Game Day at the BC

[GGGG]

Totally agree. My group of friends were the same way and we were in school from 2006-2010. We would pregame, show up a few minutes before tip, march straight to the top row with beers, enjoy the game. and then hit the bars afterwards.

I was there to watch Marquette basketball and have a good time with my friends. Anyone who goes to the game for promotions and give aways is a tool.

That's nice.  But fans like you are not going to make up an entire student section. 

[mu03eng]

Totally agree. My group of friends were the same way and we were in school from 2006-2010. We would pregame, show up a few minutes before tip, march straight to the top row with beers, enjoy the game. and then hit the bars afterwards.

I was there to watch Marquette basketball and have a good time with my friends. Anyone who goes to the game for promotions and give aways is a tool.

So we're my friends in 1999-2003, but even then we were the exception not the rule.  Besides groups like that have already bought in, they're a captured market.  It's the fence sitters or the fans that are only interested in a winning team(your Miami Heat fan group let's say) that you need to engage in a better way with a value solution that can't get by staying at home.

[Litehouse]

Depending on the layout, the new arena might let them put more students closer to the court behind the basket.  At least there might be a continuous section instead of the separate temporary stands inside the hockey boards and the gaping hole by the entrance, which would help.  But I can't imagine them ever displacing high-dollar donors along the sidelines.

[willie warrior]

Well Wojo cares, got an email saying that based on my attendance the past years I was invited to have dinner with Wojo in the AL to discuss MU basketball and the student section going forward. Pretty cool to get that email.

Betcha Big Daddy will be guest of honor at the Staff Table.

[Groin_pull]

The sweater vests aren't going anywhere. Sorry, but if you want their money, you must make sacrifices.

Since the MU band has always been a bit of a train wreck (do they still play Elvira?)...perhaps MU needs to embrace its NBA arena home and deliver more of an NBA game experience. An updated intro...more current music during timeouts...more of what happens during an NBA game. I guess they attempt to do that know, but it needs work. 

Yes, it would be nice to return to simpler times when it was just about the game, but those days are done. You see it across all sports...especially MLB. It's all about the total experience...and that genie ain't going back in the bottle. Just the way it is today. 

[warriorchick]

The sweater vests aren't going anywhere. Sorry, but if you want their money, you must make sacrifices.

Since the MU band has always been a bit of a train wreck (do they still play Elvira?)...perhaps MU needs to embrace its NBA arena home and deliver more of an NBA game experience. An updated intro...more current music during timeouts...more of what happens during an NBA game. I guess they attempt to do that know, but it needs work. 

Yes, it would be nice to return to simpler times when it was just about the game, but those days are done. You see it across all sports...especially MLB. It's all about the total experience...and that genie ain't going back in the bottle. Just the way it is today. 

I hope that you aren't suggesting they get rid of the Pep Band. It's an essential part of the college game experience.  That's equivalent to saying that a college football team should get rid of its marching band and go to more of a Superbowl-type halftime show.

If you want to argue that the pep band could stand to improve its repertoire, I am right there with you.

[keefe]

If you want to argue that the pep band could stand to improve its repertoire, I am right there with you.

Calling Carillon Bill Geishecker...

[Groin_pull]

I hope that you aren't suggesting they get rid of the Pep Band. It's an essential part of the college game experience.  That's equivalent to saying that a college football team should get rid of its marching band and go to more of a Superbowl-type halftime show.

If you want to argue that the pep band could stand to improve its repertoire, I am right there with you.

No, I guess I get the appeal of the band. But has that day passed? Do today's students appreciate that appeal? Is it time for MU to fully embrace its NBA home? Would that resonate more with students, players, and recruits? Just asking the question. Since MU doesn't offer a Music major, the band will always be a bit second-rate. I've seen big school bands (Ohio State, Cal, and yes, UW, etc.) and they're impressive, but MU doesn't have that. Don't mean to pick on them, I know they do the best they can. At the very least, perhaps it'd be great if they would expand their repertoire.

[Celtic Truth]

Just wanted to let people know that Wojo sent a hand written letter with a picture to everyone in attendance at the meeting last week. Nice touch

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

Just wanted to let people know that Wojo sent a hand written letter with a picture to everyone in attendance at the meeting last week. Nice touch

That's great.

By the way, I believe instead of going away from the band, Marquette should look for some way to expand it and it's repertoire. A college game and a band go hand in hand.

[ItsaBargen]

I know it's fun to rip on the band, and the repetoire thing is the common target. But the band has heard your complaints and actually has changed dramatically. I was in the band 2005-2008, and they probably only play 3-5 songs from when I was there. I agree that there was a lot of random 70s and 80s songs for too way long. Doc liked having songs that bridged back to Geischecker (sp).

Next year don't just rely on generalities about the band, which it earned. Instead actually listen for newer songs. You'll hear Foo Fighters, Green Day, "All I Do Is Win," Bruno Mars, and probably some others I can't remember. You can question how well they pull some of them off, but they have modernized.

[Dr. Blackheart]

Love the band.  About the only section having fun every game last year.  The rest of the game day experience has slipped considerably.

[4everwarriors]

Still love hearin' "The Horse," from back in my day, ai na?

[GoldenWarrior11]

Personally, I would love an update to the Marquette court.  I fully embrace the Golden Eagles image and style, but I would like more of a unique court for Marquette (MECCA style perhaps?).  Obviously, keep it Al's court, but create something that is unique to the school.


Xavier has the Cincinnati skyline on its court - which I think is pretty cool.

[warriorchick]

Xavier has the Cincinnati skyline on its court - which I think is pretty cool.

Really? I think it is a rather odd choice given that there is an actual University of Cincinnati.

[Nukem2]

Personally, I would love an update to the Marquette court.  I fully embrace the Golden Eagles image and style, but I would like more of a unique court for Marquette (MECCA style perhaps?).  Obviously, keep it Al's court, but create something that is unique to the school.


Xavier has the Cincinnati skyline on its court - which I think is pretty cool.

Nah, those kinds of courts are ugly (including that Robert Indiana abomination at the Mecca).  Prefer BB courts to be "clean".

[Golden Avalanche]

Really? I think it is a rather odd choice given that there is an actual University of Cincinnati.

Because another University exists in the same city is an odd reason to find it odd that Xavier painted their own city's skyline on the court.

Xavier did it to brand themselves as the University in Cincinnati, regardless of UC's presence. Considering how often I'm asked whether I enjoyed my college years in Michigan perhaps it isn't so stupid for Marquette to find a way to tie in Milwaukee to its branding.

[brewcity77]

FWIW I went through all the suggestions I found in here and rooster21's old Athletics Survey thread and sent a list to Mike Broeker. He said they are spending the summer looking at everything from start to finish. Hopefully new leadership and an administration that seems to be reaching out to the fans for ideas will result in some of these gameday experience issues we have being addressed.

[keefe]

Xavier has the Cincinnati skyline on its court - which I think is pretty cool.

The problem is Milwaukee doesn't have a skyline...

Or, by Cincinnati Skyline, do they mean the chili there?


http://www.skylinechili.com/

[GooooMarquette]

Since the MU band has always been a bit of a train wreck (do they still play Elvira?)...perhaps MU needs to embrace its NBA arena home and deliver more of an NBA game experience. An updated intro...more current music during timeouts...more of what happens during an NBA game. I guess they attempt to do that know, but it needs work. 

The band has improved pretty significantly from several years ago.

The "game experience" is the single worst part of going to an NBA game today.  The play is fine, the talent is awesome, but the nonstop electronic sounds are maddening.

[Spotcheck Billy]

I recall several years ago after Wake Forest played here they thought the game day experience was so good they sent folks up here for pointers and copied a lot of it for their games at the Joel.

IOW, I think the game day experience is fine except those damn parachute drops of crappy shirts never fall near our seats.

[swoopem]

The problem is Milwaukee doesn't have a skyline...

Or, by Cincinnati Skyline, do they mean the chili there?


http://www.skylinechili.com/

Actually if you take one of the boat cruises on a nice night the Milwaukee skyline is pretty cool. You get to see it from angles that you're not used to which makes it kind of impressive.

Man, those boat cruises are a blast.

[rocky_warrior]

Or, by Cincinnati Skyline, do they mean the chili there?

Court?

[ShootinOutWallsofHeartach]

Personally, I would love an update to the Marquette court.  I fully embrace the Golden Eagles image and style, but I would like more of a unique court for Marquette (MECCA style perhaps?).  Obviously, keep it Al's court, but create something that is unique to the school.


Xavier has the Cincinnati skyline on its court - which I think is pretty cool.

Could someone answer this for me...."Was it a dream, or did not MU have a Duke-style artist rendering logo of Marquette Hall  somewhere on the Bradley Center floor??? My time frame guesses it was early-Crean era??? Given Wojo's pedigree and his cool Twitter pic affinity for Gothic steeples of assymetric length, couldn't he be convinced that MarquetteHall on the Court would be the perfect complement?!!

[Warrior Code]

Just wanted to let people know that Wojo sent a hand written letter with a picture to everyone in attendance at the meeting last week. Nice touch

That is pretty cool. I like that coach is making the effort to engage the fan base.