How much $ does it take to buy a quality home game?

[Turbine]

Does anyone recall the marketing effort exerted for Tennessee, Nevada and Mississippi State games.

[IberiaCajun]

FWIW
http://www.ragincajuns.com/sports/20...ME.aspx?id=501
"The largest crowd to date for a Ragin’ Cajuns basketball game in the facility came on Dec. 16, 1992, when 11,479 fans watched UL defeat Loyola- Marymount, 87-73."
"The 11-game win-streak to end the 2010-11 season (Marlin's first year, if I am not mistaken) rejuvenated the fan base and attendance at the Cajundome rose to an average of 6,126 the final month."

[BirdofParadise]

Financially, I get the trade off. But if people don't think that dull home slate after dull home slate won't affect the long term interest in basketball, I don't know what to say. It's killing us.

I'm going to disagree. Our fans haven't paid much attention to hoops before Jan. 1 in many years. Game vs. App State drew more than games vs. McNeese or UNO. And, those are schools we should draw against no matter what.

If you pay a team 80,,000 to come in and you only sell 500 more tickets, is it worth it?

Because you're not going to "buy" a big name team. If they aren't SWAC or SLC they probably aren't coming.

Honestly, I'd like to see us start playing the teams that left the league: Middle, WKU or UNT. Middle considered it this year, then passed. They've started some dialogue with WKU. North Texas won't even return their calls. Neither will Southern Miss.

Heck, I'd even be willing to start home and home with FIU and FAU again.

[CrazyCajun]

Current season ticket holders deserve bette than
Mississippi college
Louisiana college
Spring hill
Loyola
I don't car how you try to justify it, people that pay to be entertained deserve better. Yes, I think the SLC and even the swac are better than those schools.

[Just1More]

Sorry if this is a dumb question... but can you do like you do in conference play and play an OOC opponent in a home and away in the same season?

[BirdofParadise]

Sorry if this is a dumb question... but can you do like you do in conference play and play an OOC opponent in a home and away in the same season?

Yes, and we've done it in the past. I remember doing it with Bradley one year. And, we did it with someone else more recently if I recall.

[MelRock]

Sorry if this is a dumb question... but can you do like you do in conference play and play an OOC opponent in a home and away in the same season?

I asked the same questions to the coaches about 3 weeks ago and they intern asked me if I thought the fans would like it? I said yes, I think if it is a better quality opponent. I do think that you will see it in the future.

[BirdofParadise]

Current season ticket holders deserve bette than
Mississippi college
Louisiana college
Spring hill
Loyola
I don't car how you try to justify it, people that pay to be entertained deserve better. Yes, I think the SLC and even the swac are better than those schools.

Two of those games were exhibitions. Be fair.

So you think it's in UL's best interest to play Prairie View and give them 70K than it is to play Louisiana College for 5K?

If so, I'm glad you aren't the AD. No offense.

[CrazyCajun]

Two of those games were exhibitions. Be fair.

So you think it's in UL's best interest to play Prairie View and give them 70K than it is to play Louisiana College for 5K?

If so, I'm glad you aren't the AD. No offense.

I am being fair, I open my wallet everytime when that renewal comes in the mail. If Marlin has to get off his ___ and raise money to get better games, I'm not gonna feel sorry for him...he is well compensated. Call them what you want, they were all exhibitions. Like I said, figure it out. I would rather, Stephen f Austin, NWST,shsu,southern, Lamar than any of those 4 schools. I know we will never have a schedule packed with power house les but if you don't think this ooc home schedule was complete crap, I'm glad you aren't the AD either. If those games are paid by money that is raised by this staff for exactly that purpose, why does it matter? Go raise 150k a year and buy decent home games for your supporters.

[Just1More]

I asked the same questions to the coaches about 3 weeks ago and they intern asked me if I thought the fans would like it? I said yes, I think if it is a better quality opponent. I do think that you will see it in the future.

That seems like an equitable bargaining deal for teams within our geography. Why would fans not like it? And like you said, it would almost undoubtedly help with elevating our home opponent schedule.