MBB Final Louisiana 72, Youngstown State 62

[JMV JustMyView]

For being the defending champs, the turnout was terrible for opening night.

Take a look at other mid major opening night attendances

VCU - SELL OUT ( 7,500 )
Grand Canyon - SELL OUT ( 7,200 )
UCF - ( 6,500 )
Wich St - ( 6,200 )
Charleston - ( 5,300 )
Marshal - ( 4,500 )
Siena - ( 4,500 )
Toledo - ( 4,300 )
Western K - ( 3,900 )
UTEP - ( 3,800 )
Liberty - ( 3,500 )
Middle T - ( 3,500 )

Let them lose a few games and watch the turnout tank.

[CajunVic]

CAA Division I[edit]
See also: NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, and List of NCAA Division I men's basketball champions
In 2023–24, a total of 362 schools (including those transitioning from a lower NCAA division to Division I) will play men's basketball in 32 Division I basketball conferences. All of these schools also sponsor women's basketball except The Citadel and VMI, two military colleges that were all-male until the 1990s and remain overwhelmingly male today.

The conferences for 2023–24 are


A map of all NCAA Division I basketball teams
America East Conference
American Athletic Conference
Atlantic 10 Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Sun Conference
Big 12 Conference
Big East Conference
Big Sky Conference
Big South Conference
Big Ten Conference
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Coastal Athletic Association
Conference USA
Horizon League
Ivy League
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Mid-American Conference
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Missouri Valley Conference
Mountain West Conference
Northeast Conference
Ohio Valley Conference
Pac-12 Conference – Likely to disband after the 2023–24 season, with 10 of its 12 members moving to other conferences after the season.
Patriot League
Southeastern Conference
Southern Conference
Southland Conference
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Sun Belt Conference
Summit League
West Coast Conference
Western Athletic Conference

. . . So, every year we are expected to win our conference tournament or to be in the field of 36 granted a bid . . . looks more like somebody who just doesn’t like our coach than rational thinking . . .

[Million$Mullet]

For being the defending champs, the turnout was terrible for opening night.

Take a look at other mid major opening night attendances

VCU - SELL OUT ( 7,500 )
Grand Canyon - SELL OUT ( 7,200 )
UCF - ( 6,500 )
Wich St - ( 6,200 )
Charleston - ( 5,300 )
Marshal - ( 4,500 )
Siena - ( 4,500 )
Toledo - ( 4,300 )
Western K - ( 3,900 )
UTEP - ( 3,800 )
Liberty - ( 3,500 )
Middle T - ( 3,500 )

We won the sun belt in 00 and had the majority of the people come back the next year. We opened against Ohio state in the dome. I believe Michael redd was on that team. We didn’t have more than 3K. The point is that nobody gives a crap about basketball until football is over with.

[JMV JustMyView]

We won the sun belt in 00 and had the majority of the people come back the next year. We opened against Ohio state in the dome. I believe Michael redd was on that team. We didn’t have more than 3K. The point is that nobody gives a crap about basketball until football is over with.

I agree but why is attendance higher elsewhere if nobody gives a crap until football is over with? Everyone has attendance issues, just seems Louisiana always has more issues.

[Million$Mullet]

I agree but why is attendance higher elsewhere if nobody gives a crap until football is over with? Everyone has attendance issues, just seems Louisiana always has more issues.

Attendance is down across all sports at Louisiana. Minus softball and even then the actual butts in seats are not what they report. I don’t have an answer. Football is king in the south so even though our fans don’t attend our football games they still care more about actual college football than basketball. It’s just the way it is and it always has been. Also I think I was misremembering the team we played. It may have been Texas tech. Still crap attendance in December. It’s what it is and always has been.

[zeppelincajun]

Attendance is down across all sports at Louisiana. Minus softball and even then the actual butts in seats are not what they report. I don’t have an answer. Football is king in the south so even though our fans don’t attend our football games they still care more about actual college football than basketball. It’s just the way it is and it always has been. Also I think I was misremembering the team we played. It may have been Texas tech. Still crap attendance in December. It’s what it is and always has been.

We had an awful Lee team host Tennessee and Nevada and both games drew over 4,000 in November. My biggest issue is we seem to have given up on scheduling. I’m just not buying the whole everyone is too scared to come play Bob narrative.

At least we went down to 2 non-D1s this year though.

[CajunVic]

. . . Covid may have been the death knell to in person attendance, especially for teams other than the top 30 (and even for them but it is not noticed at much at their level of attendance 70,000 and up capacity) . . . many fans who would never, ever thought of enjoying live sports from their patio’s or man caves did . . . and once they did, with all of the issues associated with in game attendance, decided to go the patio and man cave route . . .

[Esqueleto]

. . . Covid may have been the death knell to in person attendance, especially for teams other than the top 30 (and even for them but it is not noticed at much at their level of attendance 70,000 and up capacity) . . . many fans who would never, ever thought of enjoying live sports from their patio’s or man caves did . . . and once they did, with all of the issues associated with in game attendance, decided to go the patio and man cave route . . .

Interesting that our conference peers have seen record breaking attendance since Covid. I don't think this has anything to do with our attendance woes. I think we're seeing the TRUE fanbase. People not willing to go to the stadium/arena due to comfort/convenience are not fans, IMO.

[Cajunsmike]

We had an awful Lee team host Tennessee and Nevada and both games drew over 4,000 in November. My biggest issue is we seem to have given up on scheduling. I’m just not buying the whole everyone is too scared to come play Bob narrative.

At least we went down to 2 non-D1s this year though.

I think the non D1 number will go down to one next season. Rice and La Tech will come here. MAC challenge will continue. Youngstown State won their league last yeat and EKU won 23 games last season. Decent opponents in my view

[Cajunsmike]

Don’t discount the possibility that this team will finish high in the league this season.

[CajunVic]

Interesting that our conference peers have seen record breaking attendance since Covid. I don't think this has anything to do with our attendance woes. I think we're seeing the TRUE fanbase. People not willing to go to the stadium/arena due to comfort/convenience are not fans, IMO.

. . . the only records I’m seeing are records for low turnout . . .

[Esqueleto]

. . . the only records I’m seeing are records for low turnout . . .

You're not looking hard enough