Student Section
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Im going to try and stay positive on such a great night and great win.....but that's effing pathetic.
Agreed. Attendance was fine every where else. The empty student section was sad to see. Time to make a change.
The attendance, other than the student section, seemed pretty good tonight. Anyone else think traffic was a major bear tonight? I have never seen it this bad. The wife and I even left Ankeny about 15 minutes before we usually do for 6 pm games and did not get to our seats til 2 minutes into the game. There were some people in my section that did not get to their seats until halfway through the first half. Traffic was backed up on Highway 30 pretty good too.
Back on topic here. The student attendance is pitiful. I went to college during the Mcdermott years and I'm sorry to say that the student attendance this year is almost as bad. What the heck? Top 25 team for a majority of the year and students are not going to games. Something has to be wrong.
Back on topic here. The student attendance is pitiful. I went to college during the Mcdermott years and I'm sorry to say that the student attendance this year is almost as bad. What the heck? Top 25 team for a majority of the year and students are not going to games. Something has to be wrong.
I will say that despite the lack of students (again), the atmosphere was great. The students that were there did a great job, and the "old folks" did great as well. Look at the end of the first half.. when the entire crowd stood up and yelled it was absolutely deafening in there.
Students running out of excuses though, that's for sure.
Students running out of excuses though, that's for sure.
As a student that couldnt make it to the game tonight, I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents.
First, remember that we are STUDENTS, with classes, homework, labs, projects, etc. Most professors on campus wont accept a basketball game as a reason for not getting our **** done. It is getting close to midterm time and classes are in full swing now. I know that doesnt get cover every student, but it should be taken into consideration.
Second, the ticket situation for students right now is awful. Overselling by 2000 (or whatever it is) means that for big games, not every student is guaranteed a spot. That means getting to the game 2/3/4+ hours before the doors open just to get a seat. Again, we are students that cant sacrifice that sort of time regularly.
Third, electronic tickets suck donkey balls. If I want to sell my ticket, I either have to find another student willing to pay the $2 transfer fee on top of what I want for it and mess with the piece of crap that is the Ticket Exchanger, or I have to pay $2 to print my ticket(on top of on campus printing fees), to then go give to another student. This normally has to be done a few days in advance.
Fourth, the Cyclone Alley leaders are terrible at getting any sort of excitement going for these games. I never see any posters and such around campus reminding students that there games going on (for the smaller games it would be nice for the reminder). Then during the game, there is no core group leading cheering. Ill be in the balcony and be the one of maybe a dozen people cheering, while others around me just look at me weird.
Lastly, the non-students are even worse than the students when it comes to cheering. I never see the non-students on their feet for more that 2 minutes at any point during the games. Everybody sits down as soon a run ends, or we miss a shot, and so on. Its kind of disheartening to have all you criticizing the students for not showing up, when the adults are just a bunch of wet blankets in the stands. And dont even get me started on the MASSIVE number of people who begin leaving with 2 minutes left in the game.
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First, remember that we are STUDENTS, with classes, homework, labs, projects, etc. Most professors on campus wont accept a basketball game as a reason for not getting our **** done. It is getting close to midterm time and classes are in full swing now. I know that doesnt get cover every student, but it should be taken into consideration.
Second, the ticket situation for students right now is awful. Overselling by 2000 (or whatever it is) means that for big games, not every student is guaranteed a spot. That means getting to the game 2/3/4+ hours before the doors open just to get a seat. Again, we are students that cant sacrifice that sort of time regularly.
Third, electronic tickets suck donkey balls. If I want to sell my ticket, I either have to find another student willing to pay the $2 transfer fee on top of what I want for it and mess with the piece of crap that is the Ticket Exchanger, or I have to pay $2 to print my ticket(on top of on campus printing fees), to then go give to another student. This normally has to be done a few days in advance.
Fourth, the Cyclone Alley leaders are terrible at getting any sort of excitement going for these games. I never see any posters and such around campus reminding students that there games going on (for the smaller games it would be nice for the reminder). Then during the game, there is no core group leading cheering. Ill be in the balcony and be the one of maybe a dozen people cheering, while others around me just look at me weird.
Lastly, the non-students are even worse than the students when it comes to cheering. I never see the non-students on their feet for more that 2 minutes at any point during the games. Everybody sits down as soon a run ends, or we miss a shot, and so on. Its kind of disheartening to have all you criticizing the students for not showing up, when the adults are just a bunch of wet blankets in the stands. And dont even get me started on the MASSIVE number of people who begin leaving with 2 minutes left in the game.
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From this picture, you could probably stuff the students in that center section, rest go public.
Give me a ******* break. It's called time management. I am a student as well and I keep up just fine on my school work. Not that hard to plan ahead and get things done beforehand. Also, the game was over at 8. Do most student go to bed by 9 or something? Also, the overselling thing is a dumb excuse as well. You could have walked in at tip for every game since Kansas and had great seats.
This is simply not true. 3 games this year I have had to wait that long, and that was by choice: Michigan, Iowa, Kansas.
All the others I've showed up and only had to wait an hour at most outside. They're letting us in 2 hours early now, and plenty of seats were still open in the lower area even only a half our before tip.
If you can't handle the time demands of being a student, you're screwed if you ever want to have a job and family.
Please tell me you are kidding with this. You need someone to tell you when and how to cheer? As well as flyers to tell you there is a bball game? If you bought tickets you should be smart enough to figure both of these things out yourself. However considering the ****** student attendance this year apparently lots of students aren't.
Exactly. I had 10 times the free time in college than I do now. And that includes mid term and finals weeks.
Schedule wise college is on the easiest times of your life. Have a full time job and multiple kids, you will understand what busy truly is.