Last Saturday night home game of the season (and against decent competition too)
Rest of the BC is almost sold out (only about 825 tickets left, per ticketmaster - mainly just upper corners not filled)
Playing a team whose leading scorer has guaranteed a win.
MU on a 4 game win streak
Will the students finally show up for a Big East game and fill up their section (or at least fill up most of it)?
maybe. I know i will be in the student section.
to kick off the big east season, quite a few of the student are still on break
one of my biggest scheduling complaints is that we always play UW-Madison on the Saturday before finals...sure, you still get a decent turn out of students and the ones who really want to be there will go...but it's nice for ALL the student to be able to go so that some of those student tickets dont fall into the wrong hands!!
nonetheless...i have spoken to some students and extra tickets in the section are becoming tough to come by...so thats a great sign!!!
MU by 10 this saturday!!!
This game is a HOT ticket...I have 4 visitors coming up this weekend and we will all be in the student section. Almost everyone I know will be at the game Saturday night. It's gonna be packed (or close to it). Dominique Jones thinks it's tough to play in the Joyce Center...let's show him how tough the Bradley Center can get!
I wonder what percentage of MU students realize that USF is not going to be a walk in the park...
Quote from: g0lden3agle on February 11, 2010, 11:58:34 AM
I wonder what percentage of MU students realize that USF is not going to be a walk in the park...
Very few. I expect no better than half the upper deck to be filled by gametime.
Ok I can no longer take the constant criticism of the student section. I am not going to say that this season the student section has been great, for that would be ignorant. However, I think many of you need to put this in perspective. The criticism has really flared up the last two games with Rutgers and Depaul. These are not quality opponents, and with the games being on weeknights, many students are not willing to sacrifice homework / study time to see MU go up against an inferior team. Since most fans are casual fans and not the type to post on this message board they are not as "into it" as we are. One have to realize that season ticket holder type fans are the vast minority.
In the past year I read an article that Duke was having trouble getting students to come to games. Now, certainly the Cameron Crazies show up for the big hyped ESPN games (as does MU students), but apparently for many other lower ACC teams and non-conferences games, the place isn't even full! UNC had a thread after their game against Presbyterian that there was little more than maybe 80? students in the whole place, and unless it is Duke or a highly ranked team, students rarely fill the place and are loud. Marquette I can promise had many, many more than that for our game against the same team. So maybe this criticism of our students should be relative.
Now some would say that Madison always has their section full, however if you look into this there is an obvious reason why. Students there have to fight desperately to get tickets to a limited number of games, supply and demand. Not to mention the size difference between the sections. Marquette students get a ticket to every game which ruins the novelty of going to some of the smaller ones. The fact is that our section is huge compared to our school size! Marquette can draw as much students as many other schools that are much bigger than us and still not look full.
I have heard that USF tickets are selling upwards of 30 dollars and the place should be packed. The big games will come, and with them the students. It is the same everywhere across the country. Lay Off!!!
Getting students to the BC isn't a problem. Getting the students that are there to get their lazy butts out of their seats to make any noise is the issue. It's the worst year of students since Tom Crean's first couple years.
Students need to get their priorities straight. Getting drunk and making a ridiculous amount of noise at the BC for games is priority number one!
Quote from: Skatastrophy on February 11, 2010, 03:27:43 PM
Getting students to the BC isn't a problem. Getting the students that are there to get their lazy butts out of their seats to make any noise in the issue. It's the worst year of students since Tom Crean's first couple years.
Students need to get their priorities straight. Getting drunk and making a ridiculous amount of noise at the BC for games is priority number one!
+1
Quote from: Warrior1 on February 11, 2010, 03:20:44 PM
The criticism has really flared up the last two games with Rutgers and Depaul. These are not quality opponents, and with the games being on weeknights, many students are not willing to sacrifice homework / study time to see MU go up against an inferior team.
This sentence is the only one I have issue with.
A. We lost to DePaul earlier in the year and a lot of kids go to MU from the Chicago-area. That should have been a bigger turnout.
B. The DePaul game was at 6PM. You can still go and have some fun and get home in plenty of time to do homework.
There was no excuse for that game.
EDIT: Punctuation
Quote from: Warrior1 on February 11, 2010, 03:20:44 PM
Now some would say that Madison always has their section full, however if you look into this there is an obvious reason why. Students there have to fight desperately to get tickets to a limited number of games, supply and demand.
Not to sound like a Badger fan or demand sources, but it seems kind of strange that UW-Madison's student section would be always full due to "supply and demand" yet you've said Duke and UNC aren't. They aren't exactly low demand...tickets for games against "lesser" ACC opponents at Cameron can be close to $200 or more, so it would be strange that the students don't bother going to the games or selling to someone who will if there's someone willing to pay that much. Maybe for student tickets they can't sell/can only sell to other students?
Quote from: Warrior1 on February 11, 2010, 03:20:44 PM
Ok I can no longer take the constant criticism of the student section. I am not going to say that this season the student section has been great, for that would be ignorant. However, I think many of you need to put this in perspective. The criticism has really flared up the last two games with Rutgers and Depaul. These are not quality opponents, and with the games being on weeknights, many students are not willing to sacrifice homework / study time to see MU go up against an inferior team. Since most fans are casual fans and not the type to post on this message board they are not as "into it" as we are. One have to realize that season ticket holder type fans are the vast minority.
In the past year I read an article that Duke was having trouble getting students to come to games. Now, certainly the Cameron Crazies show up for the big hyped ESPN games (as does MU students), but apparently for many other lower ACC teams and non-conferences games, the place isn't even full! UNC had a thread after their game against Presbyterian that there was little more than maybe 80? students in the whole place, and unless it is Duke or a highly ranked team, students rarely fill the place and are loud. Marquette I can promise had many, many more than that for our game against the same team. So maybe this criticism of our students should be relative.
Now some would say that Madison always has their section full, however if you look into this there is an obvious reason why. Students there have to fight desperately to get tickets to a limited number of games, supply and demand. Not to mention the size difference between the sections. Marquette students get a ticket to every game which ruins the novelty of going to some of the smaller ones. The fact is that our section is huge compared to our school size! Marquette can draw as much students as many other schools that are much bigger than us and still not look full.
I have heard that USF tickets are selling upwards of 30 dollars and the place should be packed. The big games will come, and with them the students. It is the same everywhere across the country. Lay Off!!!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
~I have to study for an organic chem test everyone will fail, but with a curve we will all pass
~I have to wake up at 9:30 for my 10am Calc. class
~I have to pay $75 for season tickets
~I have to walk ALL the way from 17th down to 12th for my class
Not sure how many years you got left in college bro, but make the best of them. Real world is coming in hot, and it is a beyotch.
Quote from: reinko on February 11, 2010, 03:52:33 PM
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
~I have to study for an organic chem test everyone will fail, but with a curve we will all pass
~I have to wake up at 9:30 for my 10am Calc. class
~I have to pay $75 for season tickets
~I have to walk ALL the way from 17th down to 12th for my class
Not sure how many years you got left in college bro, but make the best of them. Real world is coming in hot, and it is a beyotch.
+1
There will always be a reason NOT to do something.
Quote from: Warrior1 on February 11, 2010, 03:20:44 PM
Ok I can no longer take the constant criticism of the student section. I am not going to say that this season the student section has been great, for that would be ignorant. However, I think many of you need to put this in perspective. The criticism has really flared up the last two games with Rutgers and Depaul. These are not quality opponents, and with the games being on weeknights, many students are not willing to sacrifice homework / study time to see MU go up against an inferior team. Since most fans are casual fans and not the type to post on this message board they are not as "into it" as we are. One have to realize that season ticket holder type fans are the vast minority.
In the past year I read an article that Duke was having trouble getting students to come to games. Now, certainly the Cameron Crazies show up for the big hyped ESPN games (as does MU students), but apparently for many other lower ACC teams and non-conferences games, the place isn't even full! UNC had a thread after their game against Presbyterian that there was little more than maybe 80? students in the whole place, and unless it is Duke or a highly ranked team, students rarely fill the place and are loud. Marquette I can promise had many, many more than that for our game against the same team. So maybe this criticism of our students should be relative.
Now some would say that Madison always has their section full, however if you look into this there is an obvious reason why. Students there have to fight desperately to get tickets to a limited number of games, supply and demand. Not to mention the size difference between the sections. Marquette students get a ticket to every game which ruins the novelty of going to some of the smaller ones. The fact is that our section is huge compared to our school size! Marquette can draw as much students as many other schools that are much bigger than us and still not look full.
I have heard that USF tickets are selling upwards of 30 dollars and the place should be packed. The big games will come, and with them the students. It is the same everywhere across the country. Lay Off!!!
Pathetic. A bunch of stay-puff kids softer than downy snow. The real word is all about juggling, making things happen and being resourceful. Where is the commitment? The effort? Easily the worst student section in recent memory.
Quote from: Warrior1 on February 11, 2010, 03:20:44 PM
Ok I can no longer take the constant criticism of the student section. I am not going to say that this season the student section has been great, for that would be ignorant. However, I think many of you need to put this in perspective. The criticism has really flared up the last two games with Rutgers and Depaul. These are not quality opponents, and with the games being on weeknights, many students are not willing to sacrifice homework / study time to see MU go up against an inferior team. Since most fans are casual fans and not the type to post on this message board they are not as "into it" as we are. One have to realize that season ticket holder type fans are the vast minority.
In the past year I read an article that Duke was having trouble getting students to come to games. Now, certainly the Cameron Crazies show up for the big hyped ESPN games (as does MU students), but apparently for many other lower ACC teams and non-conferences games, the place isn't even full! UNC had a thread after their game against Presbyterian that there was little more than maybe 80? students in the whole place, and unless it is Duke or a highly ranked team, students rarely fill the place and are loud. Marquette I can promise had many, many more than that for our game against the same team. So maybe this criticism of our students should be relative.
Now some would say that Madison always has their section full, however if you look into this there is an obvious reason why. Students there have to fight desperately to get tickets to a limited number of games, supply and demand. Not to mention the size difference between the sections. Marquette students get a ticket to every game which ruins the novelty of going to some of the smaller ones. The fact is that our section is huge compared to our school size! Marquette can draw as much students as many other schools that are much bigger than us and still not look full.
I have heard that USF tickets are selling upwards of 30 dollars and the place should be packed. The big games will come, and with them the students. It is the same everywhere across the country. Lay Off!!!
Quit acting like a bitch and grow a pair.
Wow, calm down. I was at these games. The point is try telling that to a girl with a passing interest in basketball! You have to realize that not all of the section is filled with people like you and I. The personal attacks are unwarranted.
Quote from: chapman on February 11, 2010, 03:42:04 PM
Not to sound like a Badger fan or demand sources, but it seems kind of strange that UW-Madison's student section would be always full due to "supply and demand" yet you've said Duke and UNC aren't. They aren't exactly low demand...tickets for games against "lesser" ACC opponents at Cameron can be close to $200 or more, so it would be strange that the students don't bother going to the games or selling to someone who will if there's someone willing to pay that much. Maybe for student tickets they can't sell/can only sell to other students?
We are not alone in this. I believe the Badger Fans on their board were upset about their student section for the IL game @ the Kohl Hole. Apparently, their student section was pretty sparse for that game.
Exactly, my point was casual fans don't show up for non-marquee games. I will be the first to eat the words if the section continues to suck with the upcoming games. My hunch I was attempting to make is it will be much better.
Quote from: Warrior1 on February 11, 2010, 04:17:35 PM
Exactly, my point was casual fans don't show up for non-marquee games. I will be the first to eat the words if the section continues to suck with the upcoming games. My hunch I was attempting to make is it will be much better.
Except the students that do show up, have not been good. What's going to change?
Mr friends and I will all be there........wasted
GO MU
Quote from: KCmastapeace on February 11, 2010, 04:26:34 PM
Mr friends and I will all be there........wasted
GO MU
this guy know what we're talkin about.
Quote from: Skatastrophy on February 11, 2010, 03:27:43 PM
Getting students to the BC isn't a problem. Getting the students that are there to get their lazy butts out of their seats to make any noise in the issue. It's the worst year of students since Tom Crean's first couple years.
Students need to get their priorities straight. Getting drunk and making a ridiculous amount of noise at the BC for games is priority number one!
Couldnt agree more. I attended Marquette from 2005-2009 and the student section was great. This year, I returned to watch Marquette play Nova and I sat in the lower bowl and was ashamed of the students sitting there. Not only were we playing a top 10 team, but we were on ESPN 2, yet the student section was lifeless. People can argue that the game was over break, however, the entire lower bowl was full and half of the upper deck was full. The place was dead silent for most of the game and the students couldnt even remain loud for the entire 35 seconds of the shot clock. Simply put, they are pathetic and need to step their game up!
me, my 4 visitors, and my friends will be there around 7:00 probably in the upper deck somewhere, just like KCmastapeace...wasted. get a couple Bradley brews there and make some noise. the students that go there without having any pre-game beverages are usually the ones in the lower deck that make no noise. get rowdy my friends!
Quote from: DiperDandy on February 11, 2010, 05:08:10 PM
Couldnt agree more. I attended Marquette from 2005-2009 and the student section was great. This year, I returned to watch Marquette play Nova and I sat in the lower bowl and was ashamed of the students sitting there. Not only were we playing a top 10 team, but we were on ESPN 2, yet the student section was lifeless. People can argue that the game was over break, however, the entire lower bowl was full and half of the upper deck was full. The place was dead silent for most of the game and the students couldnt even remain loud for the entire 35 seconds of the shot clock. Simply put, they are pathetic and need to step their game up!
In that crowds defense, there were a lot of people who were not students in that section. MU sold GA tickets to the public to fill up the section as well.
That being said, even for games when it has been only students, they have been lifeless.
I'm bringing some ringers with me who can hopefully sneak into the student section. ;)
Quote from: Skatastrophy on February 11, 2010, 03:27:43 PM
Getting students to the BC isn't a problem. Getting the students that are there to get their lazy butts out of their seats to make any noise is the issue. It's the worst year of students since Tom Crean's first couple years.
Students need to get their priorities straight. Getting drunk and making a ridiculous amount of noise at the BC for games is priority number one!
MU should throw 1/2 price beer nights for students on occasion.
I haven't seen much of the student section this year ('08 grad living in Chicago...been to only 3 games), but I can definitely see where the current student is coming from. I'm gonna play devil's advocate to most people on this board, but do keep in mind that when I was at MU I was at EVERY home game wasted and loud as hell. That being said...
Nostalgia isn't always the most accurate thing in the world. This might be a weak year for the student section (I can't really say), but I'm sure you guys weren't all as loud and as crazy as you'd like to think. And most of you probably did it in the Mecca, which was quite a bit smaller and naturally louder. Filling up the BC is a little different. And you could legally drink when you were 18. Not saying underagers at Marquette don't have options...but its not as easy to get hammered and go to the game as it used to be.
I know I'm going to piss some people off with this, but I'm going to say it anyway. The prestige of MU has gone up dramatically in the last few years. All of my professors got their PhDs from Ivy League schools or something close (Harvard, Stanford, etc.). Marquette is a lot of work. Going out to a basketball game on a Tuesday night isn't always feasible for everyone. Yeah, grow a pair you say. But the reason you go to Marquette is to prepare yourself for life. This isn't Arizona State. Taking school seriously is something that should be congratulated.
ReneeRow, once again. Issue is not enough showing up, but the ones that do act like they are at church. Drunk or not, just make some noise.
I never had any problem getting inebriated for games as an underclassman. My friends and I used to sneak liquor in pop bottles to the games. I could remember bus rides from campus with beer cans rolling around on the bus floor. Moral of the story is, if college kids want to get drunk, they will find a way. One thing I do miss before games though was the all you can drink special at the corner before MU games. Guaranteed you were drunk for the game!
The students will come out and fill the student section when the team is ranked or if the game is on the weekend. There are too many casual student fans to fill up the student section for every game if there is not a national buzz for the team or the game is not at a convenient time to attend. I don't mean this as a slight...when your student section is a 1/4 of the undergrad population it's tough to fill the section that at any school.
Trust me, if the team was in the top 15 all year, the student section would be filled or 3/4 filled for almost all the conference games. We'll have a good crowd for Saturday...Go Marquette!
Biggest. Game. Ever. Come on, even as a student who would miss weeknight games for class or homework I'd lose my voice for a couple days when a weekend game of this magnitude came along. And for the suit-wearing/sweatervested alumni going, just cause you're not in the student section doesn't give you a free pass to be lame and condescending....there were 70-something year old dudes going nuts at the Smith Center last night after all.
Quote from: ReneeRow on February 11, 2010, 07:54:52 PM
I know I'm going to piss some people off with this, but I'm going to say it anyway. The prestige of MU has gone up dramatically in the last few years. ... Marquette is a lot of work. Going out to a basketball game on a Tuesday night isn't always feasible for everyone.
As a very proud alumni, no offense taken.
I think many here realize that 'that current rise in prestige' has a great deal to do with stature of the basketball program. If it seems a little higher lately, it's because we are standing on its shoulders. I think there is room to grow.
Put down the books and give them hell on Sat. Only wish I were up there to lend a voice.
students? how bout the alumni who only stand up and yell when the game gets close down the stretch.... or if maybe lazar has a great dunk/block.... if i see one alumni standing an screaming the whole game i'll meet him/her for a beer at turners after
Off topic here, but how many people are using "Warrior" handles now? It seems hackneyed now and moreso than affectionate.
rule #76:
No Excuses, play like a champ
renee row, no one here's going to criticize you for wanting to get the most out of your education. but taking three hours out of a night isn't going to kill anyone.
something to remember -- when i was in law school, they told us that the amount of time you spent studying per week was going to end up being the amount of time you would spend working per week post-law school. in other words, the reward for being top of your class was a top job, which also required a greater work commitment. that's great if you didn't have to kill yourself to get those grades, but if you did, you were going to be killing yourself for the rest of your life to equal the type of performance at work that you'd gotten in the classroom.
prioritize. if you think that college life doesn't give you three hours during the week to watch a basketball game, just wait -- it's not just college that won't let you do that, life never will.
Quote from: sgurgs on February 11, 2010, 11:29:38 PM
renee row, no one here's going to criticize you for wanting to get the most out of your education. but taking three hours out of a night isn't going to kill anyone.
something to remember -- when i was in law school, they told us that the amount of time you spent studying per week was going to end up being the amount of time you would spend working per week post-law school. in other words, the reward for being top of your class was a top job, which also required a greater work commitment. that's great if you didn't have to kill yourself to get those grades, but if you did, you were going to be killing yourself for the rest of your life to equal the type of performance at work that you'd gotten in the classroom.
prioritize. if you think that college life doesn't give you three hours during the week to watch a basketball game, just wait -- it's not just college that won't let you do that, life never will.
I agree with you, and like I said before I was at every game. I'm just saying some people might not have that luxury if they want to make decent grades and keep their financial aids. MU is demanding.
Now, a Saturday night in the first month of classes....no excuses. Everyone should be there.
My issue with the student section isn't the turnout so much as it is that eventually someone will write an op-ed piece in the Trib complaining about how unfair it is that the student section is on the end of the court.
Unfortunately, it's a little hard to take that position seriously when the students have trouble filling the lower bowl section for a revenge game that's being broadcast on ESPN2.
Quote from: Warrior1 on February 11, 2010, 03:20:44 PM
Now some would say that Madison always has their section full, however if you look into this there is an obvious reason why. Students there have to fight desperately to get tickets to a limited number of games, supply and demand. Not to mention the size difference between the sections. Marquette students get a ticket to every game which ruins the novelty of going to some of the smaller ones. The fact is that our section is huge compared to our school size! Marquette can draw as much students as many other schools that are much bigger than us and still not look full.
I have to take issue with this, Madison has problems filling their student section too. Here's a thread from their board about how their 3rd level was empty for the Illinois game. I'd guess the 3rd level makes up about 1/4 of their student section.
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=193&f=2565&t=5598691
Plus, the number of seats in Madison's student section is roughly half the size of MU's (about 2,000 vs. 4,000) and their overall student population is about 4 times larger. So out of 40,000 students, they couldn't get 2,000 to show up for Illinois!
Quote from: DiaperDandy on February 11, 2010, 08:10:51 PM
I never had any problem getting inebriated for games as an underclassman. My friends and I used to sneak liquor in pop bottles to the games. I could remember bus rides from campus with beer cans rolling around on the bus floor. Moral of the story is, if college kids want to get drunk, they will find a way. One thing I do miss before games though was the all you can drink special at the corner before MU games. Guaranteed you were drunk for the game!
Those days will forever hold a special day in my heart.