Basketball Student section

[Ragin' Caleb]

The student section will never be what it could be for 4 simple reasons.
1. It’s in a terrible spot. There is a proximity problem. No real way to impact game.
2. When they do get going, the “security” shuts em down. Happened a few times this year that I saw. Could only imagine what they would have done when we were students.
3. Marketing to the student body is bad at best and largely non existent.
4. They have been priced out of the game experience. Yeah yeah, “they get in free.” But once inside, there’s nothing for them. $13 dollar beer? Good luck. $10 burger? Not on college budget. Hell, $4 bag of candy!
I understand that you have to pay back the cost of renovations, but you have to get the student body there and involved. And not all them have to go. Start with the dorm livers. Flood the dorms with info about the game. Have buses run them to the game and back. Dedicate a ballroom or 2 to student refreshments. Only students get in. Give them a shirt and a paper of interesting info on the opposition.
This ain’t rocket science!

as a student who goes to pretty much every game i can back up pretty much every point here. There is room for improvement

[Ragin' Caleb]

I Can't prove anything but there was an extremely noticable decrease in student zone rowdiness the season after the move.

For the students that had something to compare... If you are not having as much fun, are you as likely to attend?

there is a MUCH BIGGER difference sitting behind the visitors bench vs behind the the goal

[fpc4life99]

there is a MUCH BIGGER difference sitting behind the visitors bench vs behind the the goal

Yes, I wish students still sat behind the bench, but this might be a sunbelt rule now.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Absolutely recall that the SBC said they couldn’t be directly behind the bench.

[anhil8tor]

We are arguing over a prefrence which differs from person to person. I have no problem buying a $10 32oz yeungling at a home game. I will however stop and eat somewhere before or after. Personally for me the food is over priced.

[Frenchie35]

Has anybody ever ask or had a survey, asking the students why they either don't or do attend basketball games? We speculate on here why they don't attend and give thoughts on what should be done to entice them to attend. As far as my thoughts on things that can be done, I have none. I have no idea why they don't attend. A student body of 19000+ and maybe 150-200 at the games. Why do some university have students standing in line for 2-3 hours before games? Is it because they live and die for basketball? There is something that draws them to attend. What? Maybe ask the right person, the students. Would it be hard for each professor to hand out a survey in class and ask the questions....."What will it take for you to attend each and every game"....What would the dome do if 40% of the student body show up for a game?.......7600.....some of us would have to stay home and listen to Jay......

[fpc4life99]

We are arguing over a prefrence which differs from person to person. I have no problem buying a $10 32oz yeungling at a home game. I will however stop and eat somewhere before or after. Personally for me the food is over priced.

Exactly!

[Tripple Threat]

I Can't prove anything but there was an extremely noticable decrease in student zone rowdiness the season after the move.

For the students that had something to compare... If you are not having as much fun, are you as likely to attend?

(98 - 04) I sat behind the visitors bench and the student section seemed to always have a decent crowd. We went for 2-3 large beers and the opportunity to harrass the bad guys all game long. We gave the bench hell, were effective, and never got kicked out. We got there early to get the front row. I think that moving the student section was a bad move. Going up on the beer prices does suck for a student when you can pregame at someone's house before going out. The basketball game was pregaming for the night out afterwards.

[Tripple Threat]

Kind of apples and oranges though. People go to bars specifically to drink and occasionally eat, people go to sporting events to watch the sporting event...food and drink are only part of that experience.

I don't know, for our crew all opportunities were for the drink. The cheaper the better

[Tripple Threat]

there is a MUCH BIGGER difference sitting behind the visitors bench vs behind the the goal

+50

[Tripple Threat]

Absolutely recall that the SBC said they couldn’t be directly behind the bench.

I didn't know that...All the more reason to leave the conference!

[HelmutVII]

Kids today are mostly interested in their smart phones and video games. I see it every day. They are walking to class texting, listening to music or whatever the hell else they do on the phones. It's like the cell phone zombie apocalypse. I really don't think they really care about going to a basketball game.