Tom Brown
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You got it brother.
FTW meets [ What the heck? ]
You got it brother.
Yes, my initials are vulgar!FTW meets [ What the heck? ]
.... What time did you buy your tickets?Well, I guess season ticket holders decided to renew for this game. I got [ steaming pile of Orgeron ] seats, but I'll be there on Tuesday with my old lady! Section 212 Row J this time!
You got it brother.
I bought my tix for last night's game on the website and was able to choose my seats, but that was after the season ticket holder reservation time was over.
I understand the situations of 2017 and this year are very different in terms of program expectations. In 2017 we were happy to be having any success in basketball. This year we expected to be a tournament team and (before the mass exodus) maybe competing for a Big 12 title. Still, though, it's amazing how oblivious fans seem to be to this year's NIT run as opposed to 2017. That game at home to make it to NYC was pretty packed and a great atmosphere. This year very few people seem to care at all.
Is it really just because of the difference in expectations compared to 2 years ago? This year's Kansas game was the best atmosphere we've had since joining the B12 imo. That loss was a massive gut punch and since then it seems many fans just threw in the towel on this season.
The Cheez It Bowl isn't played in our own stadium with $15 tickets though. This is an EASY game to go to. I definitely understand some drop in interest from last time but there's a pretty massive gap between this one and the last one that seems odd to me.It's completely normal given the trajectory of the program. It's been there, done that in terms of the NIT. No different than if a football team who hasn't been to a bowl game in 20 years plays in, say, four straight Cheez-It Bowls. The interest level and anticipation for that first one is going to be much, much higher than it will be for the 4th one. Human nature.
The Cheez It Bowl isn't played in our own stadium with $15 tickets though. This is an EASY game to go to. I definitely understand some drop in interest from last time but there's a pretty massive gap between this one and the last one that seems odd to me.
Haha! I was Sec 12, Row D, seats 1-2 yesterday. The game before was Sec 111, Row H, seats 11-16 for the first NIT game against SHSU. We're undefeated for every TCU MBB game I've attended. I've been fired up about this tournament even though a ton of people (even here) haven't.
I guess I've never been to the Scholl. You obviously don't know of which you speak. You're ignorant.
This is one example but NC St has made the tourney 5 of the last 7 years (including last year) and they are packing it out. The crowd their last game was out of control. They sold out their 5,500 seat arena for Harvard.I would guess if the Cheez-It Bowl were played in ACS this past year and tickets were $15 the crowd would've been very average at best, and a worse crowd than a typical home game against any Big 12 opponent. The NIT just isn't all that exciting, and especially for a team that is disappointed to be there. Take a look at NIT crowds at games played at schools who are perennial NCAA tournament teams....some of those arenas are literally 1/3 full.
NC State really only has a 5500 seat arena? Seems small for what I would guess is a fairly large state school in a basketball hotbed.This is one example but NC St has made the tourney 5 of the last 7 years (including last year) and they are packing it out. The crowd their last game was out of control. They sold out their 5,500 seat arena for Harvard.
This is one example but NC St has made the tourney 5 of the last 7 years (including last year) and they are packing it out. The crowd their last game was out of control. They sold out their 5,500 seat arena for Harvard.