Best attendance

[Mr. Ypsi]

Aw, April, that was for a mere 10,000 - I have faith in you!

4800 posts in less than a year and a half... yeah right!!!

Only 4791!  And with Leap Year, you've got 548 days to pull it off - less than 8.75 posts a day!  (Of course, that includes off-seasons.)

Come on - you can do it!

[John Gleich]

That's one post every 2.74 hours (or so)...

Or, assuming 8 hours of sleep per night... a post every 1.8 waking hour.

... so I guess it IS possible, you'd just have to be shackled to a computer for the entire time!

[Knightstalker]

That's one post every 2.74 hours (or so)...

Or, assuming 8 hours of sleep per night... a post every 1.8 waking hour.

... so I guess it IS possible, you'd just have to be shackled to a computer for the entire time!

That's what it was like for me the last couple of years I was at my last job, shackled to a computer for nine to ten hours a day.  That equaled a lot posts.

[Ralph Turner]

Aw, April, that was for a mere 10,000 - I have faith in you!

4800 posts in less than a year and a half... yeah right!!!

Only 4791!  And with Leap Year, you've got 548 days to pull it off - less than 8.75 posts a day!  (Of course, that includes off-seasons.)

Come on - you can do it!

Just take your laptop to those west coast basketball games and give us live updates!

[Pat Coleman]

No need. She has the magic phone.

[Knightstalker]

This Memorial Day we should all remember it is not about the parties and sales.  It is to remember those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for their friends, family and country.  Take some time this year and attend your towns observations.  Take some time out if you are with family and friends to remember these young men and women.  If you see the men and women of the VFW and their Auxilaries giving out poppies, take one and give a small donation if you can, wear it to remember.  Look up the poem "On Flanders Fields" and you will understand the poppy.

Yesterday the town of Secaucus had the first of their two memorial day ceremonies.  The Thursday before Memorial day is in a park and they have hot dogs, an Uncle Sam impersonater for the kids, the elementary school choir and the Boy Scouts present the colors.  It is very nice.  Memorial Day the  VFW and American Legion run the show.

The ceremony was very touching and dedicated to a young Marine from town who just gave his life for his country in April.  The mayor announced that the town will continue it's tradition of naming public roads and parks after soldiers and sailors who have paid the ultimate price by renaming a small park in town after Miguel Maricial III.  A mother who sat strongly and quietly through it all broke down finally.

After the ceremony I had the duty to approach the family and offer my thanks and condolences.

This is what this weekend is about.  A ceremony like this really hammers home what the holiday is all about.

Michael Dougherty
Sr. Vice Commander VFW Memorial Post 3776, Secaucus, NJ.

[John Gleich]

Men's attendance top 10

Rank   School                  Number of games  Total Attendance  Average Attendance
1.        Hope                              15                    43,848                        2,923
2.        Wooster                          19                    36,910                       1,943
3.       Calvin                              14                    26,467                       1,891
4.        Ill. Wesleyan                    11                   18,700                        1,700
5.       Wis.-Stevens Point            17                    27,933                        1,643
6.       Maryville (Tenn.)               10                    14,735                        1,474
7.       Otterbein                         12                    17,626                        1,469
8.       Mississippi Col.                  17                    20,945                        1,232
9.        Chris. Newport                 17                    19,373                        1,140
10.      Wis.-Stout                      10                    11,246                        1,125

Link to the story
Link to the actual stats

[Ralph Turner]

American Southwest Conference is #3 in attendance.

Howard Payne is #1; Hardin-Simmons is #8.

There is one error in the tables for the Women's attendance figures for conferences.

The first column heading should be "Teams" and the second one should be "G" (games).  It is reversed.

[Pat Coleman]

This was on the front page last night, PS, come on ...

[John Gleich]

Of course it was.  I was simply posting the links to the NCAA pages, on the attendance page.  I was by no means trying to upstage the front page.

[Pat Coleman]

Well, the heck with the NCAA.

[Ralph Turner]

Of course it was.  I was simply posting the links to the NCAA pages, on the attendance page.  I was by no means trying to upstage the front page.

Shucks, I gave him a karma for talking about best attendance on the "Best Attendance" board!

[Mr. Ypsi]

I had almost forgotten that once a year it is legal to 'hijack' this thread and talk attendance!

This is the first time in many, many years that IWU has fallen out of the top 3 in attendance.  But considering they had by far their worst season in 61 years of the CCIW, I suppose still being fourth in the country is quite a tribute to Titan fans!  I predict a quick bounce back to 2nd (nobody's gonna catch Hope with the DeVos), though Calvin may also be unmatchable once their new facility opens in a couple years.

We now return this thread to its usual programming (my 6000th is looming)!

[Flying Dutch Fan]

I'll go on record right now predicting that Hope will lead the nation again this coming year, and then drop to second for the 2008-2009 season, when Calvin will open their new arena, with a seating capacity of around 5000 (sounds like a lot, but their current facility seats 4500).  The only reason they will lead the nation is that the "fickle" Calvin crowds will show up for a new arena just to check it out.   

[Pat Coleman]

We'll see. Takes a lot of effort to draw 2,900 a night.