No Hype At All for UWM

[TallTitan34]

Remember all the pissing matches on the UWM message board last season and the endless debates on if this series should be played?  Well this year there hasn't been any of that.

Even the UWM board only has one MU thread and that just involves getting tickets to the game.
http://uwmfreak.proboards5.com/index.cgi?board=Games&action=display&thread=4255

I'm not from Milwaukee but it seems to me there is zero hype for this game in the city.

[JSwarriors08]

Couple of reasons:

1.  How's the best way to put this?  Maybe that the rivalry has lost a but of intensity as UWM has seen significant decline in its on-the-court success since its postseason run?  What I mean is that everyone might be fairly certain of the outcome already.

2.  No one actually cheers for their respective UW teams.  They care less about the UWM team and care more about the soviet squad to the west of us.

[Gwaki]

Yep its a bullsh*t series that's a complete waste of time and the fact that Bud had $20k donated to play this farce of a series that will result in nothing is even more pathetic. That $20k could've been used for a lot better purposes than going 0-4 in a series that will net us nothing in the end. I plan on trading off my tickets for when the game is in the Cell next year.

Got this off the board.  That could be a reason why

[JSwarriors08]

Wow... bitter maybe?  Maybe he'd be singing a different tune if we hadn't pummeled them so indiscriminately

[jaybilaswho?]

Wow... bitter maybe?  Maybe he'd be singing a different tune if we hadn't pummeled them so indiscriminately

or if this years match up didnt look like it is going to be a repeat of last year.

[ChicosBailBonds]

or if this years match up didnt look like it is going to be a repeat of last year.

Based on last night's attendance, looks like hype is lacking not just for the UWM game.  That was God awful.

[TallTitan34]

There's a big difference though between an "icy" Monday night game and a Friday night game.

[Sir Lawrence]

There's a big difference though between an "icy" Monday night game and a Friday night game.

Yeah, the traffic last night was insane.  I'm guessing many were happy they made it home and decided not to venture out again. 

[Gwaki]

There's a big difference though between an "icy" Monday night game and a Friday night game.

Game is saturday

[RawdogDX]

remember before the series was agreed to panther fans would come here and say that they diserved a home and home with us because they were a better/more successful team on the rise.

[IAmMarquette]

Wow... bitter maybe?  Maybe he'd be singing a different tune if we hadn't pummeled them so indiscriminately

One of the more enjoyable MU games I've attended.

[Warrior of Law]

Driving home last night was one of the worst traffic days in a long time.  I know it affected attendance big-time.

[chapman]

Let's wait and see until after the game.  We had to listen to predictions for a half-empty BC last year due to lack of interest in the game, and those people ate their words when the place was packed.

[Kramerica]

I was at that game last year in the upper deck and there were a lot of empty seats up there.  It was not packed, especially compared to the Georgetown game, which was every bit of a sellout. 

[nola03]

I was at that game last year in the upper deck and there were a lot of empty seats up there.  It was not packed, especially compared to the Georgetown game, which was every bit of a sellout. 

Co-sign.

The turnout last year was disappointing even for someone like me who finds this game of no relevance.

[New Era Warriors]

I was at that game last year in the upper deck and there were a lot of empty seats up there.  It was not packed, especially compared to the Georgetown game, which was every bit of a sellout. 

how can you honestly compare University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to Georgetown??? There is absolutely no comparison. Of course the Georgetown game is going to be way more packed!

[IrwinFletcher]

Based on last night's attendance, looks like hype is lacking not just for the UWM game.  That was God awful.

Just to clarify about the attendance last night, Chicos.

I was in Milw for business and was planning on going to the game.  I was staying in Waukesha and figured  I could get the hotel about 5:30, change real quick and head downtown for dinner and the game.

In spite of global warming, there was a huge snow squall  that resulted in the roads to be covered in ice.  There were some bad accidents and traffic was at a standstill.  It took me over an hour to get to my hotel meaning I would have missed most of the first half.  I chose not to brave the traffic going back downtown.  My guess is that most other people chose to stay home too.  Thus the reason for the poor attendance.

[MUSF]

how can you honestly compare University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to Georgetown??? There is absolutely no comparison. Of course the Georgetown game is going to be way more packed!

Because UWM fans and some Milwaukee media kept selling the series as a matchup Milwaukee basketball fans couldn't wait to see again.  They assured us that the game would easily sell out and that the series would be competitive, sparking a great college basketball rivalry in Milwaukee.

This of course was all epic B.S.

[MUfan12]

That is true, traffic was a nightmare going into the city. A normally 25 min commute from work in Waukesha took well over an hour, and would have been more if I had stayed on 94. The crowd on Saturday will be much, much better.

[chapman]

how can you honestly compare University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to Georgetown??? There is absolutely no comparison. Of course the Georgetown game is going to be way more packed!

+1.  We're not talking UW-Madison here; and of course it's going to be more packed for Georgetown.  But for endless talk of thousands of unsold tickets and expectations of it being as empty as it is for any other cupcake game, 18,283 fans in attendance proved a lot of people wrong.  It's more than were there for the other non-conference home games by far, more than the Big East games against Providence, Seton Hall, and USF.  I don't think there will be as many fans at this year's game, but it may not be wise to start predicting the place to be empty again.

[nola03]

+1.  We're not talking UW-Madison here; and of course it's going to be more packed for Georgetown.  But for endless talk of thousands of unsold tickets and expectations of it being as empty as it is for any other cupcake game, 18,283 fans in attendance proved a lot of people wrong.  It's more than were there for the other non-conference home games by far, more than the Big East games against Providence, Seton Hall, and USF.  I don't think there will be as many fans at this year's game, but it may not be wise to start predicting the place to be empty again.

That number would hold a lot more credence if MU hadn't inflated attendance numbers for most of Crean's 9 years. People at the game knew that number was inaccurate when they read it the next day in the boxscore.

[RedWebster]

I WAS at the UWM game last year and it was easily the highest attended non-conference game of the year. In fact, the Georgetown game was the only other game I can recall that even compared, attendance-wise. The Georgetown game was in a league of its own.

Now, I doubt the attendance will be as great Saturday as it was a year ago, but I can tell you that I'm going and I haven't been to a game yet this year.

[The Lens]

This game would have been interesting if Bud haidets didn't soil his legacy by botching the Mike Dunlap hire.  They won with 2 veteran lower level head coaches, why did they step away from that formula?

It also would have been interesting if TC manned up and played UWM during UWM's brief window of relevance.

[MU B2002]

Will the UWM game be available on Channelsurfing.net?

[nola03]

I WAS at the UWM game last year and it was easily the highest attended non-conference game of the year. In fact, the Georgetown game was the only other game I can recall that even compared, attendance-wise. The Georgetown game was in a league of its own.

Now, I doubt the attendance will be as great Saturday as it was a year ago, but I can tell you that I'm going and I haven't been to a game yet this year.

It's pretty clear to see that people who attended the UWM game have drastically different memories of the attendance.

No wonder we have so many girl fights in these forums. 

[ChicosBailBonds]

This game would have been interesting if Bud haidets didn't soil his legacy by botching the Mike Dunlap hire.  They won with 2 veteran lower level head coaches, why did they step away from that formula?

It also would have been interesting if TC manned up and played UWM during UWM's brief window of relevance.

I was there, I can assure you that MU not playing UWM had nothing to do with manning up by Crean.  That decision was made long before Crean was even hired and before Deane was fired.

[mu_hilltopper]

(I'll also say that I was there, and the 2007 MU/UMW game was one of the most attended OOC games in decades, and probably in the top 5 for the entire year.  It wasn't a sell out, but I'd take that kind of attendance every game, no problem, as the upper deck had to be >75% full.)

[IAmMarquette]

(I'll also say that I was there, and the 2007 MU/UMW game was one of the most attended OOC games in decades, and probably in the top 5 for the entire year.  It wasn't a sell out, but I'd take that kind of attendance every game, no problem, as the upper deck had to be >75% full.)

Cosign. I was in the upper deck, and open seats were scarce.

[jce]

This game would have been interesting if Bud haidets didn't soil his legacy by botching the Mike Dunlap hire.  They won with 2 veteran lower level head coaches, why did they step away from that formula?

I knew the other person under consideration was the HC of Metro State, but I didn't realize until now that it was the same guy who turned down the interim gig at Arizona.

Wow that wasn't a very good decision on UWM's part.

[Ahoya06]

Quote from: Pantherholic
Yep its a bullsh*t series that's a complete waste of time and the fact that Bud had $20k donated to play this farce of a series that will result in nothing is even more pathetic. That $20k could've been used for a lot better purposes than going 0-4 in a series that will net us nothing in the end. I plan on trading off my tickets for when the game is in the Cell next year.

Got this off the board.  That could be a reason why

Aren't we supposed to play 4 at home before we go there? I didn't realize that the "away" game was in the middle...

[Kramerica]

how can you honestly compare University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to Georgetown??? There is absolutely no comparison. Of course the Georgetown game is going to be way more packed!

I am only comparing those two because I live in St. Louis and those are the two games I made the trip up for last year.  I certainly didn't mean to compare the two in terms of importance of games or competition of the opponent.  Again, I don't have much to compare against, but that game was not packed like people said it was going to be. 

[Tom Crean's Tanning Bed]

Aren't we supposed to play 4 at home before we go there? I didn't realize that the "away" game was in the middle...

Actually I believe it's 3 home, 1 away, 1 home.  So that would put the @ UWM game in 2010-2011.

[Ahoya06]

Actually I believe it's 3 home, 1 away, 1 home.  So that would put the @ UWM game in 2010-2011.

Gotcha, thanks, General. I happen to know for a fact that you are a walking wiki for this stuff, so I'll take it. 

[Husker4MU]

Anyone check out Ticketmaster?  I checked last night and there were two tickets available in Row J of 402.  That's pathetic.  The walk-up crowd should be solid, but I would be SHOCKED if there were more than 16,000.  16,000 is pathetic for all the woofing that went on from the East Side.  UWM fans were guaranteeing sellouts!