Likley so but 60% is far too low of an estimation. I was there... 80%-85% is more accurate.
Attendance???
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I like the way ISU has students behind each basket. After all, it is their team more than ours while they are in shchool. My fondest memories from my student days @ Hilton were the couple of games I had under the basket - back when they had assigned seating student ticket blocks and moved you around.
A few games up top. A few games in the parquet. A few games under the basket. The two games I remember the most were the Oklahoma State game when the floor shook and Hoiberg's freshman season game vs. Iowa in 1991-2. I was under the basket for both of those games on the second row. Magic!
Back in my time 1st was doors open and you rushed to section behind the opposing bench then the ends. By the time I graduated they had switched to the 4 seat rotation 2 good seats 1 ok then 1 way up high. We had next to the top row balcony seats once for the Iowa game wasn't all bad we brought in a bunch of beer to the game.
You do realize this is not an actual picture right???yeah, the shirt idea seems to be the best, and I also think a lot of it comes down to marketing and promotion. It seems like every other school in the nation has it figured out but us. I don't buy the whole, fans don't care excuse. I remember going to gold out games like 10+ years ago and those seem to be successful. Of course, back them you had paper tickets that said "color it gold or color it cardinal"
do schools like Tennessee hand out shirts since they seem to knock it out of the park always.
Every where I looked there were empty seats, the row where my season tickets are was completely empty. The row I moved to at half time had 2 people in it. Its a lot easier to see how empty the place is from the upper deck high up...
Basketball starts way too early, at least a month. Fans are focused on football and only have so much energy, money, and time to travel. K-State's gym last night sans the students and me was near empty.
And, while we're complaining, the guy running the flag around the upper level of Hilton was barely jogging! Damn it, man! I want to see them sprinting! Where's the school spirit?!? Not awesome unless there's a bit of danger seeing someone trip and fall from the upper level!
It is too bad that people can't wear the color of their section and get crazy. I guess it is like walking and chewing gum.
I just want to say where is the school spirit when people are trying to leave during the school song while the flag is being run around?
That's an age old tradition where the old people leave at the final media timeout to beat the traffic, even if it's a close game.
The bleachers are fine. It's that they are much farther away from the court and behind a crappy black fence. It's bizarre to see. Are most student sections gated? They just feel so separated from the action.
That's why removing the inner concourse/expanding the outer concourse/redoing the balcony stairways are on my lottery list. If you're gonna leave, leave. Don't half-ass it and hang out watching from the concourse for the last 5 minutes of the game. You're not getting to your car any faster than the 1,500 other people doing the exact same thing.
They are literally back 3 ft compared to the old set up.
I heard the students have to watch on closed circuit from Scheman.