I can confirm that, as from my seat, behind the scorers table, a had a clear view of how far treg was from the guy and he flat decked him, initiating the contact intentionally. I was also able to see what the refs review from the monitor and the angles viewed just didn't show it well.

Pretty sad that in this day and age the largest human on the floor can take a cheap shot that 2,000 people see and it's not caught on camera.

Official attendance is much more accurate. Not only was the crowd clearly bigger than 1500-2000 but with these games the # of tickets sold is MUCH more accurate to butts in seats, if not almost completely accurate, than games with season ticket purchasers who don't show.

3570+ :) (I'm guessing the Women hoopsters having fun sitting behind the basket weren't required to purchase tickets. It's nice to see them supporting the Men just as Jordy, Gavin, Treg, Tony, Drew, Jarron and others have been regularly in the RoundHouse supporting the Women.)

Yes, it's called pricing accordingly. Charge $30-$50 for a single game ticket in the lower bowl. The season ticket is still the far better deal.

You wouldn't hear me argue with you on that. If we can charge $40 for a homecoming ticket, $40+ for a seat close to the floor should be doable.

What about the season ticket holders that can't/don't come to some games? (note, this would really only apply to those lower level seats)

You and I both know 1567 people were looking at their phones the whole game and missed the cheap shot.

Were they really MAC refs? I don't know. Honestly asking. They were bad. Even through my pixelated cell phone screen I could see fouls being committed by the Bobcats that were not called.

Once you turn the lights on, whether you have 1300 or 13000 does not matter. You might as well get as many in the seats that you can. If you bought season tickets, think of it as a donation. Don't worry about other people buying last minute and sitting in the lower bowl. Let's face it: this is an also ran tourney. Not many get excited about saying "we're number 70". Finals must be coming up soon. Are you going out of your way to attend these games?

that's funny..."we're no. 70"

That would be assuming the 68 in the NCAA are the best 68. They are not. Not by a long shot. It's a dysfunctional system.

Nope - Going the way I always do - down and back from Columbus....

I would bet that the upper bowl is absolutely close to 10k of the seats and the lower bowl plus bleachers accounts for about 3k or even a little less, but I did a little math to be sure. I counted the seats in one of the biggest lower bowl sections, section 101, which has 133 seats. If every lower bowl section (20 of them) all had that many seats, then that's 2660. We know that not every section is that big (e.g. section 120 is around 80-90 seats) so reality is probably anywhere from 2100-2400 in the lower bowl. There are 8 sections on the floor, 4 chairback and 4 bleachers. there are 77 seats per chairback section. if you assume the bleachers are about the same capacity, it's 77*8 for a total of 616. At the MOST, spectator seats below the concourse is 3200. It's probably closer to... 2800-3000.



Again, for as small as it was, it was a nicely engaged crowd last night that made a lot of noise, and I had a blast watching us come back to win. I'm a little shocked that out of 20k students, we got like 150 to come to the game last night as spectators. If we're talking numbers, though, yours don't add up. I don't know if the number is "made up". Did we run a promotion or get a sponsor to pick up 500-1000 tickets at a group rate? Don't know, but I stand by my original estimate.

The two borna mentioned are certainly regulars. The were certainly in pre-season form, but at least seemed to be be relatively evenly awful for each side. The third guy, I don't remember seeing in the Convo.

Thankfully Bo Boroski was busy.