Just saw we reached 19,087 for today's game. First time in the last two years? more?
Quote from: jhags15 on March 03, 2012, 05:04:36 PM
Just saw we reached 19,087 for today's game. First time in the last two years? more?
On the postgame, said it was the 3rd largest ever. Nice crowd today. Not just the paid, but nary an empty seat to be found. Good crowd and energy. Liked the chant to start the game by the Student Section. Most stayed for the Senior Day festivities. All in all, very nice end to the home slate!
First time since 02-03 we only lost one game at home. And thought I heard since 01-02 that we didn't lose a conference game at home. I like that, cause I hate home losses.
Students brought it today. Big props. Made the game even more exciting. Sometimes you have to wonder if they understand the impact they can have on the building.
1. 19,144 Syracuse March 7, 2009 L 86-79
2. 19,091 Uconn February 25, 2009 L 93-82
3. 19,087 Georgetown March 3, 2012 W 86-69
4. 19,085 Georgetown March 1, 2008 L 70-68
5. 19,074 Wisconsin December 11, 2010 L 69-64
6. 19,041 Georgetown January 31, 2009 W 94-82
7. 19,037 Depaul January 26, 2008 W 79-71
8. 19,032 Syracuse January 29, 2011 W 76-70
9. 19,021 Pittsburgh March 3, 2007 W 75-71
10. 19,020 Wisconsin December 9, 2006 L 70-66
11. 19,011 Pittsburgh February 15, 2008 W 72-54
12. 19,007 Pittsburgh February 18, 2006 W 84-82
13. 18,949 DePaul January 24, 2009 W 91-82
http://issuu.com/marquettesid/docs/mubb_guide_2011-12
1. 19,144 Syracuse March 7, 2009 L 86-79
2. 19,091 Uconn February 25, 2009 L 93-82
3. 19,087 Georgetown March 3, 2012 W 86-69
4. 19,085 Georgetown March 1, 2008 L 70-68
5. 19,074 Wisconsin December 11, 2010 L 69-64
6. 19,041 Georgetown January 31, 2009 W 94-82
7. 19,037 Depaul January 26, 2008 W 79-71
8. 19,032 Syracuse January 29, 2011 W 76-70
9. 19,021 Pittsburgh March 3, 2007 W 75-71
10. 19,020 Wisconsin December 9, 2006 L 70-66
11. 19,011 Pittsburgh February 15, 2008 W 72-54
12. 19,007 Pittsburgh February 18, 2006 W 84-82
13. 18,949 DePaul January 24, 2009 W 91-82
When did MU start playing in the BC? Is it significant that all of these sell-out crowds have been in the Big East era?
Quote from: JoBo2756 on March 03, 2012, 07:31:01 PM
When did MU start playing in the BC? Is it significant that all of these sell-out crowds have been in the Big East era?
1989 - Moved to Bradley Center
National
Year Rank Average
1989 23 11,954
1990 21 13,301
1991 18 13,433
1992 not top 25 12,613
1993 20 13,443
1994 14 14,340
1995 25 12,814
1996 16 12,751
1997 not top 25 12,247
1998 not top 25 11,508
1999 not top 25 12,145
2000 not top 25 9,971
2001 not top 25 11,360
2002 12 12,680
2003 11 15,553
2004 12 15,291
2005 21 11,965
2006 18 13,998
2007 20 15,345
2008 14 16,239
2009 10 16,200
2010 10 15,617
2011 11 15,586
2012 ??? 15,138As explained in this thread, this year's decline in attendence can be explained by having No Wisconsin game at home.
http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=30756.msg360153#msg360153
We had lost our 4 most attended games prior to today? >:(
Glad we undid that curse as well as Buzz's Senior Day curse today.
Final 2012 Attendance stats
Notice the last three Saturday games were 18,404, 18,815 and 19,087. Yes the day of the week matters!
Day Date Opponent Attendence Average
Friday 11/11/2011 Mount St. Mary 13,834
Monday 11/14/2011 Norfolk State 12,765 13,300
Monday 11/28/2011 Jacksonville 12,848 13,149
Saturday 12/10/2011 Green Bay 14,208 13,414
Saturday 12/17/2011 Northern Colorado 13,593 13,450
Thursday 12/22/2011 UWM 14,917 13,694
Thursday 12/29/2011 Vanderbilt 15,684 13,978
Sunday 1/1/2012 Villanova 14,550 14,050
Wednesday 1/11/2012 St. Johns 14,484 14,098
Saturday 1/14/2012 Pittsburgh 18,404 14,529
Monday 1/16/2012 Louisville 16,688 14,725
Tuesday 1/24/2012 USF 13,693 14,639
Tuesday 1/31/2012 Steton Hall 13,828 14,577
Saturday 2/11/2012 Cincy 18,815 14,879
Wednesday 2/22/2012 Rutgers 14,807 14,875
Saturday 3/3/2012 Georgetown 19,087 15,138
The best part is that it's the only W in the top 5!
NOT TRY TO TURN THIS INTO A CREAN v. BUZZ thread, but it's interesting that some here talk about Tom and "promoting the record crowds" but the top 3 attended games (and 5 of the top 6) have been in the Buzz era.
Not one word from Buzz 'bout it either. Little more discreet in his self promotion, aina? Refreshing
Season-ticket sales went down by almost 1,000. Due in part that the price went up.
I remember that double header against Pitt. Epic games and turnout. Would have been better if those four assh*oles hadnt left after the first game.
We played a doubleheader vs Pitt?
Um, we played at Wisconsin in December of 2011, and won. Where is this craptastic list from?
Quote from: mupanther on March 04, 2012, 07:07:35 AM
Season-ticket sales went down by almost 1,000. Due in part that the price went up.
Fact or conjecture? That would surprise me.
I've always thought you could estimate the STH number by watching the lowest weekday cupcake game, where there are likely near zero walk-up sales.
Lowest attendance:
2011-12,765
2010-13,505
2009-13,511
2008-12,966
2007-12,992
Looks like from those guesses, 2011 did see a 700 drop in STHs. I did not know that. I remember talking to the ticket manager .. he said STH counts were highly correlated to last year's performance .. coming off a S16, you'd think MU would have at least stayed constant. Amazing that 700 (or 350) accounts decided, bah, not worth it.
..which is silly when you can get one of those $125 plans for all the games .. just to keep your points going.
(Guess this chart needs updating .. http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/season_by_season_attendance)
maybe it's a all-time state of wisconsin attendance list which would include an odd game played in the people's republic.
Quote from: lawwarrior12 on March 04, 2012, 08:48:37 AM
maybe it's a all-time state of wisconsin attendance list which would include an odd game played in the people's republic.
The Kohl Capacity is 17,230.
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on March 04, 2012, 08:42:42 AM
Fact or conjecture? That would surprise me.
I've always thought you could estimate the STH number by watching the lowest weekday cupcake game, where there are likely near zero walk-up sales.
Lowest attendance:
2011-12,765
2010-13,505
2009-13,511
2008-12,966
2007-12,992
Looks like from those guesses, 2011 did see a 700 drop in STHs. I did not know that. I remember talking to the ticket manager .. he said STH counts were highly correlated to last year's performance .. coming off a S16, you'd think MU would have at least stayed constant. Amazing that 700 (or 350) accounts decided, bah, not worth it.
..which is silly when you can get one of those $125 plans for all the games .. just to keep your points going.
(Guess this chart needs updating .. http://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/men_s_basketball/season_by_season_attendance)
This season 8,805 and 3,670 (Student)=12,475 season-tickets.
Many donation level seats went up by $125 per seat. Many old timers said forget it!
I think Marquette needs to get some deals going for upper level seats during the week, when they plays schools like USF, Rutgers & Seton Hall.
Marquette does draw very well in the 10th biggest building in college basketball, but there is always room to grow!
Quote from: MU B2002 on March 04, 2012, 08:36:27 AM
Um, we played at Wisconsin in December of 2011, and won. Where is this craptastic list from?
I believe the all-time attendance list above is now corrected. I typed it in from the media guide from the last few years.
http://issuu.com/marquettesid/docs/mubb_guide_2011-12 (guide page 17)
Let me know if anything else looks wrong.
After the corrections Saturday's game remains the third highest attended game all-time and the largest ever crowd to see a win.
The 13 most attended games breaks down this way
3 Pittsburgh
3 Georgetown
2 Syracuse
2 Depaul
2 Wisconsin
1 Uconn
5 of the top 13 games are Pitsburgh and Syracuse. They are leaving the BE. Will this hurt our ablity to get crowds over 19,000? Other than Georgetown, do we have to wait for Depaul to get interesting to see more crowds over 19,000? Will Louisville, Cincy, or ND ever get a crowd over 19,000 (they have not so far)?
Quote from: AnotherMU84 on March 05, 2012, 06:45:40 AM
The 13 most attended games breaks down this way
3 Pittsburgh
3 Georgetown
2 Syracuse
2 Depaul
2 Wisconsin
1 Uconn
5 of the top 13 games are Pitsburgh and Syracuse. They are leaving the BE. Will this hurt our ablity to get crowds over 19,000? Other than Georgetown, do we have to wait for Depaul to get interesting to see more crowds over 19,000? Will Louisville, Cincy, or ND ever get a crowd over 19,000 (they have not so far)?
This list right here shows why the attendance is down a little this year.
Of this list we only played Gergetown and Pittsburgh at home. georgetwon was the highest attended win in program history, so that more than carried its weight. Pisttsburgh entered the game with no conference wins amid a trainwreck season. nevertheless there were the only two games from this list. Additonaly, while not on the list Notre Dame is always a very big drawtoo, and we did not get them at home either.
Bottom line the people that want to talk about bad support and crowds etc, need only look at these couple facts and way our attendance was down a few hundred people on avergae. In fact one could probably quite easily make the reach that given the season we are having if we had Uconn, Wisky, Syracuse, etc. at home that the numbers would be huge!
Quote from: AnotherMU84 on March 05, 2012, 06:45:40 AM
5 of the top 13 games are Pitsburgh and Syracuse. They are leaving the BE. Will this hurt our ablity to get crowds over 19,000? Other than Georgetown, do we have to wait for Depaul to get interesting to see more crowds over 19,000? Will Louisville, Cincy, or ND ever get a crowd over 19,000 (they have not so far)?
It's all about timing. The last Saturday game of the season and National Marquette Day are typically the biggest draws because those are games when a lot of alums from around the country make an annual trip to Milwaukee to catch a game.
1. 19,144 Syracuse March 7, 2009 L 86-79 (last Sat home game)
2. 19,091 Uconn February 25, 2009 L 93-82 (vs #2)
3. 19,087 Georgetown March 3, 2012 W 86-69 (last Sat home game)
4. 19,085 Georgetown March 1, 2008 L 70-68 (last Sat home game/Nat'l MU Day)
5. 19,074 Wisconsin December 11, 2010 L 69-64 ("local" rival)
6. 19,041 Georgetown January 31, 2009 W 94-82 (Nat'l MU Day)
7. 19,037 Depaul January 26, 2008 W 79-71 ("local" rival)
8. 19,032 Syracuse January 29, 2011 W 76-70 (Nat'l MU Day)
9. 19,021 Pittsburgh March 3, 2007 W 75-71 (last Sat home game/Nat'l MU Day))
10. 19,020 Wisconsin December 9, 2006 L 70-66 ("local" rival)
11. 19,011 Pittsburgh February 15, 2008 W 72-54 (vs #24)
12. 19,007 Pittsburgh February 18, 2006 W 84-82 (vs #9)
13. 18,949 DePaul January 24, 2009 W 91-82 ("local" rival)
Quote from: Canadian Dimes on March 05, 2012, 09:20:33 AM
This list right here shows why the attendance is down a little this year.
Bottom line the people that want to talk about bad support and crowds etc, need only look at these couple facts and way our attendance was down a few hundred people on avergae.
I have not read one complaint on this board about the number of tickets sold or announced attendance. MU does very well in that regard. It's the number of people who actually show up (impossible to track, apparently) that fosters all complaints.
The attendance for the Cincy game was 18,815 and the Georgetown game was 19,087. The BC was a heck of a lot louder on Saturday for only having 272 more fans there.
Quote from: Canadian Dimes on March 05, 2012, 09:20:33 AM
This list right here shows why the attendance is down a little this year.
Of this list we only played Gergetown and Pittsburgh at home. georgetwon was the highest attended win in program history, so that more than carried its weight. Pisttsburgh entered the game with no conference wins amid a trainwreck season. nevertheless there were the only two games from this list. Additonaly, while not on the list Notre Dame is always a very big drawtoo, and we did not get them at home either.
Bottom line the people that want to talk about bad support and crowds etc, need only look at these couple facts and way our attendance was down a few hundred people on avergae. In fact one could probably quite easily make the reach that given the season we are having if we had Uconn, Wisky, Syracuse, etc. at home that the numbers would be huge!
Even though Pitt was early in the BE season, and in the middle of collapsing, we still had 18,404 at the game.
If we do well this post season, and have ND, Depaul, Uconn, Cuse (if still in the BE), Georgetown and Wisc at home (and on a Saturday!) we could break the 2009 attendance record of 16,200/game.
Lots of ifs here but the schedule does suggest these are our homes games next year.
Quote from: AnotherMU84 on March 05, 2012, 09:44:19 AM
Even though Pitt was early in the BE season, and in the middle of collapsing, we still had 18,404 at the game.
No, we didn't. We sold 18.404 tickets. The BC was dead that game.
Quote from: WI_inferiority_complexes on March 05, 2012, 10:47:02 PM
No, we didn't. We sold 18.404 tickets. The BC was dead that game.
Is there anyone else out there that thought the crowd could have been a little more consistent on Saturday? Don't get me wrong I thought it was great it just seems like it easily could have been better. Someone has to come up with more for the down times, it can be so quiet at times.
The BC was not died for the Pitt game. ?-(
Quote from: marquette09 on March 04, 2012, 12:51:41 AM
NOT TRY TO TURN THIS INTO A CREAN v. BUZZ thread, but it's interesting that some here talk about Tom and "promoting the record crowds" but the top 3 attended games (and 5 of the top 6) have been in the Buzz era.
Those first couple of games have more to do with the fact that the 08-09 team was one of the best squads MU has had in the last 25 years and people recognized it. Not to mention, there was quite a rallying point to that season since it was the first one after Crean left for Indiana.
No shock the casual fan lined up those days.
Quote from: AnotherMU84 on March 05, 2012, 09:44:19 AM
Even though Pitt was early in the BE season, and in the middle of collapsing, we still had 18,404 at the game.
If we do well this post season, and have ND, Depaul, Uconn, Cuse (if still in the BE), Georgetown and Wisc at home (and on a Saturday!) we could break the 2009 attendance record of 16,200/game.
Lots of ifs here but the schedule does suggest these are our homes games next year.
The finsh to this year will affect season tickets...what will really effect how those "big" games are attended next year is how we are performing 2-4 weeks before those games are played.
Season ticket sales dont get u to 19k... Hype n success in the weeks leading up to the games does