culture-rich program like ours. Following up success with more losing hurts stability, but good leaders can overcome much of that.

Schools like UNCW have enough of a history of success to lure people back. Despite their awful run the past couple seasons, they have still gotten people to show up. I also fully understand there is less going on in Wilmington than Philly, that's where the marketing has to be stronger on our end to overcome some of that. Point is, it is not getting any easier to get butts in the seats. Doing nothing and relying on winning will work but it wont help grow the fan base into returning and building that culture of fans. TV games and local availability is certainly a good first step