[NU Sports] Basketball fans

[Jonathan Michael Hawkins]

I go to as many as possible and am a season ticket holder.

However, it's hard to find the motivation go when you might get a 
performance like we saw against MSU, where Carmody gets thrown out in the 
first half, guys can't buy a lay-up, fast breaks are executed poorly, 
etc... mistakes that weren't caused by MSU's defense, but rather by our 
own ineptitude.

That said, I have loved every other Big Ten game I saw at W-R this season 
and wish I could've made them all.  It's nice to be able to expect victory 
at home.  Wish the team hadn't had such a poor out of conference.

Jonathan

On Sun, 6 Mar 2005, John Labbe wrote:

> Other than students and Pres. Bienen, does the basketball team have any fans? 
> I've been meaning to raise this question all season.
>
> I was able to attend eight games this season.  Unlike football, there are too 
> many games to attend them all, especially when they're on weeknights.
>
> But even for Saturday Big Ten games, I'm usually unimpressed with the 
> attendance of season ticket holders.  The purple seats are usually only about 
> half to two thirds filled.  In contrast, there are usually more opposing team 
> fans in the upper level, making more noise than our own fans (with the 
> exception of the students).
>
> I understand all the usual issues---we don't have as a big of a local fan 
> base as other teams, we haven't been good historically, opposing teams' fans 
> just get one Chicago game every year, etc., but it would be nice to see a 
> better turnout from time to time.  Apparently many of the tickets are sold 
> (purple seats), but the people just aren't attending.
>
> President Bienen attends every game.  He sits on the center aisle just about 
> 2 or three rows down from the break.
>
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Jonathan Michael Hawkins       "And, in the end, the love you take
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