No Hype At All for UWM

[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]

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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!