I'm not cutting on Campbell or suggestion he was holding us back. But when your best player goes down the only way to replace him is as a team...realizing the power of five instead of five relying on the power of one. This group has learned to appreciate how to play together which bodes well for this year and next.

You do realize the student section is that entire side of the arena? Easily 1,500-2,000 total students there...although the ones up top are generally pretty disinterested.

This is correct. I know current students who never go in the Ozone because they want a chairback, they want to sit, and they don't want to be told what to do during a game. They love hoops, love the team, enjoy the games, but they're not "facepainters." I really wish we could stop obsessing over how other people enjoy games.

Denny too. They each played about 20 mins for the game with no foul trouble.

I think we will see addition by subtraction next year if we can find a big man to come in and allow Carter to take over for KK at the four. Not sure if that's Doug Taylor or Gareri or someone else not currently on the roster.

After years of faithfully following along on webcasts and catching games when we have played around Northeast Ohio, it felt great to be back in the Convo yesterday. Jaaron is an absolute joy to watch distribute the ball to his teammates. Given some of the leads we have coughed up this year, I didn't relax even when we were up 20+. There was some palpable tension when it got down to 10, but hats off to the team for settling down and running BG out of the gym to finish strong. If Saul was smiling during "winning team/losing team," I think that show of fortitude from the players was one reason why.

Last note: I unapologetically loved Lou's "slamurai warrior" call on Jason Carter's dunk late in the game. I'm not normally a fan of PA announcers doing shtick, but Lou is really, really good.

The 60 I mentioned initially was my breakdown of students actually in the Ozone section. And it wasn't an estimate, I counted them. But yes, I wrongly said "went to the game" instead of "sat in the Ozone"

Beyond that, it is hard to say, but judging off what I saw above the Ozone in the 100 section and 200 sections, I would say less than 500 easily. But I understand they could be scattered everywhere. There's just no chance at all there was 1,500-2,000 active non-100, non-ROTC students there.

Yes the overall crowd was good, no complaints. When I complain about student crowd I am fearing for the future. I can't envision alumni who never went the game as students will become super fans after graduation. Falling student numbers doesn't bode well for future fan support.