MU fans at the Verizon!

[GooooMarquette]

Nice job with the "WE ARE MARQUETTE!" chant in OT, and then the "automatic" for Davante!

Well done!

[Avenue Commons]

Les Aspin Center in the house?

[Tommy Brice for Coach]

Les Aspin Center in the house?

Looks like it is time to go make a donation to the Les Aspin center? Could be an affordable way to ensure MU fans in the house for the GTown game every year.

[pbiflyer]

IIRC there is an alum living in the area that host a party and bus. At least that was the case a few years ago.

[CrazyEcho]

really poor showing by Georgetown fans.  Very strong showing from MU fans (relative to expectations, of course).

Father O'Brien and Father Wild court side, as it should be. 

[Norm]

Georgetown never really gets a big crowd for their games unless Syracuse is in town. In their defense though, it was a Monday night 9pm start on a federal holiday.

Marquette had a lot of fans interspersed throughout the Verizon Center. I sat in 432 with a block of MU fans. My 7 and 9 year olds were yelling at the top of their lungs rooting MU on in the last 5 minutes or so - I actually had to tell one to quit down as I thought they may be annoying some of the other fans. Awesome we got it to OT and then pulled it out.

Too bad this was not a Saturday game, as the after-party would have been pretty good with all the MU fans in attendance.

[keefe]

Father O'Brien and Father Wild court side, as it should be. 

Interesting. Wild can attend a game 800 miles away from his front door. Pilarz couldn't be bothered to walk 8 blocks. 

[Eldon]

Interesting. Wild can attend a game 800 miles away from his front door. Pilarz couldn't be bothered to walk 8 blocks. 

He was too busy fundraising.

[Wade for President]

Nice job with the "WE ARE MARQUETTE!" chant in OT, and then the "automatic" for Davante!

Well done!

We've debated the merit of the "Auto-matic!" cheer in the past, and whether Davante actually likes it.  Well...last night on tv you saw his mom leading the cheer herself.

MU was well represented at the Butler game I attended Saturday, and we're plenty vocal last night.  Awesome stuff.

[DCWarriors04]

really poor showing by Georgetown fans.  Very strong showing from MU fans (relative to expectations, of course).

only MU/Georgetown games I've been to that had good crowds were Saturday/Sunday games out here in DC. Last few have been week night games and the Georgetown crowd (student body especially) have been embarrassing. I feel like we've always had a good showing at the Verizon Center...and to make it better, we have a SNOW DAY today!

[chapman]

Interesting. Wild can attend a game 800 miles away from his front door. Pilarz couldn't be bothered to walk 8 blocks. 

He didn't even go to home games?  Jeez, talk about not getting it. 

We've debated the merit of the "Auto-matic!" cheer in the past, and whether Davante actually likes it.  Well...last night on tv you saw his mom leading the cheer herself.

MU was well represented at the Butler game I attended Saturday, and we're plenty vocal last night.  Awesome stuff.

Hopefully we can get mom to a few more games, she was good luck.  Will surely see her at Nova. 

Verizon has to be right behind DePaul for MU on the road support it seems.  Maybe just because it's a big arena and GTown fans don't show up.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

I could hear the MU fans on TV.  For a road game, it was good to hear cheers on TV when we scored.

[warriorchick]

He didn't even go to home games?  Jeez, talk about not getting it. 

We have had this conversation before.  I don't know why the notion exists that Pilarz didn't attend basketball games. He did. I saw him at many of them. It was usually as he went up the escalator up to the skyboxes, presumably to rub elbows with the donors up there.

[LloydMooresLegs]

Two best sports memories from my college years did not involve MU basketball (we just weren't that good--most vivid memories are of close losses to ND (multiple) and N.C.):

1.  Freshman year parade down Wisconsin Ave for '82 Brewers winning the AL (even though --or maybe because--I was a Cardinals fan);

2.  Crazy night enjoying the Georgetown National Championship at the intersection of Wisconsin and M in '84 while spending a pre-Les Aspin Center semester in DC at American U. 

The Georgetown students did know how to enjoy their basketball in the Ewing years.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

We have had this conversation before.  I don't know why the notion exists that Pilarz didn't attend basketball games. He did. I saw him at many of them. It was usually as he went up the escalator up to the skyboxes, presumably to rub elbows with the donors up there.

+1

Not sure why Pilarz was brought up in this thread. He's gone

[Sir Lawrence]

We have had this conversation before.  I don't know why the notion exists that Pilarz didn't attend basketball games. He did. I saw him at many of them. It was usually as he went up the escalator up to the skyboxes, presumably to rub elbows with the donors up there.

Are you certain it was elbows he was rubbing?

[Tugg Speedman]

We've debated the merit of the "Auto-matic!" cheer in the past, and whether Davante actually likes it.  Well...last night on tv you saw his mom leading the cheer herself.

+1

Fox showed Ox's mom chanting automatic and acted like it was some random person cheering for him.

And, yes, we can out to rest the automatic chant.  If Ox's mom is doing it, we should all be doing it.

[keefe]

Are you certain it was elbows he was rubbing?

You been whispering with Nightmare in the back pew? What's the dirt? Give it...

[keefe]

It was usually as he went up the escalator up to the skyboxes, presumably to rub elbows with the donors up there.

A real man of the people, that Scotty.

The man was not a friend of Marquette Basketball. Pilarz and his crew was a disaster, in many ways.

[kira67]

I would say that at least 30% of the crowd was pro-Marquette (if you don't count the student section)

We are Marquette: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6hZgIF48To

[keefe]

I would say that at least 30% of the crowd was pro-Marquette (if you don't count the student section)

We are Marquette: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6hZgIF48To

Being from DC and as a Georgetown Prep alum I have been to many GT games over the years. From what I saw on TV last night it seemed they had a better student turn out than usual. Not sure why but their atmosphere has never been electric.

[Dawson Rental]

He was too busy fundraising.

Undoubtedly!  lol

[Dawson Rental]

We have had this conversation before.  I don't know why the notion exists that Pilarz didn't attend basketball games. He did. I saw him at many of them. It was usually as he went up the escalator up to the skyboxes, presumably to rub elbows with the donors up there.

I'm sure that you are correct that he was there.  That makes it all the more interesting that so many think that he wasn't.  I understand the value of rubbing elbows with the big wigs, but evidently, Pilarz missed out on the benefits of increased visibility.

Given his demise, rubbing elbows with the donors didn't work too well for him either.

[keefe]

Given his demise, rubbing elbows with the donors didn't work too well for him either.

From the Scott Pilarz Book, Proven Methods of Fund Raising for Fun, Profit, and Career Advancement

Lesson 1: How to Ascertain What is Really Important To Your Target Demographic

Lesson 2: How to Piss Off Your Largest Donors So They Cease Making Donations

Lesson 3: How to Write Winning Resumes for Exploring Other Apostolic Opportunities

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

One of the things I heard from my buddy (who works for MUSG) was that during dinners with donors Pilarz would make each of them read a poem in between courses. Now im not rich nor do I plan to be but I feel like that would be one of the last things that would peak my interest to get me to donate money to the University.