Anyone want tickets for tonight?

[lunker35]

I have 4 tickets and parking. It’s yours to the first taker.

 

[hdhntr1]

I have 4 tickets and parking. It’s yours to the first taker.

Man that place was empty tonight, No students

 

[lunker35]

Man that place was empty tonight, No students

Students have been non existent this year. I. Couldn’t give the tickets away. I hit up 4 different teams that my kids play on and nobody had any interest…

 

[GatoLouco]

It's not surprising but it will never stop amazing me that out of 9,000 undergrads, there's not 20 that tell a bud "let's go hang out at the basketball game".

 

[EagerFan]

I dunno, I counted at least 40 students last night, not including the band.

The Cats had a bad year last year and most of this year's team are either brand new on campus or played off the bench last year. Point being this team doesn't have the name recognition and campus branding that we had with the teams that ultimately ended with Nick. Pratt, Smith, and Karasinski are all grad students, so three of our starters/first off the bench guys aren't going to have any campus visibility, and most of the younger transfers are limited minutes subs.

I think Jake can build his brand to bring the students in if he can lead the team to more victories and if he comes back next year.

 

[GatoLouco]

I dunno, I counted at least 40 students last night, not including the band.

The Cats had a bad year last year and most of this year's team are either brand new on campus or played off the bench last year. Point being this team doesn't have the name recognition and campus branding that we had with the teams that ultimately ended with Nick. Pratt, Smith, and Karasinski are all grad students, so three of our starters/first off the bench guys aren't going to have any campus visibility, and most of the younger transfers are limited minutes subs.

I think Jake can build his brand to bring the students in if he can lead the team to more victories and if he comes back next year.

Yeah, the 20 was from eyeballing it on tv. It was an exhibition, but against IA state there were 2 that were not band members. They left at the half.

I know they show up when we are competitive. But I also know it drops to basically nothing when we are not. No middle ground. We give a lot of reasons, weekdays, weather, etc, etc. But it's just a very different student body compared to the big state schools.

 

[NJCat]

Yeah, the 20 was from eyeballing it on tv. It was an exhibition, but against IA state there were 2 that were not band members. They left at the half.

I know they show up when we are competitive. But I also know it drops to basically nothing when we are not. No middle ground. We give a lot of reasons, weekdays, weather, etc, etc. But it's just a very different student body compared to the big state schools.

Collins made an impassioned plea during the post-game presser for people to show up Friday for Depaul. It really does make a difference. Geez, can they at least come for the one decent nonconference opponent they play this season at WRA?

 

[EagerFan]

Well, better that it's a later game on a Friday. That might could improve attendance. Also, they're giving the students hot dogs and stuff.

 

[Catmandoo78]

I dunno, I counted at least 40 students last night, not including the band.

The Cats had a bad year last year and most of this year's team are either brand new on campus or played off the bench last year. Point being this team doesn't have the name recognition and campus branding that we had with the teams that ultimately ended with Nick. Pratt, Smith, and Karasinski are all grad students, so three of our starters/first off the bench guys aren't going to have any campus visibility, and most of the younger transfers are limited minutes subs.

I think Jake can build his brand to bring the students in if he can lead the team to more victories and if he comes back next year.

Yeah but every team in the country is turning over most of their roster. NU isn’t unique (even if this year is a bit more of an outlier for us).

This is just really embarrassing. The optics are terrible, and it’s got to be hard to recruit if you’re under funded, uncompetitive, and you can’t even sell a good home environment.

The Ryan’s need to step up and give Collins some money to work with. Why fund an expensive WRA renovation just to turn around and give them uncompetitive teams to lose 15 conference games a year?

 

[hdhntr1]

Well, better that it's a later game on a Friday. That might could improve attendance. Also, they're giving the students hot dogs and stuff.

Better because Monday the place was empty and saw basically no students