Fortunate enough to be able to attend in person. It's one I'll never forget.
I'm really glad I went, seeing the seniors was cool. But it kinda sucks. You can't stand up. Mask police everywhere, so if your beer is not on your lips you're in trouble*. Can't congregate in concourses. So no catching up with ppl.
I don't begrudge any of those things but I won't push to go to a Bucks game until it's normal. Even a big playoff game, I'd rather watch outside in the Deer District.
But the best part and the part I'll remember forever was with 4 seconds to go Wojo pulled the seniors and the entire arena stood up (against the rules) and cheered and for a minute it was like unnatural carnal knowledge you Covid. That felt great and felt normal.
* (I'm 100% in on masks but you're pretty spaced out at Fiserv and putting it back on after very sip of your beer / soda / water is just annoying. I get why the rule is in place, I'll probably just stay away until it's normal. IOW, don't @ me)
WTF is the reasoning behind "you can't stand up"?
I was able to go as well. Couldn't get the Bucks AP to order my drinks unless I used a link from MU Athletics, but if that was my biggest gripe I'll take it.
Students booed Wojo during intros and chanted "Fire Wojo" on their way down the escalators.
Pretty darn good defensive effort by MU. Theo walks on to the court with 4 Fouls. Unreal. DJ Carton is ultra quick IRL.
I think MU just did exactly what the Bucks are doing bc that's what the city signed off on. MU used of the Bucks safety messaging.
Quote from: The Lens on March 07, 2021, 09:28:17 AM
Fortunate enough to be able to attend in person. It's one I'll never forget.
I'm really glad I went, seeing the seniors was cool. But it kinda sucks. You can't stand up. Mask police everywhere, so if your beer is not on your lips you're in trouble*. Can't congregate in concourses. So no catching up with ppl.
I don't begrudge any of those things but I won't push to go to a Bucks game until it's normal. Even a big playoff game, I'd rather watch outside in the Deer District.
But the best part and the part I'll remember forever was with 4 seconds to go Wojo pulled the seniors and the entire arena stood up (against the rules) and cheered and for a minute it was like unnatural carnal knowledge you Covid. That felt great and felt normal.
* (I'm 100% in on masks but you're pretty spaced out at Fiserv and putting it back on after very sip of your beer / soda / water is just annoying. I get why the rule is in place, I'll probably just stay away until it's normal. IOW, don't @ me)
This is why I won't be doing anything like this until we are back at normal. I REALLY want to do all of these things, but the restrictions would suck a lot of the fun out of it for me.
Quote from: The Lens on March 07, 2021, 09:28:17 AM
Fortunate enough to be able to attend in person. It's one I'll never forget.
I'm really glad I went, seeing the seniors was cool. But it kinda sucks. You can't stand up. Mask police everywhere, so if your beer is not on your lips you're in trouble*. Can't congregate in concourses. So no catching up with ppl.
I don't begrudge any of those things but I won't push to go to a Bucks game until it's normal. Even a big playoff game, I'd rather watch outside in the Deer District.
But the best part and the part I'll remember forever was with 4 seconds to go Wojo pulled the seniors and the entire arena stood up (against the rules) and cheered and for a minute it was like unnatural carnal knowledge you Covid. That felt great and felt normal.
* (I'm 100% in on masks but you're pretty spaced out at Fiserv and putting it back on after very sip of your beer / soda / water is just annoying. I get why the rule is in place, I'll probably just stay away until it's normal. IOW, don't @ me)
Just curious Lens—do you have a crazy # of points? If not, how were you selected to get tickets?
Quote from: muhoops1 on March 07, 2021, 09:38:31 AM
I was able to go as well. Couldn't get the Bucks AP to order my drinks unless I used a link from MU Athletics, but if that was my biggest gripe I'll take it.
Students booed Wojo during intros and chanted "Fire Wojo" on their way down the escalators.
Pretty darn good defensive effort by MU. Theo walks on to the court with 4 Fouls. Unreal. DJ Carton is ultra quick IRL.
Amazingly the students seem smarter than a lot of Scoop.
Quote from: muhoops1 on March 07, 2021, 09:38:31 AM
I was able to go as well. Couldn't get the Bucks AP to order my drinks unless I used a link from MU Athletics, but if that was my biggest gripe I'll take it.
Students booed Wojo during intros and chanted "Fire Wojo" on their way down the escalators.
Pretty darn good defensive effort by MU. Theo walks on to the court with 4 Fouls. Unreal. DJ Carton is ultra quick IRL.
Was Wojo introduced?
Quote from: MU82 on March 07, 2021, 10:32:47 AM
Was Wojo introduced?
At the start of the Senior Night festivities...Broeker, Lovell, Wojo.
Quote from: Farley36 on March 07, 2021, 10:32:20 AM
Amazingly the students seem smarter than a lot of Scoop.
Not really. You post here
Quote from: muhoops1 on March 07, 2021, 10:38:51 AM
At the start of the Senior Night festivities...Broeker, Lovell, Wojo.
Thanks for the info.
Quote from: Farley36 on March 07, 2021, 10:32:20 AM
Amazingly the students seem smarter than a lot of Scoop.
I know, right? A few Scoopers actually think whether or not Marquette beat Xavier last night was going to affect whether or not Wojo's gonna be retained or fired. Not so smart!
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on March 07, 2021, 10:04:28 AM
This is why I won't be doing anything like this until we are back at normal. I REALLY want to do all of these things, but the restrictions would suck a lot of the fun out of it for me.
Same here. Just doesn't seem like much fun with the restrictions they have in place.
I hope next season looks more normal. If it's not I probably won't renew my tickets.
I didn't really notice Wojo booed. You heard something but it wasn't super clear. What was clear was there were ZERO applause for him. I think by and large ppl were just so grateful to be back and didn't think it was the time to boo.
Quote from: muhoops1 on March 07, 2021, 10:38:51 AM
At the start of the Senior Night festivities...Broeker, Lovell, Wojo.
Lovell was there?? I thought i saw him at the Lady Warrior tournament game>>>
Quote from: guzica on March 07, 2021, 12:05:27 PM
Lovell was there?? I thought i saw him at the Lady Warrior tournament game>>>
Yeah. I'm pretty sure. Tip off was at 8pm. And Senior Night stuff started around 7:40-7:45 ish. He was part of the receiving line for players. Parents were in the stands. Koby's dad Zoomed in.
The Senior Nighg ceremony and starting line ups was live on the You Tube channel. I thought the ceremony was done very well.
Quote from: Mr. Nielsen on March 07, 2021, 12:30:19 PM
The Senior Nighg ceremony and starting line ups was live on the You Tube channel. I thought the ceremony was done very well.
I thought MU did a great job with Senior night. It's also clear people LOVE Ike Eke. He's like D Wade, Bo Ellis & Markus rolled into one.
Quote from: The Lens on March 07, 2021, 01:04:18 PM
I thought MU did a great job with Senior night. It's also clear people LOVE Ike Eke. He's like D Wade, Bo Ellis & Markus rolled into one.
It's very sad Ikechukwu could not get heathy. Terrific kid.
I'm glad you were there.
I am sorry to hear there was booing. This was not the time or place, Senior Night, the only game with fans in a year, it's about the players and not the coach.
Quote from: Warriors4ever on March 07, 2021, 02:23:56 PM
I'm glad you were there.
I am sorry to hear there was booing. This was not the time or place, Senior Night, the only game with fans in a year, it's about the players and not the coach.
Given it was the only opportunity it sounds like it was the perfect time and place.
Quote from: Farley36 on March 07, 2021, 02:48:40 PM
Given it was the only opportunity it sounds like it was the perfect time and place.
Stop the booing? In a results based job, win when it matters most.
Quote from: MuggsyB on March 07, 2021, 01:08:39 PM
It's very sad Ikechukwu could not get heathy. Terrific kid.
Agree by chance was on the plane sitting next to him when he first came to Milwaukee. Terrific, nice and kind kid.
My Son was there.
Did they enforce the 'you can't stand up' rule when they played Jump Around?
Quote from: GooooMarquette on March 08, 2021, 08:45:55 AM
Did they enforce the 'you can't stand up' rule when they played Jump Around?
So much so they didn't even show Jump Around Guy (Rick Smith). No idea if he was even there.
The only times we stood was for the Anthem and then spontaneously when Wojo pulled the seniors near the end.
Quote from: The Lens on March 08, 2021, 08:50:49 AM
So much so they didn't even show Jump Around Guy (Rick Smith). No idea if he was even there.
The only times we stood was for the Anthem and then spontaneously when Wojo pulled the seniors near the end.
I guess a human can't catch a virus when the anthem plays. That would be very unpatriotic of the virus!
Quote from: romey on March 07, 2021, 09:35:42 AM
WTF is the reasoning behind "you can't stand up"?
what would doc fowski say...science, eyn'a?
Quote from: rocket surgeon on March 08, 2021, 07:22:14 PM
what would doc fowski say...science, eyn'a?
Marquette basically did a carbon copy of the Bucks protocols. I would imagine this saved MU considerable time / money / resources to simply employ the same system that the city of Milwaukee signed off on.
Is not standing stupid? Who knows, I just know I'm glad I was able to go. And I'm
glad MU made it happen.