Students! Do whatever you want to! If that includes going to this basketball game then great, if not, then great. You'll be old soon and not able to party nearly as hard as you can now so do what you gotta do!
Students - Get to Hilton!
- Thread starter wonkadog
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There are many students of the 36,001 who never buy a ticket or attend a game. Some simply have no interest in sports. Some foreign students are interested in different sports. Some cannot afford them.
My student even tried to schedule classes around basketball and then they moved the Iowa game to a Thursday. Won't get in unless he skips class. Not sure the message the university sends with this system. If they really want to improve student attendance to noncon games, they could offer early admission to Iowa game for those attending all games before that one. At least do something like they did with KU tickets last year so you don't have to skip afternoon classes to get in.
Can you make it until the Thursday of Dead Week or will you be giving Dead Week a whole new meaning?
Real busy time of the year for students. Monday night is tough too. Especially with night classes. Plus for any of the decent opponent games you usually have to wait outside for a couple hours just to get decent seats. Going to bball games can be a huge time commitment
No, the intent of the original post was for the student "fanatics" that post on this board to remind their friends who have tickets to go to the game. I see that a lot of you somehow twisted that into ripping on the students for attendance which was never even hinted at in my original post. I'm sure there will be plenty of no-shows, that's their decision and their choice.
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I'd like to see student basketball tickets sold on a per game basis at this point. Make it online and as easy as possible. Have a set time (maybe one or two weeks) before each game when they go on sale and let students buy tickets for the game if they can attend. The marquee games could be reserved seating and the rest would be general admission tickets (which you could still oversell a bit). For really big games like Kansas I would keep the process like last year where you have to get the tickets in person, but for the rest it could all be online. If the athletic department wants to keep an all-sports pass those that buy it wouldn't have to pay anything extra when they order a ticket and for anyone else it would be a similar amount to what the student season ticket costs now on a per game basis (with games like tonight having a much lower price than others like the Kansas game).
If they went to a per game system you should have higher student attendance and a higher percentage of the student population that go to at least one game during the season.
If they went to a per game system you should have higher student attendance and a higher percentage of the student population that go to at least one game during the season.
I agree with this. My problem with how empty the student section always is has more to do with the fact that there are loads of people that would be willing to pay to watch the Cyclones. The only reason to keep our tickets sale process the same is convenience for the buyer. The demand is so high right now that we can put convenience down on our list of importance in order to ensure Hilton is full and rocking. Our team deserves it.
They played a non-scholarship D-3 team. Their leading scorer is a 6'4'' forward. I wouldn't hold your breath for fun coming from both teams at least.
I know, but at least you know you are going to see a game with some shooting rather than a Big 10 snoozefest.
Chicago State had 7 players in double figures yet none over 20. The coach has certainly given everyone the green light to shoot!
There may be shooting, but likely it will be in the foot variety. They may also have trouble keeping players on the floor with foul trouble as they may not be able to defend the better talent. It could be a FT contest in the first half.
Please don't kill me on this, because I honestly don't know the answer-but are student tickets transferrable? And if so, is the process fairly painless? I would hope that every student who has a conflict at least knows someone who would go to the game if they could get a free ticket
Last I checked, student season tickets are a single card or loaded on ISUCard or something of that extent. That's consistent with them having to go through a separate line to get in the gate. Kansas game is the exception, they are issued an actual separate ticket for that game. So, unless you know the guy/girl really well, giving out your ticket for the night is a really bad idea.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
The student tickets are loaded on the student id card. They can be printed and may be transferred to another student card for a $2 fee.
