I was there, then watched it on ESPN "On demand" when I got home. TV did not do it justice, and yes; agree, the PXP, being remote, was a definite contributor.
Dear ISU AD: Please Stop Changing Hilton
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Not sure, but what a game to go to, as they won the national championship that year, and our guys stuck it to them. I remember screaming in my buddy's ear, and him screaming back, and neither of us had any idea what we were saying to each other.
Just put some seats in the gap this isnt an Amazon warehouse
Our crowd is a big part of the Hilton experience. I dislike that TV is marginalizing that aspect.
To be honest one of my favorite aspects of college basketball is watching home crowds go bananas vs. a highly ranked team.
That said being there vs. seeing it on TV are going to be different no matter what.
No, it wasn't. The argument is that they ****** up doing the student section, creating a horrible convention center setup, and is a ****-up and should be corrected.
Your Duke example is egregiously bad. Have you not been to Cameron Indoor?
At KU, it is court all the way form the students to the baseline, filled in with a crowd of people. At Hilton, we now have a parking lot.
I do. The main pull for me to watch even a second of a Duke home game at Cameron is that the student crowd is right on top of the players.
Good debate. Here is a clip of the last minutes of the 1995 game vs. KU (Floyd's first year). Keep watching to the end and you can see the balcony region appears quite a bit darker as well. Like it does now. Maybe it is more a TV thing? But I believe the folks here who are attending games and say it is 'too dark now' in the balconies. They should know.
One poster recently opined that the floor also looks more 'bleached-out' now than in years past. This appears to be more than just a lighting thing (LED's now). Personally I might prefer a 'slightly' darker, more amber court floor. Not a big deal but they will pick what they want here also when the time comes. I don't think us fans have a say in the matter.
Speaking as a fan from afar I'd like the lighting in the balconies to be turned up a tad. It will look better on TV. I think also if there was a way to push the entire new end-bleachers 3-4 more feet closer to courtside, that would be best. I doubt that can be done. We may be stuck with the new change in the bleachers at both ends. Progress? The lighting can be changed.
No, it wasn't. The argument is that they ****** up doing the student section, creating a horrible convention center setup, and is a ****-up and should be corrected.
Your Duke example is egregiously bad. Have you not been to Cameron Indoor?
At KU, it is court all the way form the students to the baseline, filled in with a crowd of people. At Hilton, we now have a parking lot.
KU has a student section set up basically the same as Hilton, they just put a few chairs in front of that and their students have a higher vantage point at its lowest point so they can put a few chairs in front of that without impeding view.
So other than the fact there are people sitting much closer to the baseline, and the court continues to the student section, it is the same?
If they needed the space for a bunch of big money seats, or press, or even handicap seating, then do it. This was just a ******* mistake.
I said put in theater type reclining seats, and have a student drawing for each game. $1 -$5 chance/ game.
Yes the student sections are basically the same. You are getting way too riled up about nothing.
The bleachers probably aren’t changing so you can either get used to it or email Jamie and find out if there is another plan.
Whining about this when ISU is maybe going to be undefeated going into conference play is trash.
The bigger issue is not having announcers on location, not the lights or seating “issues”
Except one was recently redone to look like a convention center, the other makes room for others to be closer to the action. Huge difference
Is it as big of deal as the poor job with the Sports Performance Center? Probably not, but what a needless mistake.
How do you function in life if you compartmentalize so poorly? Pointing out that they messed up when redoing the student section and it looks like **** does not impact the enjoyment of the season at all.
Sure doesn’t seem like it but ok. You really going to die on this hill it seems. Good luck with this. I’m sure whining on this board will solve the problem.
Lol nobody is booing the players they are just suggesting how to make Hilton even better, it looks trashy/unfinished on tv and in person to have bare garage floor, just put some seats down it isn’t hard.
Lol ok. If you have legitimate suggestions why post on CF? No one here has any power to change it.