MBB: University Athletic Association

jagluski · March 18, 2008, 10:06:02 PM

Quote from: Old School.... (Tom Doebler) on March 18, 2008, 08:55:56 PM
I'm sure I'm a little late on this, but I was going through boxscores for the fantasy teams and I saw that Washington U actually had less at their game on Saturday (1093) than they did for their Sweet 16 game on Friday (1183)...that's interesting. I looked up their average attendence and it sits a little over 900. The gym holds 3000, according to this site. I can't really say, "where was everyone" since they did get over their average, but it's tourney time!!! Any thoughts?

Spring Break at Wash U. The students started to trickle back on Saturday, but still nowhere near as many as they would have ordinarily have.

Pat Coleman · March 18, 2008, 10:28:11 PM

Yes, there was a large contingent of BVU fans on Friday that didn't show up on Saturday, for obvious reasons.

Greek Tragedy · March 18, 2008, 10:30:23 PM

Impressed by the IIAC fan support. I heard there were a lot of BV fans at St. Thomas and you say there were quite a few at Washington U. I was in Whitewater and there was also a solid and enthusiastic crowd of Loras supporters.

Hugenerd · March 19, 2008, 01:30:14 PM

Congrats to the following for making their respective all-region teams:

Joe Coppens (2nd team, Northeast)
Jon Onyiriuka (1st team, East)
Greg Gonzalez (3rd team, Great Lakes)
Troy Ruths (1st team, Midwest)
Nate Hainje (2nd team, Midwest)

ILive4This · March 19, 2008, 02:31:42 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on March 18, 2008, 10:28:11 PM
Yes, there was a large contingent of BVU fans on Friday that didn't show up on Saturday, for obvious reasons.

Right the above poster was discussing why there were more people friday than saturday, which is odd especially as wash u fans were coming back from SB for saturday's game.

Pat Coleman · March 19, 2008, 02:49:11 PM

Yes, and I was explaining why.

Marty Peretz · March 19, 2008, 03:17:14 PM

I still think there were more fans there Saturday than there were Friday despite the attendence figures. Check back a few pages in the UAA thread where this was discussed. Basically I'm thinking they didn't count WU students in the official attendance.

Greek Tragedy · March 19, 2008, 04:27:11 PM

That happens a lot, especially if they get in free...sometimes hard to count that.

But, Wash. U. averaged just over 900 and they had, let's say, 1100 there. That's not a very big bump up in attendence, especially for a trip to the Final Four on the line, let alone Friday's Sweet 16 game. 1100 in a 3000 seater...

Pat Coleman · March 19, 2008, 04:28:15 PM

No, but it was more than the same two teams were responsible for the night before at least.

Marty Peretz · March 19, 2008, 09:34:21 PM

Wash.U. crowds are typically 70-75 percent student based. With most of the campus still not back, I was surprised they drew as well as they did (and I think the 1100 figure was more liek 1500).

quaj · March 20, 2008, 12:40:25 AM

I just want to say that instead of the bus that was originally planned, that number's grown to three due to lots of student interest.

And I definitely agree with Marty. WU students make up a big number of supporters in the Field House.

jagluski · March 21, 2008, 08:50:01 PM

Wash U defeats Hope 89-74! They play Amherst tomorrow afternoon for the National Championship.

iceBerg · March 21, 2008, 10:18:59 PM

Congrats to a great game by Wash-U. Ruths was a beast tonight.

Gregory Sager · March 22, 2008, 05:46:37 PM

The Bears are really having their way with Amherst. Wash U's up by 18 with four minutes left. Looks like the UAA is going to have its second-ever national championship.

jagluski · March 22, 2008, 05:57:59 PM

Wash U 90, Amherst 68!

National Champs!