(03-20-2015 08:19 AM)cuseroc Wrote:  

(03-20-2015 12:22 AM)Jet915 Wrote:  

(03-19-2015 11:51 AM)chargeradio Wrote:  Creighton over Nebraska?


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Not surprising considering Creighton's success over the last 15 years and the fact that Nebraska has never won an NCAA game ever.

Come on dude! You have to be kidding. Right?

The state of Nebraska has 1.8 million people.
Omaha metro has a 900k population.

Creighton sells out every game at their 18k seat arena downtown, even for games against Chicago State and Central Arkansas. Their fanbase is unbelievable.

Unless you think Jet is kidding about Nebraska never having won an NCAA game? But that is amazingly true.

(03-21-2015 09:31 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  This is why Nova has more fans. We don't have people like this rooting for Temple.

T-shirt fan?? The absolute worst---- they crow when they win and are no where to be found when they lose

(03-20-2015 06:00 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  Surprises:

Delaware - I would have thought that UMD would have carried this state.

Mass - I am amazed that harvard beat BC.

Vermont and New Hampshire - I am amazed that either Syracuse or UConn didn't carry these states.

Rhode Island - I can see Prov., but I would imagine that UConn is in the running.

The state of RI has Providence clearly in 1st, and URI down several rungs in 2nd. Support for UConn doesn't cross the Connecticut border. That might sound weird cuz the states are so small, but New Englanders can be territorial, plus there's the old BE rivalry.

College basketball is huge in Connecticut and Rhode Island, and has some decent support in central and western Massachusetts. BC used to have solid support while in the old Big East, but attendance for hoops has tailed off.

At the "other" site a couple of months ago, we had a discussion about Big East expansion, and were trying to figure out what would be the best supported team in Massachusetts. In looking at home game attendance from November to the end mid-January, the numbers were a little unexpected...

Of the 7 Div-1 hoops programs:

- UMass led with an average of around 5k or 6k.

- Boston College was next, but their average was only around 3k to 4k... if their 7k home game vs PC was removed (half of Conte were Friar fans), then the average was 3k. Pitt only drew 2500, but not sure why.

- Holy Cross was 3rd with around 2500, as they cover central Mass in Worcester, but play in small on-campus gym (though downtown Worcester has a 12k arena). Used to have huge following 30+ years ago.

- Harvard was no more than 2k.

- Northeastern was around 1200.

- Boston University, which on paper looks like it would have potential, averaged an astonishing 800 fans.

- Lowell of course was around 400 fans.

UMass (football), BC (ACC, football), and Harvard (Ivy, academics) were ruled out as expansion possibilities. BU and Northeastern draw no one to games. Lowell of course isn't possible. In my opinion, that left Holy Cross by process of elimination as the "best" or "least worst" expansion candidate. So we dropped any thought of getting into the state of Mass.

Also, Providence averages 10k. UConn would be the same, but Gampel at around 8k on campus limits their average. UMass and URI average 5k to 6k. PC, UConn and BC all drew well when we were all in the Big East together.

(03-21-2015 07:45 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(03-21-2015 05:07 PM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  

(03-21-2015 10:04 AM)Eagle78 Wrote:  

(03-20-2015 04:49 PM)Minutemen429 Wrote:  

(03-20-2015 03:48 PM)Eagle78 Wrote:  Um, reading comprehension problem?

Yes, I responded to your link where, IMO, the "haters gonna hate" tag is appropriate. Wouldn't you agree?

Again, I wasn't referring to the Globe. I was referring to the writer. Guess what, the views of the writers and columnists don't necessarily reflect the views of the media outlet they work for.

I didn't respond to the BC blog article you linked because I didn't necessarily disagree with what it said. Yes, BC BB is down now, and this has resulted in fan apathy. I only referred to the other article as exemplifying my point.

Got it now?

I do find it amusing to read the smug comments from Umass and Uconn fans about BC BB. Both fans of schools with horribly bad football teams (the one sport that matters in realignment). Both football programs far worse in FB than BC is in BB.

Ironic you're calling others smug while you're talking down to me. BTW you're the one who resorted to name calling.

Oh, come on. I am not the one who initiated our conversation by smugly knocking Umass athletics. You started that. I only responded by pointing out the bias of the writer in one of your links (nothing that he didn't do himself).

I never come to these boards to INITIATE a critique of another school's athletic programs - and that includes the Umass and Uconn programs - and God knows that would be so easy to do given that both FB programs are among the worst in the country, neither holding a candle to BC FB. That said, when a fan critiques BC - especially with what I believe to be incorrect facts or bias, I am going to respond. My comments on smugness only deal with the absurdity of a Umass or Uconn fan critiquing BC, that's all.

What I love about this board is that it is sort of like the town common square. Fans of many schools converge on here. I think that some fans who are used to poking at the "hated" school unchallenged on their own fan boards are surprised when they do that here and get pushback.

Why do you keep mentioning uconn in your posts. Seems like you are initiating despite claiming otherwise. At the very least you are deflecting your own schools problems.

I'm not shocked Harvard was found to have a better presence in both football and basketball by this survey. You can now type your 5 paragraph response to why I'm wrong but I'd request you focus on BC instead of trying to shift the conversation to what's wrong with uconn and umass.

You should be. The survey was called "Most Popular College Basketball Team by State."

http://visual.ly/united-states-college-football-map

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(03-23-2015 06:41 AM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  

(03-21-2015 07:45 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(03-21-2015 05:07 PM)Hank Schrader Wrote:  

(03-21-2015 10:04 AM)Eagle78 Wrote:  

(03-20-2015 04:49 PM)Minutemen429 Wrote:  Ironic you're calling others smug while you're talking down to me. BTW you're the one who resorted to name calling.

Oh, come on. I am not the one who initiated our conversation by smugly knocking Umass athletics. You started that. I only responded by pointing out the bias of the writer in one of your links (nothing that he didn't do himself).

I never come to these boards to INITIATE a critique of another school's athletic programs - and that includes the Umass and Uconn programs - and God knows that would be so easy to do given that both FB programs are among the worst in the country, neither holding a candle to BC FB. That said, when a fan critiques BC - especially with what I believe to be incorrect facts or bias, I am going to respond. My comments on smugness only deal with the absurdity of a Umass or Uconn fan critiquing BC, that's all.

What I love about this board is that it is sort of like the town common square. Fans of many schools converge on here. I think that some fans who are used to poking at the "hated" school unchallenged on their own fan boards are surprised when they do that here and get pushback.

Why do you keep mentioning uconn in your posts. Seems like you are initiating despite claiming otherwise. At the very least you are deflecting your own schools problems.

I'm not shocked Harvard was found to have a better presence in both football and basketball by this survey. You can now type your 5 paragraph response to why I'm wrong but I'd request you focus on BC instead of trying to shift the conversation to what's wrong with uconn and umass.

You should be. The survey was called "Most Popular College Basketball Team by State."

http://visual.ly/united-states-college-football-map

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Well, I stand corrected.

(03-23-2015 12:39 AM)billyjack Wrote:  - Boston University, which on paper looks like it would have potential, averaged an astonishing 800 fans.

There's never been much of an effort in basketball. BU plays a lot of games in 1,800 seat Case Gym for a reason. Our hockey attendance isn't even that good despite being one of the top programs in college hockey history.