The AAC Drag on UConn

[Bearcat_Nippert]

You've heard the saying "all ships rise" when you share the proceeds of something good. Well the AAC is the opposite "all ships begin to sink". The bad teams are dragging down the good.


This story provides an excellent breakdown of what is happening to UConn in this abortion of a conference. The schools at the bottom of this league in attendance should be fined. If you can't get 5,000 fans to show up on average you have a very sad fanbase. Hell, Tulsa is at the top of the conference and they can't get move than 4,734 to show up!!! UCF has close to 60,000 students and can't get more than 3,843 to show up? Pitiful. Who wants to watch a game on tv with a bunch of empty seats....if the fans have no passion to watch the games then who the hell else does? No wonder the ratings and tv money payout is so bad.

Tulsa 10 4,734
East Carolina 10 4,402
UCF 13 3,843
USF 11 3,453
Houston 10 2,241
Tulane 13 1,610





http://www.ctpost.com/uconn/article/In-AAC-men-s-basketball-attendance-UConn-missing-6054155.php#page-1

 

[EngAlum98]

Spoken like a true basketball school. Why don't you worry about attendance at the real money generating sport?... Football.

 

[(Art_Vandelay)]

He's right, we are pitiful. Thousands of students live within a 2 minute walk and we can't get more than 100 to show up sometimes. Did the athletic department do anything to try to get students into the games this year?

 

[Knightshift]

They came when we used to win. Maybe we should try that again instead of having to bribe them with t-shirt giveaways.
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[KNIGHTTIME^]

Originally posted by Knightshift:
They came when we used to win. Maybe we should try that again instead of having to bribe them with t-shirt giveaways.
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Do you really think they aren't trying to win? As far as Uconn goes - Memphis was able to win and get 17K a game in the C-USA in hoops. Uconn on the football side is lucky to be in the AAC and they better be glad they have a solid hoops tradition. If they ever bolted for Big East basketball, they wouldn't have a spot on the football side. Their hopes of going big time would fall flat in MAC football.





This post was edited on 3/2 4:12 PM by KNIGHTTIME^

 

[ReginaeUCF]

Of course no one in FLORIDA goes to watch a BAD basketball team get beat by another BAD basketball team...

By the way, let's talk UC football attendance and it's effect on TV deals.*

 

[Knight_Light]

Originally posted by Bearcat_Nippert:


This story provides an excellent breakdown of what is happening to UConn in this abortion of a conference.

If this conf is such a joke, why is UCONN in 5th place?

Why did UCONN lose conf games to Houston and Temple?

Why did UCONN lose a non-conf game to Yale?

Wish you would make up your mind....is the conf a joke? If so, how come a team like UCONN isn't dominating it?

PS. Since the conf tourn this year is in East Hartford, I've said in other threads, regardless what seed UCONN ends up at, they will be a tough out playing the tourn on their home court (huge advantage).

Next 2 seasons the AAC Tourn will be in Orlando, FL.

 

[mattropolis]

Cincy is so awesome that they lost to ECU and Tulane.
UConn is so awesome that they lost to Tulsa and Houston.

Maybe UConn should just play better before whining and blaming things on the attendance numbers of their opponents, if they are such an awesome program. Maybe they should have worried about making their football program better, rather than sitting back and letting basketball drive the bus, because football drives every athletic program, and not basketball. If they couldn't see that, then they got what they deserve...being in the AAC (instead of the ACC).

You can thank our AAC contract for some of the weekend attendance woes. Scheduling games at 2PM on Sundays is less than ideal. I have skipped several games because I had better things to do with my weekend then throw away a whole day, just to watch our team get our @ss kicked (most of the time). We used to play those games at 4-5PM...and attendance was much better because you had all day to do stuff, then you could catch the game in the evening.

 

[SCKnight]

Originally posted by Bearcat_Nippert:
You've heard the saying "all ships rise" when you share the proceeds of something good. Well the AAC is the opposite "all ships begin to sink". The bad teams are dragging down the good.


This story provides an excellent breakdown of what is happening to UConn in this abortion of a conference. The schools at the bottom of this league in attendance should be fined. If you can't get 5,000 fans to show up on average you have a very sad fanbase. Hell, Tulsa is at the top of the conference and they can't get move than 4,734 to show up!!! UCF has close to 60,000 students and can't get more than 3,843 to show up? Pitiful. Who wants to watch a game on tv with a bunch of empty seats....if the fans have no passion to watch the games then who the hell else does? No wonder the ratings and tv money payout is so bad.

Tulsa 10 4,734
East Carolina 10 4,402
UCF 13 3,843
USF 11 3,453
Houston 10 2,241
Tulane 13 1,610

Guess it sucks when you have a good basketball program and a sucky football program. You get relegated to the AAC. Boo Hoo. Suck it up because you are not going anywhere. Lets all hold hands and sink together shall we?

 

[swift996]

Tulsa has like 3k students, very small private school.

UCF's attendance has shadowed it's on court performance but not quite as pathetic.

 

[SCKnight]

Man I cant believe a basketball powerhouse like UC which has a 13,176 seat arena can only get 8k there for a game. What a lame fan base.

 

[Knight_Classes_begin_7pm]

I'm always wondering why the Fraternities and the Sororities don't show up?

Yeah, student participation is pitiful, sad.

Question: Can marketing or the school do anything about it?

 

[Bearcat_Nippert]

Originally posted by SCKnight:

Man I cant believe a basketball powerhouse like UC which has a 13,176 seat arena can only get 8k there for a game. What a lame fan base.

When you have to play garbage teams like the ones at the bottom of the conference that's what you get. The Bearcats getting over 8,000 is pretty impressive in my mind.

Bottom line this conference is a drag.

 

[Bearcat_Nippert]

Originally posted by mattropolis:

You can thank our AAC contract for some of the weekend attendance woes. Scheduling games at 2PM on Sundays is less than ideal. I have skipped several games because I had better things to do with my weekend then throw away a whole day, just to watch our team get our @ss kicked (most of the time). We used to play those games at 4-5PM...and attendance was much better because you had all day to do stuff, then you could catch the game in the evening.

What a lame excuse.....2pm tipoffs versus 5pm.

You have 60,000 students, get another 2,000 to show up.

 

[SCKnight]

Originally posted by Bearcat_Nippert:

Originally posted by SCKnight:

Man I cant believe a basketball powerhouse like UC which has a 13,176 seat arena can only get 8k there for a game. What a lame fan base.

When you have to play garbage teams like the ones at the bottom of the conference that's what you get. The Bearcats getting over 8,000 is pretty impressive in my mind.

Bottom line this conference is a drag.

A national caliber program and they wont show up to support their team against anyone? Fair weather fans. What a lame excuse. You should be ashamed of your fans

 

[(Art_Vandelay)]

This is the excuse our fans use about poorly attended football games.
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[ucfversusbcs]

It was crazy watching capacity crowd for UConn vs SMU. It made me almost forget that we were in the same conference as them. What Cincy likes to omit but admits it in another fashion, its that the great Bearcats and all of its history cant even carry this league unlike UConn. As for us, we dont have much of a fanbase history, but it didnt look so empty when we upset Memphis at the CFE.

 

[(Art_Vandelay)]

This is the excuse our fans use about poorly attended football games.
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[muckdawg24]

Originally posted by Knight_Classes_begin_7pm:
I'm always wondering why the Fraternities and the Sororities don't show up?

Yeah, student participation is pitiful, sad.

Question: Can marketing or the school do anything about it?

Students have to like watching basketball. Florida is a football state and people in Orlando have more options than UF students. How many are showing up to watch the crappy Magic? Let's do some comparable math with stadium capacities and attendance.

 

[ucfknightz]

Serve beer at games and student attendance problem solved.