Terrible Student Section

[mugoose]

The students should be embarrassed. I put the loss on them.

[MUfan12]

Whole crowd was weak last night. Game had no flow in the first half, but it was a piss poor atmosphere.

Everyone who bitched the last three years should have been up for it last night. It was a huge game and the crowd was asleep.

[mu03eng]

Agree on all counts. Crowd tried to get up several times but just couldn't sustain itself. We complain about the team not having fire, when the crowd had the chance to give them some fire everyone sat on their hands.

Will say, the no replay policy certainly doesn't help. Someone needs to change it and fast.

[Eldon]

The students should be embarrassed. I put the loss on them.

Chicken or egg, bro.  Chicken?  Or egg?

[Mr. Nielsen]

Lower Bowl was finally full of students. MU, had those mini runs and the crowd was on it's feet. I think most fans at the games fear the worse with this team, than think they will win.

[mayfairskatingrink]

Can't blame the students, imo.

It's hard to sustain any real enthusiasm when MU kills a mini-rally by giving a wide open layup.

Yes, it was a big game but the team didn't seem any more into it during the first half than the crowd did.

[The Lens]

I thought the rest of the BC was fine.  It was a typical Tuesday crowd --- we lose our Chicago fans with an 8pm Tuesday start.  But the lower bowl was packed and the uppers have the usual pyramid look. 

The students tho...

I look at the student as four quadrants.

Lower East (next to the nursing home): FULL - it's always full.
Lower West (behind the band): Half Full, maybe 2/3
Upper Bottom: Empty
Upper Top: Empty

It's painfully obvious that today's student does not care about basketball.  8pm on a Tuesday, vs. a ranked team in conference should be a gold for a student.

[Nukem2]

Lower Bowl was finally full of students. MU, had those mini runs and the crowd was on it's feet. I think most fans at the games fear the worse with this team, than think they will win.

Actually, it was empty behind the band.

[79Warrior]

Can't blame the students, imo.

It's hard to sustain any real enthusiasm when MU kills a mini-rally by giving a wide open layup.

Yes, it was a big game but the team didn't seem any more into it during the first half than the crowd did.

I agree. Can't blame the fans for the play of the team. Students have had little to cheer about the last 3 or 4 years.

[MerrittsMustache]

Marquette is an average team playing a barely ranked team with no marquee players that's not a big-name basketball program. That's not a draw to the casual fan, which is what a vast majority of the students are.

Would I have gone to the game as a student? Absolutely! Do I expect every other MU student to love attending a live basketball game as much as I do? Of course not. Look at it this way, I don't like soccer. Therefore, I never went to a MU soccer game. Should I be ridiculed by die-hard MU soccer fans for not taking part in an optional event that I don't enjoy?

Personally, I'm just happy that the "I Believe" chant has stopped. Then again, maybe the students no longer believe it 

[Babybluejeans]

Yea, basically the whole student body has only known a crappy-mediocre bball team. It won't be a draw for them until we start winning consistently as a program. Make the tourney this year and they'll start to turn out for big games next year. Make the tourney again the following year with, say, a sweet 16 run, plus lots of returning players after that...and they'll turn out in droves.

Winning solves all. That's just how it works.

[brewcity77]

Every time we had momentum, or hit a shot that brought the crowd into it, Butler got a quick bucket. Every damn time. Our entire section rose up to cheer on there defense numerous times, and it was constantly followed by a Butler basket. We only seemed to get stops after misses, and allowed makes to follow all our potential momentum gains. You need to answer a stop with a make and a make with a stop to get the crowd going.

[Mr. Nielsen]

Actually, it was empty behind the band.

Halfway thru the first half many were sitting behind the band. Post before you said 2/3 full behind the band. I would agree.

[Big Papi]

It's painfully obvious that today's student does not care about basketball.  8pm on a Tuesday, vs. a ranked team in conference should be a gold for a student.

I can't blame the students.  The product has not been good.  We have gone 3 years without making any post-season tournament.  That means only fifth year students have experienced watching any basketball success.  Yikes!!

The sad thing is that after the Villanova win, we had the momentum to bring in a lot more students and fans but unfortunately we pissed that momentum away with our losses to Providence and St. Johns and now Butler. 

At least we got to experience the ultimate high in the Villanova game.  A great game to be at and to remember for a long, long time.

Each additional year we miss out on the NCAA tourney, is another hurdle to get the student section back to its heyday with Crean.  Unfortunately, Wojo does not have the personality to bring them in on his own so sustained winning is all that we can hope for.  Maybe 2020, hey.

[Dr. Blackheart]

12,243 last night paid.  The crowd was as flat footed and ham handed as the team. 

[MUtopper34]

MU should work out a deal with the Hiawatha. Forget the Coors Corner - start imagining the Coors Car! One car of the train for MU fans - $40 round trip ticket, game ticket, beer. Boom!

[Tugg Speedman]

This has been a constant whine for many years.

It is hard to listen to these arguments because they have been said a thousand times before.

Nothing new.

[mugoose]

8pm Tuesday...early February. outside temp hovering north of 30 degrees. get the ef out of your dorm/apt/house and be there.

Lazy, lazy, lazy.

I fear for the day we work with them.

[GoldenZebra]

This is a lame thread on various levels. The student section has been lackluster for several years, it reflects the level of the teams of recent years. Win games, and the crowd will be there to support a team. Its hard to support a team that is so bipolar. That is just how it is. Most fans are casual fans. Most students are casual fans.

[Goose]

Field a better, winning team and the crowd size changes. Not at a great deal to be be excited about going to the games. I mentioned on a post after Nova win on how great of feeling winning a big game at home creates. Program needs to string wins together to create sustainable excitement.

[skianth16]

I was really surprised by how quiet the crowd was last night. We were within a possession or two a few times in the closing minutes, and the crowd barely even got on their feet. If the crowd had half the energy it did during the Nova game, it could have totally changed the feel of the game in the final minutes.

It's just disappointing to have a critical game within our grasp with 2 minutes to play and then see the crowd completely fail to recognize that. A win last night would have been a nice addition to our resume.

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

The students should be embarrassed. I put the loss on them.

Dont even try this crap. Just remember, the students who are seniors this year have never seen postseason basketball. Hard to blame them for a lackluster Tuesday at 8:00 showing coming off of losses against Providence and Deapul.

Where was this comment after the Nova or Providence game btw? You gonna blame the students for the Providence loss as well?

Get bent.

[muwarrior69]

In my day, at the old arena (MECCA), we had reserved seats. We did not have to wait outside in cold weather to get the best seats. Perhaps they should go back to that system with upper classes getting the better seats as long as you continue to by season tickets each year. As long as you support the team the better seats you will get.

[mu03eng]

This has been a constant whine for many years.

It is hard to listen to these arguments because they have been said a thousand times before.

Nothing new.

[HoopsterBC]

Every time we had momentum, or hit a shot that brought the crowd into it, Butler got a quick bucket. Every damn time. Our entire section rose up to cheer on there defense numerous times, and it was constantly followed by a Butler basket. We only seemed to get stops after misses, and allowed makes to follow all our potential momentum gains. You need to answer a stop with a make and a make with a stop to get the crowd going.

Buzz was all about making 3 stops, you can see how that changes momentum for the other team and gets the crowd really into it.  The crowd for a Tuesday was not
that bad.  The Bradley Center is to big for MU as a location, it sells out maybe once a year.  Even the Bucks have a hard time getting butts in the stands.  The new arena
smaller will be better, with better site lines.  Upstairs the seats behind the basket suck, to far away.