Will This Be A Road Game for Us?

[TallTitan34]

It seems like Marquette is playing road games in the tournament the last few years.  Last year the crowd was 90% Utah State fans and the year before we played Stanford in California.

Will Washington get a good crowd in Pac-10 California?

[Final Four or Bust]

Yes, it will be overwhelmingly UW fans.  But we've played road games in the past.

[SoCalEagle]

More UW fans for sure, but remember the first round games get a lot of fans from a lot of different schools.  It won't be like a home game for them. 

[Final Four or Bust]

More UW fans for sure, but remember the first round games get a lot of fans from a lot of different schools.  It won't be like a home game for them. 

I disagree -- with NM and Montana as the other schools (neither of which should provide the influx of fans as a UCLA in Anaheim), i think UW fans who want to go will have a chance at tickets, and other teams wont be buying them out - and the rest will be Pac-10 fans.  I have to believe they will put our game as the nightcap, although our best chance to minimize crowd influence would be to play during the day.

[SoCalEagle]

FFOB, for our sake I hope you are wrong.  Anyway, our guys have played under tough circumstances before and I'm confident they will not get frazzled.

[ceh]

We just played St. Johns, Villanova and G-town in the Garden.  I don't think some purple shirts in SJ will bother us too much.

[Maryland Warrior]

Yes,Dionne,
MU knows the way to San Jose

They will not go Wrong and
Lose Their Way

They Certainly won't
be parking cars
or pumpin gas

Because acknowledgement
and advancement can pull you
far from home

With apologies to Hal David and Burt Bachurach

[ChicosBailBonds]

My UCLA and USC buddies are convinced this will NOT be anywhere near as bad as when Marquette played Stanford here in Anaheim.  They feel that Washington doesn't have the same love from the conference brethren and even went on to say there is some bad blood with some of the things that Washington has done. 

Not sure I agree, but that was their two cents tonight.  Incidentally, 4 of my UCLA buds are going to the game.  They've already assured me they will be cheering loudly against Washington and for Marquette.

[wardle2wade]

My UCLA and USC buddies are convinced this will NOT be anywhere near as bad as when Marquette played Stanford here in Anaheim.  They feel that Washington doesn't have the same love from the conference brethren and even went on to say there is some bad blood with some of the things that Washington has done. 

Not sure I agree, but that was their two cents tonight.  Incidentally, 4 of my UCLA buds are going to the game.  They've already assured me they will be cheering loudly against Washington and for Marquette.

Chicos, I'm with you bud... I want to believe that Wash won't feel the love, but after making it to the SD, Anaheim, and Boise I'm hard pressed to believe the Huskies will be booed or ignored.  The only times which MU had the crowd at these West Coast sites were at the end of the MU-Mizzou game (because we cameback and we're getting effed by the zebras) and the MU-Kentucky game (because everyone seems to hate UK).

1) Wash has a lot of out-of-state undergrads who come from northern Cali every year.  They have roots there.
2) Moreover, the ones who aren't from NorCal end up finding jobs and relocating to the area after graduating anyways.
3) Pac 10 fans will support their own.  They did in Anaheim wholeheartedly.
4) For the average hoops fan at the HP Pavilion, they will relate to Wash much more than a school from Milwaukee.  Much like we will root for Xavier when they come to Milwaukee.
5) We're the favorite as the 6 seed, and neutral fans always like the underdog. New Mex and Montana fans will be rooting for the underdog so their team (albeit they have to win) would have an easier time to the sweet 16.

Like someone mentioned before, I like our chances... we've played in some very brutal environments this year and it does not seem to phase this team as much as it did during the 3 amigos squads.  Maybe that's just my perception.

[TallTitan34]

Yet another road NCAA game for Marquette...... 

Maybe someday we won't end up in our opponents backyard.

[Norm]

Would love for MU to not have to play on the West Coast in the first couple rounds every year.

[TallTitan34]

2005: West Coast
2006: East Coast
2007: West Coast
2008: Northwest
2009: West Coast

[Norm]

TallTitan,

I dont know, I think I'd say the trip to Boise, ID last year was essentially a Western venue. It would be like saying playing a game in Pittsburgh is playing in the Midwest.

[TallTitan34]

Oh I agree.  I just didn't put coast since its an inland state.

The game was 90% Utah State fans.  It was more of a road game than every other road game I've gone too.