Empty seats at BB games.

CyBobby

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Why does this surprise people awful teams (penn state) don't draw fans?

I have sat inside Hilton with 3000 other fans when Ken Trickey and Lynn Nance lost games prior to the arrival of Johnny Orr

Bad bball teams don't draw squat and never will just look at the vast crowds that Nebbie and Drake draw lol
 
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Spanky

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People don't understand Baylor, Northwestern, etc are smaller private universities

No bandwagon fanbase, alumni spread out all over the country .. Hence. The smaller crowds

Methinks you attended one of these prestigious universities .. Hence. The use of the term "hence".
 

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The announcer on WHO last night even referenced the "tens of fans" at the PSU game. It was pretty funny the way he said it. Didn't make a big deal out of it just a casual observation.
 

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On the KXNO Hawkeye show last night they spend a good amount of time making excuses to why people are not showing up for Iowa basketball games. Iowa fans sure can come up with a lot of reasons not to watch their team play.

Chicago pro teams hurting attendance?
 

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Pretty hilarious court storm by PSU last night. If they had squeezed in im sure they could have fit the whole thing in the center court tipoff circle.
 

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I have sat inside Hilton with 3000 other fans when Ken Trickey and other coaches lost games prior to the arrival of John Orr

Bad bball teams don't draw squat and never will just look at the vast crowds that Nebbie and Drake draw lol




I was at a Trickey game where you could drop a zero off that number.
 

Dandy

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I have been to every B12 arena outside of WVU. Only Iowa State and KU sell out. KSU gets about 70-80%, OU is usually 1/2 to 2/3 full but selling out some games this year ( which is great to see), but the rest of the schools are about 1/2 to 1/3 full. Crazy. Texas Tech holds more than Hilton, but the bottom ring was half full and entire upper deck closed and not a soul up there.

We we have something special at Hilton.

Only because we're winning. In 2008 I was able to walk into Hilton ten minutes before the KU (#7 at the time, went on to win the championship) game started and we got bottom level seats in Cyclone Alley.
 

randomfan44

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First of all it's not “Hilton Magicâ€￾. Second the economy sucks and people just can't afford a lot of these games. Iowa's economy is fantastic compared to other parts of the country.
You can score a ticket for next Thursday's Nebraska @Penn State game for SIX dollars and it's actually a pretty good ticket so let's not say that the economy is keeping people out of games. http://www.stubhub.com/penn-state-basketball-tickets-penn-state-vs-nebraska-2-25-2016/event/9383870/
 

Clonefan94

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TV. If you aren't that good of a team or aren't known for a good home atmosphere, why go and have to watch the whole game when you can just go ahead and pop in and out as needed from your recliner at home?

There certainly are a lot of factors, but I think everything being accessible on TV anymore has really put a dent into attendance for a lot of schools.
 

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TV needs to die. We have computers, its 2015, I have been waiting for the better part of 12 years to get decent packages for watching television on my computer. Rich people just don't want to lose their power. It's coming old people, kicking and screaming, but its coming.
 

Cydkar

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I couldn't give my tickets away during some of the Mac years. We will have great crowds as long as we are NIT worthy or better which is more than 90% of the country can say.
 

Cydkar

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TV needs to die. We have computers, its 2015, I have been waiting for the better part of 12 years to get decent packages for watching television on my computer. Rich people just don't want to lose their power. It's coming old people, kicking and screaming, but its coming.

Good luck with that.
 

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On the KXNO Hawkeye show last night they spend a good amount of time making excuses to why people are not showing up for Iowa basketball games. Iowa fans sure can come up with a lot of reasons not to watch their team play.

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but but but BS.