(02-12-2019 08:07 PM)Foreverandever Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 07:31 PM)AndShock Wrote:  Speaking of attendance (sort of), 115 is the section behind the visitors bench at Reynolds, right? Wanted to double-check before purchasing tickets.

106 is behind the visitors. StubHub has them at like $12 plus fees.

Thanks, I had it flipped around.

(02-12-2019 11:17 AM)SouthernBoiNOLA Wrote:  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.

Outreach? Ehh our school does a TON for the city. Tulane was the #1 employer in the city IIRC.

Support level is a comedy show UNLESS we are playing a northeastern team. Cincy, Temple, etc. actually get a decent crowd. Crickets for everyone else, and that's because....

....we're NOT a southern school - and the funniest part about it is I could make a GREAT case to shift Tulane to the AAC East - and send Cincinnati west as a better "natural pair" with Memphis.

The relationship between Tulane and NOLA is tense. Tulane is flawed in its own right, but is almost a necessary evil relative to standard operating procedure in the city.

Hot take here, but the fact is, we are in a TV era not an attendance era.

I watch a lot of college basketball, and attendance sucks everywhere other than about 5-10 venues a night, depending on the slate. You could hear a pin drop during the BC-Pitt game last night. People don’t go to sporting events in the same numbers anymore. This is true for every sport, even the NFL. These threads are becoming more and more useless.

(02-13-2019 10:41 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  Hot take here, but the fact is, we are in a TV era not an attendance era.

I watch a lot of college basketball, and attendance sucks everywhere other than about 5-10 venues a night, depending on the slate. You could hear a pin drop during the BC-Pitt game last night. People don’t go to sporting events in the same numbers anymore. This is true for every sport, even the NFL. These threads are becoming more and more useless.

lol wut?

We have four programs at or near capacity for the average: Memphis, UC, WSU, and UH. That's four right there that do NOT SUCK at attendance this year. You say 5-10...we have 4. Are you saying there are only 1-6 teams outside the AAC that aren't sucking at attendance? I don't buy it.

(02-13-2019 10:41 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  Hot take here, but the fact is, we are in a TV era not an attendance era.

I watch a lot of college basketball, and attendance sucks everywhere other than about 5-10 venues a night, depending on the slate. You could hear a pin drop during the BC-Pitt game last night. People don’t go to sporting events in the same numbers anymore. This is true for every sport, even the NFL. These threads are becoming more and more useless.

BC Basketball is UCONN Football. Conte has been that way for a decade.

(02-13-2019 10:16 PM)oliveandblue Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 11:17 AM)SouthernBoiNOLA Wrote:  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.

Outreach? Ehh our school does a TON for the city. Tulane was the #1 employer in the city IIRC.

Support level is a comedy show UNLESS we are playing a northeastern team. Cincy, Temple, etc. actually get a decent crowd. Crickets for everyone else, and that's because....

....we're NOT a southern school - and the funniest part about it is I could make a GREAT case to shift Tulane to the AAC East - and send Cincinnati west as a better "natural pair" with Memphis.

The relationship between Tulane and NOLA is tense. Tulane is flawed in its own right, but is almost a necessary evil relative to standard operating procedure in the city.

I definitely agree that Tulane is not your typical "Southern" school, but man, they barely feel like they are part of the city. Maybe a move to the east would help, but the apathy for Tulane is about as bad as I have seen for a major school. I think there are some low hanging fruit that Tulane could do now that could help increase attendance. Let all HS Bball players go to the games free, sponsor some neighborhood courts, have a better relationship with the local media. Shoot Tulane put Melvin Fraizer in the NBA last year, and if you aren't a BBall junkie, you'd never would have known it. Think I saw maybe one story about it, but no interviews with the kid. Tulane just got it's highest ranked recruit ever, and no one knows it. I blame all that on the Marketing Dept.

SMU will get back to sellouts again as soon as we fire Jank in a month.

(02-13-2019 11:31 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 10:41 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  Hot take here, but the fact is, we are in a TV era not an attendance era.

I watch a lot of college basketball, and attendance sucks everywhere other than about 5-10 venues a night, depending on the slate. You could hear a pin drop during the BC-Pitt game last night. People don’t go to sporting events in the same numbers anymore. This is true for every sport, even the NFL. These threads are becoming more and more useless.

lol wut?

We have four programs at or near capacity for the average: Memphis, UC, WSU, and UH. That's four right there that do NOT SUCK at attendance this year. You say 5-10...we have 4. Are you saying there are only 1-6 teams outside the AAC that aren't sucking at attendance? I don't buy it.

I don't want to shock you Bearcats#1... but reported attendance does not equal actual attendance. I think OUGwave actually watches the games and sees empty seats.

Check this sight out.

Empty seats galore

(02-14-2019 05:22 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 11:31 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 10:41 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  Hot take here, but the fact is, we are in a TV era not an attendance era.

I watch a lot of college basketball, and attendance sucks everywhere other than about 5-10 venues a night, depending on the slate. You could hear a pin drop during the BC-Pitt game last night. People don’t go to sporting events in the same numbers anymore. This is true for every sport, even the NFL. These threads are becoming more and more useless.

lol wut?

We have four programs at or near capacity for the average: Memphis, UC, WSU, and UH. That's four right there that do NOT SUCK at attendance this year. You say 5-10...we have 4. Are you saying there are only 1-6 teams outside the AAC that aren't sucking at attendance? I don't buy it.

I don't want to shock you... but reported attendance does not equal actual attendance. I think OUGwave actually watches the games and sees empty seats.

Check this sight out.

Empty seats galore

All schools report tickets sold, not actual attendance.

(02-14-2019 05:25 PM)Moody Magic Wrote:  

(02-14-2019 05:22 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 11:31 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 10:41 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  Hot take here, but the fact is, we are in a TV era not an attendance era.

I watch a lot of college basketball, and attendance sucks everywhere other than about 5-10 venues a night, depending on the slate. You could hear a pin drop during the BC-Pitt game last night. People don’t go to sporting events in the same numbers anymore. This is true for every sport, even the NFL. These threads are becoming more and more useless.

lol wut?

We have four programs at or near capacity for the average: Memphis, UC, WSU, and UH. That's four right there that do NOT SUCK at attendance this year. You say 5-10...we have 4. Are you saying there are only 1-6 teams outside the AAC that aren't sucking at attendance? I don't buy it.

I don't want to shock you... but reported attendance does not equal actual attendance. I think OUGwave actually watches the games and sees empty seats.

Check this sight out.

Empty seats galore

All schools report tickets sold, not actual attendance.

my point exactly... people see a lot of empty seats at basketball arenas all over the country... thus.. wait for it.....

drum roll please....

attendance sucks

(02-12-2019 02:05 PM)ShockerFever Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 01:10 PM)panama Wrote:  

(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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You’re not helping your point by continually posting here.

Inwont tell you about Kansas and you don't tell me about the South

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(02-12-2019 02:18 PM)ECBrad Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 01:17 PM)panama 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.

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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Does the entire state of North Carolina not exist where you're from?

Do MS, AL, GA, TX, SC and AR not exist?

Yes there are places like NC, KY and VA, but the attendance numbers being pooed on in the OP are perfectly normal for those areas of the country. To think that deep South areas should have the same attendance as the NE is not reasonable.

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(02-14-2019 05:22 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 11:31 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 10:41 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  Hot take here, but the fact is, we are in a TV era not an attendance era.

I watch a lot of college basketball, and attendance sucks everywhere other than about 5-10 venues a night, depending on the slate. You could hear a pin drop during the BC-Pitt game last night. People don’t go to sporting events in the same numbers anymore. This is true for every sport, even the NFL. These threads are becoming more and more useless.

lol wut?

We have four programs at or near capacity for the average: Memphis, UC, WSU, and UH. That's four right there that do NOT SUCK at attendance this year. You say 5-10...we have 4. Are you saying there are only 1-6 teams outside the AAC that aren't sucking at attendance? I don't buy it.

I don't want to shock you Bearcats#1... but reported attendance does not equal actual attendance. I think OUGwave actually watches the games and sees empty seats.

Check this sight out.

Empty seats galore

either way....tickets are NOT being sold in 40% of the AAC. That's a problem.

(02-14-2019 07:34 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-14-2019 05:22 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 11:31 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 10:41 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  Hot take here, but the fact is, we are in a TV era not an attendance era.

I watch a lot of college basketball, and attendance sucks everywhere other than about 5-10 venues a night, depending on the slate. You could hear a pin drop during the BC-Pitt game last night. People don’t go to sporting events in the same numbers anymore. This is true for every sport, even the NFL. These threads are becoming more and more useless.

lol wut?

We have four programs at or near capacity for the average: Memphis, UC, WSU, and UH. That's four right there that do NOT SUCK at attendance this year. You say 5-10...we have 4. Are you saying there are only 1-6 teams outside the AAC that aren't sucking at attendance? I don't buy it.

I don't want to shock you Bearcats#1... but reported attendance does not equal actual attendance. I think OUGwave actually watches the games and sees empty seats.

Check this sight out.

Empty seats galore

either way....tickets are NOT being sold in 40% of the AAC. That's a problem.

Just.win

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(02-14-2019 07:10 PM)panama Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 02:18 PM)ECBrad Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 01:17 PM)panama 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.

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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Does the entire state of North Carolina not exist where you're from?

Do MS, AL, GA, TX, SC and AR not exist?

Yes there are places like NC, KY and VA, but the attendance numbers being pooed on in the OP are perfectly normal for those areas of the country. To think that deep South areas should have the same attendance as the NE is not reasonable.

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AR does fine on attendance, trust me the pigs get called and they love their basketball.

I already gave a ton of Texas examples.

Ol Miss and Missippi St have done just fine in home attendance. VCU,

I think at this point the evidence is pretty clear, you're wrong. Perhaps in Georgia or South Carolina no one cares but to say the south doesn't isn't even in the ball park of correct. I have lived in Tenn, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. I have traveled all over the south for different jobs, so you can forget the weak appeal to experience you just leveled at the wheatie.

Why is anyone getting upset over stuff that doesn't matter.

Just win..

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(02-14-2019 07:34 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-14-2019 05:22 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 11:31 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 10:41 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  Hot take here, but the fact is, we are in a TV era not an attendance era.

I watch a lot of college basketball, and attendance sucks everywhere other than about 5-10 venues a night, depending on the slate. You could hear a pin drop during the BC-Pitt game last night. People don’t go to sporting events in the same numbers anymore. This is true for every sport, even the NFL. These threads are becoming more and more useless.

lol wut?

We have four programs at or near capacity for the average: Memphis, UC, WSU, and UH. That's four right there that do NOT SUCK at attendance this year. You say 5-10...we have 4. Are you saying there are only 1-6 teams outside the AAC that aren't sucking at attendance? I don't buy it.

I don't want to shock you Bearcats#1... but reported attendance does not equal actual attendance. I think OUGwave actually watches the games and sees empty seats.

Check this sight out.

Empty seats galore

either way....tickets are NOT being sold in 40% of the AAC. That's a problem.

I agree. UCF is certainly falling short...considering that we have a good team two out of the last 3 years...

(02-12-2019 05:54 PM)AndShock Wrote:  

(02-12-2019 05:45 PM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  While we're on the subject of attendance in sports that don't matter

2018 AAC Baseball Attendance:

ECU - 2,831
Tulane - 1,750
Wichita - 1,675
UCF - 1,499
Houston - 1,490
USF - 979
UConn - 565
Cincinnati - 491
Memphis - 431

I'll be back with the indoor track and field and ladies lacrosse numbers shortly...

Another sport we’d dominate in attendance if we were actually decent.

In all seriousness though, you guys came on strong later in the year. You went from 6th at the beginning of 2018 to fighting Tulane for 2nd for half of April, and actually had them beat for most of May. Keep the scene alive Wichita!

(02-14-2019 07:47 PM)panama Wrote:  

(02-14-2019 07:34 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-14-2019 05:22 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 11:31 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 10:41 PM)OUGwave Wrote:  Hot take here, but the fact is, we are in a TV era not an attendance era.

I watch a lot of college basketball, and attendance sucks everywhere other than about 5-10 venues a night, depending on the slate. You could hear a pin drop during the BC-Pitt game last night. People don’t go to sporting events in the same numbers anymore. This is true for every sport, even the NFL. These threads are becoming more and more useless.

lol wut?

We have four programs at or near capacity for the average: Memphis, UC, WSU, and UH. That's four right there that do NOT SUCK at attendance this year. You say 5-10...we have 4. Are you saying there are only 1-6 teams outside the AAC that aren't sucking at attendance? I don't buy it.

I don't want to shock you Bearcats#1... but reported attendance does not equal actual attendance. I think OUGwave actually watches the games and sees empty seats.

Check this sight out.

Empty seats galore

either way....tickets are NOT being sold in 40% of the AAC. That's a problem.

Just.win

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couple of those teams are...USF and UCF but it doesn't seem to translate into ticket sales. Hence my statement stands: this is a problem.

(02-15-2019 01:12 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-14-2019 07:47 PM)panama Wrote:  

(02-14-2019 07:34 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  

(02-14-2019 05:22 PM)No Bull Wrote:  

(02-13-2019 11:31 PM)Bearcats#1 Wrote:  lol wut?

We have four programs at or near capacity for the average: Memphis, UC, WSU, and UH. That's four right there that do NOT SUCK at attendance this year. You say 5-10...we have 4. Are you saying there are only 1-6 teams outside the AAC that aren't sucking at attendance? I don't buy it.

I don't want to shock you Bearcats#1... but reported attendance does not equal actual attendance. I think OUGwave actually watches the games and sees empty seats.

Check this sight out.

Empty seats galore

either way....tickets are NOT being sold in 40% of the AAC. That's a problem.

Just.win

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couple of those teams are...USF and UCF but it doesn't seem to translate into ticket sales. Hence my statement stands: this is a problem.

It is a problem.if you're on national TV and the Arena is empty. Otherwise just keep winning. Nobody will care what the attendance was when you make the Elite 8.

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