Shaka's Georgetown Postgame Press Conference

[WarriorDoc]

I'm not sure why Marquette Athletics youtube channel stopped posting road press conferences.  Some other media sources record both coaches.  Here's the Georgetown one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhh5CmwXgHw

[WellsstreetWanderer]

Seems like some of these portal teams are hard to blend. No history together and no future with one year of eligibility

[tower912]

Shaka refused to be baited into criticizing Georgetown.  Stayed relentlessly positive.

[GoldenEagles03]

Might be good for us to have a week off.

Cooley said Epps wasn't the only one sick, there is a bug going through the whole team.

Hopefully we can avoid that.

[DFW HOYA]

Shaka refused to be baited into criticizing Georgetown.  Stayed relentlessly positive.

There's already plenty of that in Washington to go around.

Announced crowd of 10,000, closer to 7,000. One more weekend game with Connecticut and the crowds will be back to 4-5,000. One thing Ed Coley did not anticipate is how discouraged the fan base is. Many are not coming back.

[BLWarrior91]

I'm not sure why Marquette Athletics youtube channel stopped posting road press conferences.  Some other media sources record both coaches.  Here's the Georgetown one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhh5CmwXgHw


They must have heard you because MU just posted it.  https://youtu.be/v3xXgFLOReo?si=uoAQM33Cxku-ec5f

[MUfan12]

Might be good for us to have a week off.

Cooley said Epps wasn't the only one sick, there is a bug going through the whole team.

Hopefully we can avoid that.

They weren't guarding close enough to infect anyone

[BLWarrior91]

The Cooley presser was great.  Brutally honest.  This is a great watch. 

https://youtu.be/_SwIg6rvEuQ?feature=shared

[Skatastrophy]

There's already plenty of that in Washington to go around.

Announced crowd of 10,000, closer to 7,000. One more weekend game with Connecticut and the crowds will be back to 4-5,000. One thing Ed Coley did not anticipate is how discouraged the fan base is. Many are not coming back.

They'll come back. People pay to watch winning basketball. Passion can be quickly rekindled, even if it feels like that's impossible at the moment.

[DFW HOYA]

They'll come back. People pay to watch winning basketball. Passion can be quickly rekindled, even if it feels like that's impossible at the moment.

Here's why I keep saying this.

Some schools are in generational cities: there have been generations of Cubs fans before and the next generation will grow up there and be Cubs fans too. Washington DC is not that kind of city--it's transient and people arrive with their own loyalties. A family that moved into town from Pennsylvania to work for the government are not going to be Georgetown fans--they're Penn State fans living in DC. This is why, in part, football games at FedEx Field are now routinely overrun by Eagles, Giants, and Cowboys fans every year--the old Redskins fans have died off or moved away. So too with the Georgetown fans of the 1980s - they're not there anymore.

MU fans probably accounted for 20 percent of the gate yesterday. How many Hoyas fans come to Fiserv every year?

Large numbers of students are just giving up. Here is the student section at yesterday's game.

[WarriorDoc]

Here's why I keep saying this.

Some schools are in generational cities: there have been generations of Cubs fans before and the next generation will grow up there and be Cubs fans too. Washington DC is not that kind of city--it's transient and people arrive with their own loyalties. A family that moved into town from Pennsylvania to work for the government are not going to be Georgetown fans--they're Penn State fans living in DC. This is why, in part, football games at FedEx Field are now routinely overrun by Eagles, Giants, and Cowboys fans every year--the old Redskins fans have died off or moved away. So too with the Georgetown fans of the 1980s - they're not there anymore.

MU fans probably accounted for 20 percent of the gate yesterday. How many Hoyas fans come to Fiserv every year?

Large numbers of students are just giving up. Here is the student section at yesterday's game.

Your comment about generational fans in generational cities is key.  Creighton, Marquette, and Xavier can (and have) withstood some stretches of down years and maintained strong attendance levels.  St John's is doing just fine attendance-wise even pre-Pitno by filling MSG at 95% clip for home games.  I haven't looked into Seton Hall, Providence, or Villanova, but even though all have had middling performances the past few years their fan bases still seem rabid. While alumni are alumni-tangential fans are always going to make up the majority of the fanbase, there are always the local bandwagoners ready to jump on when the local college makes the NCAAs.  Hell, the local Milwaukee media basically ignores Marquette most of the year outside of a quick local news highlight clip, but reporting was pretty awesome to watch once we won the double BE title and got the 2 seed. Bandwagon fans hop on when they have someone local to cheer for, even if it isn't the state school

My point is, when Georgetown is good again, I hope the locals in DC will care, at least to jump on the bandwagon for a little while.  People want winners and don't want to be a ride or die fan with losers.

I recognize that DC is definitely is unique due to the transient nature of the city.  But Georgetown has only three NCAA appearances since their Final Four in 2007, one of which was a the freak auto-bid run in 2021.  That's an eternity to be bad in the Big East, almost DePaul bad, and it's unsurprising how far attendance has fallen off.

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

Our student attendance has been volatile too.  Everyone loves a winner though and that's been proven many times but notably with Crean and recently with Shaka. 

I'd worry more about the money-ied folks and their willingness to fund the players needed to win then the kids showing up.

[avid1010]

My point is, when Georgetown is good again, I hope the locals in DC will care, at least to jump on the bandwagon for a little while.  People want winners and don't want to be a ride or die fan with losers.

Not sure what you consider "good"....but can't think of many good teams that don't draw a good crowd.

[DFW HOYA]

Not sure what you consider "good"....but can't think of many good teams that don't draw a good crowd.

In Georgetown's NCAA championship year (1983-84) it averaged only 8,386 a game in a 19,035 seat arena. It's the nature of DC fan support.

[The Lens]

Here's why I keep saying this.

Some schools are in generational cities: there have been generations of Cubs fans before and the next generation will grow up there and be Cubs fans too. Washington DC is not that kind of city--it's transient and people arrive with their own loyalties. A family that moved into town from Pennsylvania to work for the government are not going to be Georgetown fans--they're Penn State fans living in DC. This is why, in part, football games at FedEx Field are now routinely overrun by Eagles, Giants, and Cowboys fans every year--the old Redskins fans have died off or moved away. So too with the Georgetown fans of the 1980s - they're not there anymore.

MU fans probably accounted for 20 percent of the gate yesterday. How many Hoyas fans come to Fiserv every year?

Large numbers of students are just giving up. Here is the student section at yesterday's game.

I view Georgetown a lot like I view Duke.  Very little hometown support, incredible name brand awareness and solid national support. Georgetown being a national university doesn't help.  The best and brightest from all over the country go there don't always stay bc DC is such a unique city.

So I can see attendance lagging But as we saw with Pat's big BET run, when Georgetown wins it leads SportsCenter. They are the only school that can challenge UConn for air time.

[We R Final Four]

There's already plenty of that in Washington to go around.

Announced crowd of 10,000, closer to 7,000. One more weekend game with Connecticut and the crowds will be back to 4-5,000. One thing Ed Coley did not anticipate is how discouraged the fan base is. Many are not coming back.

Oh they will come back......plenty of MU season ticket holders who swore they would never go to another MU game after BLM.....asking me for tickets. Winning cures  everything.

[The Lens]

Oh they will come back......plenty of MU season ticket holders who swore they would never go to another MU game after BLM.....asking me for tickets. Winning cures  everything.

mubb never dipped as low as DePaul or Georgetown. We can put 9,000 in the seats if Jerry Wainwright's mom was coaching MU.

[WarriorDoc]

I view Georgetown a lot like I view Duke.  Very little hometown support, incredible name brand awareness and solid national support. Georgetown being a national university doesn't help.  The best and brightest from all over the country go there don't always stay bc DC is such a unique city.

So I can see attendance lagging But as we saw with Pat's big BET run, when Georgetown wins it leads SportsCenter. They are the only school that can challenge UConn for air time.

Very true.  Like it or not, the contingent of students that go to Georgetown are academically heads above students attending any of the other Big East schools.  It's similar to Duke in the ACC, although BC and Georgia Tech (and ND if you count them) are also strong schools.

Biased, obviously, but every Marquette alum I know has attended at least one basketball game, and the vast majority had student tickets.  I know several Georgetown undergrad and grad alums who have never attended a game in their 4 years.

[Galway Eagle]

But Georgetown has only three NCAA appearances since their Final Four in 2007, one of which was a the freak auto-bid run in 2021. 

Huh? I count 7 one of which they were co regular season champs. They had attendance issues under JT3 when they were still ok but not great in 2015.

[muwarrior69]

Very true.  Like it or not, the contingent of students that go to Georgetown are academically heads above students attending any of the other Big East schools.  It's similar to Duke in the ACC, although BC and Georgia Tech (and ND if you count them) are also strong schools.

Biased, obviously, but every Marquette alum I know has attended at least one basketball game, and the vast majority had student tickets.  I know several Georgetown undergrad and grad alums who have never attended a game in their 4 years.

Most of the other Big East schools catered to students who came from "blue collar" families like mine. Then you have schools like Nova, the Hall, St. Johns and Providence in the Ivies backyards. Perhaps on average you are correct, but I new many students at MU who academically could have went to any school in the country. In fact one of my class mates was accepted to every Med School he applied to including Harvard. He chose Stanford.

[Scoop Snoop]

Here's why I keep saying this.

Some schools are in generational cities: there have been generations of Cubs fans before and the next generation will grow up there and be Cubs fans too. Washington DC is not that kind of city--it's transient and people arrive with their own loyalties.

MU fans probably accounted for 20 percent of the gate yesterday. How many Hoyas fans come to Fiserv every year?

Large numbers of students are just giving up.

I have had enough experience over quite a few years working with people in DC to comprehend your point about the transient nature and overall lack of identification with the city and area. This game was too lopsided pretty much from the tip off onward to illustrate the lack of local/student support and enthusiasm, but I have been to the DC game a number of times over the years and have noticed the tepid fan support. And Marquette fans, most well beyond their 20's to put it mildly, were vocal and enthusiastic beyond what one might expect.

[MU82]

I view Georgetown a lot like I view Duke.  Very little hometown support, incredible name brand awareness and solid national support.

I don't really understand this. I live in Charlotte, and there is a lot of support for Duke basketball here. And I read the Raleigh-Durham newspaper online (it's owned by the same chain that owns the Charlotte Observer), and there is plenty of hometown support for Duke basketball.

UNC is a large state school with a lot more alums (and alums' families and friends) than Duke has, so you do see more Carolina Blue here than Duke Blue. But again, plenty of Duke hats and hoodies around here, and lots of people, when asked, will say they are Duke fans.

[dgies9156]

mubb never dipped as low as DePaul or Georgetown. We can put 9,000 in the seats if Jerry Wainwright's mom was coaching MU.

Or Wojo!

[DFW HOYA]

I don't really understand this. I live in Charlotte, and there is a lot of support for Duke basketball here. And I read the Raleigh-Durham newspaper online (it's owned by the same chain that owns the Charlotte Observer), and there is plenty of hometown support for Duke basketball.

UNC is a large state school with a lot more alums (and alums' families and friends) than Duke has, so you do see more Carolina Blue here than Duke Blue. But again, plenty of Duke hats and hoodies around here, and lots of people, when asked, will say they are Duke fans.

Duke has support in metro Charlotte and western Durham, but little elsewhere. Just 15 percent of Duke students come from NC and the rest of the state knows it. UNC owns the Piedmont section of the state, NC State has the run from the Triangle east.

Georgetown's fan issues are different, even as just 3 percent of its students come from Washington DC.

[LloydsLegs]

Very true.  Like it or not, the contingent of students that go to Georgetown are academically heads above students attending any of the other Big East schools.  It's similar to Duke in the ACC, although BC and Georgia Tech (and ND if you count them) are also strong schools.

Biased, obviously, but every Marquette alum I know has attended at least one basketball game, and the vast majority had student tickets.  I know several Georgetown undergrad and grad alums who have never attended a game in their 4 years.

Add to that UVA, UNC and Wake (and then a bunch more top 100)