Tell your ticket staff to change the pricing structure..

I think/hope several of us responded about that in the famous request for feedback emails.

It's as simple as this: this is entertainment, and bad basketball is not entertaining. If the likely outcome of going to a game is that you will leave in a bad mood, why go?

Many of us do not have an alma mater. We still love our Bobcats. But hey, we are the ones out beyond the Plains that everyone forgets. We're used to it. Goes right along with our neighbors in their red and gray. Might be more of us and less of them if someone was paying attention.

I say: Yes and no. Yes, bad basketball makes it less likely that I'll drive 180 miles roundtrip to watch, but I still come. I'm just less likely to prioritize bad basketball for as many games as I would entertaining basketball - such as on a Tuesday night from Columbus to Athens and back home with work the next morning on Wednesday.

While I agree in principle with what you're saying ... I think there was a stark difference in that 2010 team that struggled to start and, say, the last couple OHIO teams. You could see talent on that 2010 team that if they could just get it together, they was something there. It kept you coming back to see.

These last two years, there's been barely a glimmer of that .... and if OHIO continued down that path, I can see how some would struggle with renewing season tickets and making the 3-6 hour commitment to travel to the Convo on a weeknight to watch them play The Citadel or Central Michigan.

I think what Boals has done in his short time has breathed some life into things ... and some optimism. I said it previously, not to pile on Saul, but the class Boals has already put together might be better than anything we've seen in the last five years.

Gives hope for the future that this might not be as a long of a road to turn things around. I'm optimistic again ... albeit, patiently optimistic. I don't have visions of cutting down nets in Cleveland next March ... but I have visions of maybe sitting in Cleveland for at least one game next March.

Thank you, this is exactly what I mean. Three out of five years under Saul were dreadful, and I couldn't find much to excite me in those years. I don't mean to say I don't come to games when a loss is the likely outcome. Far from it. I take some level of satisfaction when Ohio loses against a better team, but still showed effort, fundamentals, preparation, teamwork and a competitive spirit. When those aren't there at all, it's hard to justify spending time and money.

I'm happy you mentioned 2010 in particular. I watched that 0-4 start. I was present at Miami in the middle of that streak after we dropped two at home to Akron and Kent. Despite that, I knew there was the makings of a cohesive team somewhere in there. A couple weeks later, I drove from Cincinnati to Chicago for a job interview, then Chicago to Toledo for that OT game against a poor Rocket team, then back down to Cincinnati all in one day. Despite the struggles, there was still a cohesive, entertaining team somewhere that had to find itself. It's why the championship win against Akron that year is to this day my favorite OU sports memory.

Respectfully I think you are partaking in a little revisionist history in hindsight. In fact I think revisionist history is rampant in sports in general. I also think it is unfair to say there was no glimmer of that given the amount of key injuries (& a transfer) we experienced.

But regardless, even if the struggling feels more hopeless, it isn't completely hopeless. And I don't mean hope to get to the tourney (at times that is just about hopeless)...I mean there are small gains and developments within a team that are worth following and rooting for no matter the situation.

Exactly Jeff, and Boals has strong ties with the OHBCA and the local coaches, that alone will drive more interest in our program in the region of SE OHIO.

Obviously, for the sake of filling those seats, they need to find a way to sell the single game, unsold seats on a game by game basis. Price them accordingly so that those who have season tickets in those areas are very clearly getting the best deal. As someone said earlier, price them at two, maybe three times the season ticket holder's cost and see what happens. Or come up with a weekend only option on those unsold seats. Why not at least try SOMETHING rather than having empty seats?

In the end, they obviously need to look at the entire pricing structure and adapt to the demand. To keep things the same as they were last season, to me, would be shouting from the rooftop "we asked for your feedback, and just don't care what the fans and alumni think". I'm not saying that's what I expect however. I expect something to change when renewal offers come out.

Priced off of last year the cost would be $30 per ticket in the Platinum seating, and OBC would get none of that. To price them at "two, maybe three times the season ticket holder's cost and see what happens", would be $60-$90 a ticket. That would be more than OSU is charging for a base game against our level of opponents. So, though I may agree with your statement to "see what happens", (after all, I do not believe in the do nothing approach), but the economics of a $60-90 or even a $45 ticket is very appealing to our fan base.

I may be misreading this but I think he is saying it IS appealing while you are agreeing that it ISN'T

I'm just glad this is being discussed, and if it hasn't been suggested to Schaus et al yet I'll write an email today. I'm in the target audience for these seats. I make it to Athens from Michigan for one basketball game per year. Would I pay $45 per ticket for those seats? Definitely. Would I pay $60 each? Very likely.