Students

[mues05]

I usually don't complain about attendance at the games, but these students sounded like whiny spoiled brats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZyHNcsLlXg&feature=related

[Warriors10]

Hmmmmm I am still looking for where they are "whiny spoiled brats".

[MisterJaylenBrownMU]

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/bdf2030046a3609298bddcc110a6426c/2011_NCAA_mens_basketball_attendance.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=bdf2030046a3609298bddcc110a6426c

The piece makes a big deal that we were top-10 in attendance over the past few years, but through 18 games we were 11th in the nation in attendance.  For a school of less than 12,000 total students.  Where's the problem again?

[Hoopaloop]

They should be attending to see Marquette.  Who cares who we are playing.  Students need to stop complaining about who we are playing and support our team.  Things have changed.  Come on students!!

[mues05]

Really?  They can't show up to games because we play the ranked teams on the road?  They have a team that has been ranked all year.  

The ticket prices are too high?  $110 for season tickets comes out to, what $6.50 a game.

[Les Nessman]

Do you think if we officially went back to being The Warriors we would sell out every game of that first year with the old/new moniker?

[cheebs09]

Do you think if we officially went back to being The Warriors we would sell out every game of that first year with the old/new moniker?

I'm not sure, but I think it is something worth trying out 

[ZiggysFryBoy]

wow.

or maybe....SHEESH. 

[Hoopaloop]

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/bdf2030046a3609298bddcc110a6426c/2011_NCAA_mens_basketball_attendance.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=bdf2030046a3609298bddcc110a6426c

The piece makes a big deal that we were top-10 in attendance over the past few years, but through 18 games we were 11th in the nation in attendance.  For a school of less than 12,000 total students.  Where's the problem again?

The concern is that we could have better student attendance. Apathy seems to have set in and some excuses by these students are underwhelming to say the least.  If they aren't going to show up when we are top 10 team, what do these kids do when we are rebuilding at ranked just outside the top 25?   

They need to be owners of the program.  They play a pivotal role.

[KipsBayEagle]

Wow, thats embarrassing. 

[MisterJaylenBrownMU]

If they aren't going to show up when we are top 10 team, what do these kids do when we are rebuilding at ranked just outside the top 25?   

You mean like the past few seasons, when we were borderline top-25 and top-10 in attendance?  Or like the first 18 games of this season, when we were borderline top-15 or 20 and #11 in attendance? 

The concern is that we could have better student attendance. 

This is not a concern. I can't imagine too many rational people are seriously worried that our students dropped us from #10 to #11 nationally in attendance.

Let's not forget that 19,087 people, including a couple of students, came out to watch them beat Georgetown.  Focusing on one random mid-week game in January seems asinine to me.

[RideMyBuycks]

I wish we could all be just like the fanatics who show up for the front row of every game. I wonder if they know the BC serves beer?

[boyonthedock]

These interviews are just like this board. reasons for poor attendence from DIEHARD FANS WHO ACTUALLY SHOWED UP TO THE WEEKNIGHT GAME. its useless asking students who bothered to come out why more people aren't there.

[chren21]

It's a joke. Embarrassing.  Where do we get the ego to say "who's seton hall?"  Man we sound like ND students.  We are lucky to be in the big east and that could all change as quick as it came to us....  I will say the athletic Dep't needs to look at giving them another section toward the middle of the court at a minimum down low and 2 up high.

[Hards Alumni]

It's a joke. Embarrassing.  Where do we get the ego to say "who's seton hall?"  Man we sound like ND students.  We are lucky to be in the big east and that could all change as quick as it came to us....  I will say the athletic Dep't needs to look at giving them another section toward the middle of the court at a minimum down low and 2 up high.

I agree with everything but the last sentence.

These kids don't know what its like to watch Brian Wardle, Brian Barone, Oluma Nmaka, Greg Clausen struggle to be competitive in CUSA.

spoiled arrogant brats.

[Buzz Williams' Spillproof Chiclets Cup]

Really?  They can't show up to games because we play the ranked teams on the road?  They have a team that has been ranked all year.  

The ticket prices are too high?  $110 for season tickets comes out to, what $6.50 a game.

That was the weakest excuse ever. "The price went up and economic times are tough." $110 for season tickets is $6.87 a game. If it was $75 when this year's seniors were freshmen, that was $4.68 a game. If you found $2.25 in change in your couch, you found more than enough to cover the cost increase of one game.

Pathetic. Complaining about "Oh it's Rutgers" "Oh it's Seton Hall." These students have clearly never seen Marquette lose at home to TCU in February en route to an 8th-place C-USA finish, and the NIT.

[GGGG]

This thread is embarrassing.

I know people say "you should come to watch your team not the opponent," but that is not how most people think.  They are not being "whiny spoiled brats" for pointing out the obvious...non-marquee opponents on a Tuesday night aren't going to draw a crowd.  The adults don't show for those either.

So stop assuming that everyone should think like you in that regard.  They don't.  That's the reality MU lives with.

And this just a few days after we were praising the students up and down for their showing versus Georgetown.

[TallTitan34]

This video is over a month old.

[mu_hilltopper]

They sell about 3700 student season tickets.  Not sure the capacity of the entire section, but it doesn't seem to be about money .. it's that 1500 of those 3700 aren't showing up after they've bought the ticket.

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

You know, something that we never mention is that a lot of these kids are frosh. and maybe have only been MU fans for about 5 months.

A lot of us have been fans for years and years. Sometimes it takes some time to build up some fandom and dedication.

I'm not saying it's a valid excuse, but I remember being a frosh. and not being a huge fan. However, in 1998, MU was pretty bad.

It would be cool/interesting if the athletic department could do some promos. in the upper deck of the student section to get those kids involved throughout the game.

[MerrittsMustache]

Best quotes:
"Move the games to weekends" and "Not a lot of people have heard of teams like Seton Hall."

Seriously though, I said this on another thread but when I was a student (98-02), the team was bad and the students would really only show up when MU played a big-name/ranked team. When Wade came along, MU became the attraction and the student section was filled much more regularly because, for us, it was a new experience with MU actually being the team worth seeing. The current students still only want to see MU play big-name teams because, for the most part, all they know of MU basketball is that it's (yawn) a perennial tournament team. There's no appreciation for how mediocre MU basketball used to be and how far it's come. In all honesty, that's a good thing because it means that MU has had sustained success and that's a goal of every major program.

Would I like to see the student section packed with diehards every game? Of course. But if given the choice, I'd much rather have MU be a national championship contender playing in front of an empty student section.

[MountainCreekHouse]

Hey OP, and everyone who posts these student section complaints



Sincerely,

Marquette basketball fans

[Hoopaloop]

You know, something that we never mention is that a lot of these kids are frosh. and maybe have only been MU fans for about 5 months.

A lot of us have been fans for years and years. Sometimes it takes some time to build up some fandom and dedication.

I'm not saying it's a valid excuse, but I remember being a frosh. and not being a huge fan. However, in 1998, MU was pretty bad.

It would be cool/interesting if the athletic department could do some promos. in the upper deck of the student section to get those kids involved throughout the game.

Could be, but doesn't explain why frosh in past years were going.  My disappointment has been the turnout.  People can throw out the ticket sales numbers all they want and say we're ranked 11th, all of that is terrific.  What is disappointing is seeing the empty seats in the student section.  If you want to be the best student section in America, you need to come support Marquette basketball and not worry about who they are playing.  Of course bigger named opponents will generate more enthusiasm, but when people are saying WHO IS SETON HALL that is troubling.  They're a conference opponent that might get into the NCAA tournament. 

[Canned Goods n Ammo]

Could be, but doesn't explain why frosh in past years were going.  My disappointment has been the turnout.  People can throw out the ticket sales numbers all they want and say we're ranked 11th, all of that is terrific.  What is disappointing is seeing the empty seats in the student section.  If you want to be the best student section in America, you need to come support Marquette basketball and not worry about who they are playing.  Of course bigger named opponents will generate more enthusiasm, but when people are saying WHO IS SETON HALL that is troubling.  They're a conference opponent that might get into the NCAA tournament. 

You're right... but you're exaggerating a little.

Let's not pretend like in previous years the upper deck was full every night, and now it's empty.

Students have always packed it in for the best games, and it's lighter for middle of the pack games, and even lighter for buy games.

This isn't a new phenomenon. It might be a little more exaggerated this year, but it's not new.

Maybe the athletic department can come up with some incentives to get students to come to every game. Maybe some of the in game promos can be directed to students who are in the upper deck.

MU already gets a steady 1500 (approx) students to every game. They need to work on getting the second 1500.

Or, honestly, who the hell cares other than dorky alumni on the internet?

[Badgerhater]

I agree with everything but the last sentence.

These kids don't know what its like to watch Brian Wardle, Brian Barone, Oluma Nmaka, Greg Clausen struggle to be competitive in CUSA.

spoiled arrogant brats.

The only good part about those years as a student was that I could show up 10 minutes before the game and get a great seat