Coach Howland just announced.......

[hailstate19]

over the intercom in the library, that he was bringing some donuts to students to encourage us to go to the basketball game Sunday.

I mean its embarrassing that our fan base has let it get this bad, but its still funny.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Our fair-weather

fan base (with regards to hoops) is ridiculous.

 

[The Fatboy]

Take your stupid 17ing asses to the game. A packed student section has to be good for at least a few more wins a season.

 

[engie]

Just keep winning games. We will come. I'm thinking a bunch of us have been burned every time we were truly ready to buy back in the past half decade. Personally football season wears me out. I need a couple of weeks before I'm ready to jump back in to making the trip up for hoops. Now, when I really get excited for how good we are again, that might change...

As of today, KenPom thinks we go 6-12 or 7-11 in conference. Thump Dayton like we did ND State and you'll see this board start to pay a whole lot of attention when we go to Cinci.

 

[KurtRambis4]

What exactly is

"burned?"

Bought a $20 ticket and the team lost?

Its time for our fans to start supporting the team. Howland's done his part, in upgrading the talent.

To me, part of winning involves having a hostile, loud crowd.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

I am trying to make it a point this year to come to more basketball games. It’s just difficult because the wife doesn’t really like basketball and we live in Memphis. Weekday games are really tough.

ETA: Hopefully more people are thinking the same thing. Just trying to get down to the Hump more.

 

[dawgatUSM]

I’m in the exact same boat. Live in desoto county and usually only make one a year. But I’m planning on making the trip for at least 4 or 5

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Our fans have been choosing to stay home for several years now including football as well. I’ve been disappointed.

Coach Joe retweeted a picture of an msu crowd and you got two big *** corners of the stadium empty.

It’s easy for me to throw stones from here in Nashville about attendance tho. Still wish we could improve upon attendance in all sports somehow.

 

[GTAdawg]

If he wants students at the basketball games, then he needs to go to the Cotton District and serve up free cheese fries.*

 

[engie]

"burned?"

Bought a $20 ticket and the team lost?

Its time for our fans to start supporting the team. Howland's done his part, in upgrading the talent.

To me, part of winning involves having a hostile, loud crowd.

Get hyped, take up for them a million times on here, drive 2:45 up(none of my friends are going to go up just for a basketball game until there is excitement again), buy tix, see a weak effort in which we get smoked, rinse and repeat. I get that it's cause and effect. But 7 weekends in the fall is all I've got for a month or so when we aren't a legit team playing legit opponents yet. I'm less a natural basketball fan than football fan or baseball fan though.

Howland is doing his part, I agree. But he "hasn't done" it until he puts a product on the floor that is equal or better overall than the one that sent Stansbury into the sunset that none of us were satisfied with at the time. This team ought to be as good as that team was, and that's progress. And people are going to start trickling back in. If we had Brooks and were thumping all these teams, the scenario changes. We just need real momentum.

Cinci is the only game in this noncon that tells us anything about ourselves. Dayton a little bit. We should thump the rest of these fools. Thump Dayton, find a way to get past Cinci, thump those next 4 teams ranked in the 200s, getting to 13-0 noncon -- and Arkansas will not like the Hump. Not one bit. They probably won't like it much at 12-1 either, depending on what kind of showing we have at Cinci.

 

[KurtRambis4]

It's definitely

tough for me, getting to mid-week games. I basically would have to take off work, early.

Im mainly just speaking about weekend games.

I went last sunday, against Jacksonville St and I'd be surprised if more than 500 people were there.

 

[Shamoan]

If he wants fans to show up, just keep winning. Chicken/egg argument will ensue, but the best way to gain traction is to prove yourself worthy and entertain people.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Bottom line, at

some point fans play a part in a winning team, and I think it's time we start doing our part (which entails showing up).

 

[KurtRambis4]

Howland has been

extremely successful with recruiting so far, but imagine you're a 5* recruit and you go to a game at the Hump and 4000 people are there (out of 10,000).

 

[Hankp22]

We've said it many times on here

Support this team.

I'll be there Sunday.

 

[Shamoan]

I want the same thing you do....100% capacity, but a wait and see approach is understandable at this point. We will get there....last season, the hump was nearing the hump of old before the bottom fell out. If the team keeps playing well, attendance will rise. Howland asking for support will only help.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

It’s easy for me to throw stones from here in Nashville about attendance tho. Still wish we could improve upon attendance in all sports somehow.

I won't cast aspersions on anyone local, from Augusta. But, I was there for the SFA game & I'm ready to do my part as best I can by listening/watching from here. I know that doesn't exactly help the atmosphere, but I'm getting excited about basketball again.

 

[KurtRambis4]

It's obvious

you're a fair-weather fan, so I'm not going to change your opinion, but I think it's absolutely ridiculous to not have the place packed on weekends.

Howland is walking around the library handing out donuts, tonight, to try to convince people to go to games. That's so dumb, that he has to do that.

It's time to support the team. Period.

 

[Shamoan]

Fair-weather...that's cute.

 

[KurtRambis4]

I mean

is that not what "I'm not coming till they're good" is?

 

[Bulldogg31]

I live eight hours from Starkville and I've been to a couple of men's and women's games this year. The product has gotten much better and if I lived closer I'd go to every game.

One problem though is getting decent seats. Living so far away I'm not a season ticket holder so I turn to the MSU ticket office, or seat geek, Ticketmaster, whatever, and there are zero tickets available in the lower bowl.

However, when I get there the lower bowl is more than half empty. Where are those people and where are those tickets? I'd be happy to pay top dollar for them, just list them for sale if you're not going to use them.

 

[goodknight]

Wonder if they are going to call all the donors that got the best lower level seats who NEVER show the f*** up! Thank you Scott again what a dumbass move

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

How many were Dunkin Donuts?

/fishwater'd

 

[hailstate19]

Its not that out of state folks that are the problem. we have enough MSU fans in the state of Mississippi to fill 10,000 seats

hell, we have 20,000 students that go here. really no excuse to at least have 8,000 at random non conference games, and a sold out hump for every conference game.

 

[Shamoan]

Going to basketball games are largely a retiree, student, and local thing (local as in 45 min radius). I think we are losing a decent portion of all 3 groups. They have all seen some bad basketball over the last few years, and shown signs of willing to invest back as long as the team holds up their part. It's certainly trending up, so I am optimistic the crowds will start doing their part.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Ive noticed that

this season they've let people in the top move to the lower level after like 5 mins or so.

 

[Bulldogg31]

this season they've let people in the top move to the lower level after like 5 mins or so.

Yeah, we always move down low and get great seats, just seems a shame to have to make that announcement every game.

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Hell yea, it’s not basketball season till KR and Shamoan start fighting!!!

 

[Bucky Dog]

I've got season tickets and live in Jackson. I work on the road during the week but I'm going to do my part. I will be there Sunday and next Saturday. I just wish the game this Sunday was at 4 or 5 instead of 7!

 

[KurtRambis4]

Haha!

I don't get it. I generally agree w his football takes, but basketball season starts and it's like he gives his login info to some kid at the Mustard Seed Home.

 

[Dawgs87]

Our fans have been choosing to stay home for several years now including football as well. I’ve been disappointed.

Coach Joe retweeted a picture of an msu crowd and you got two big *** corners of the stadium empty.

It’s easy for me to throw stones from here in Nashville about attendance tho. Still wish we could improve upon attendance in all sports somehow.

Disclaimer: I lurk and don't post much, and when I do it's usually in other places.

But, I'm pretty sure that one of the "empty corners" you're referring to is the band section. And the band is on the field in that picture so... Also, it appears to be halftime as there are no players on the sidelines, etc. The other section is visitor side nose bleeds (granted I have been up there more than once in the last 20 or so years).

Don't know why I feel defensive but it seems like a mischaracterization.

 

[hailstate19]

the worst part about the seating arrangements at the hump, is that the students section is on the total opposite side then it should be.

we should be on the side msu is defending in the second half. Not in the first half.

someone explain the logic to the current arrangement?

 

[Bulldogg31]

the worst part about the seating arrangements at the hump, is that the students section is on the total opposite side then it should be.

we should be on the side msu is defending in the second half. Not the first in the first half.

Completely agree. It's 100% backwards.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Yeah this needs to be changed*

*

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Disclaimer: I lurk and don't post much, and when I do it's usually in other places.

But, I'm pretty sure that one of the "empty corners" you're referring to is the band section. And the band is on the field in that picture so... Also, it appears to be halftime as there are no players on the sidelines, etc. The other section is visitor side nose bleeds (granted I have been up there more than once in the last 20 or so years).

Don't know why I feel defensive but it seems like a mischaracterization.

you may be right, it was just the first thought that came to mind when I saw that picture.

But attendance at football games has been down recently and that can’t be argued. There’s a reason Don was begging for fans to come to games.

 

[Shamoan]

That's a good point. Maybe it's time to undo some of Dingle Berry Extractor's atmosphere-killing blunders. Intense Bastard needs to weigh in.

 

[Shamoan]

We want the same things for msu....that's the important part. It's been a painful and frustrating rebuild.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

College Basketball is a locals attended event. It just is.

Look around at the best attended programs that are good all the time. The Students dominate the lower bowl. When we get the alumni to understand that basketball needs to be Student driven and they need to give up those lower seats to create that kind of environment, things will change.

There are over 50,000 people in the Golden Triangle, within 25 miles of Starkville. There are over 20,000 students on campus or within that same 25 miles. The Administration need to re-focus its target to that area. To long, they have targeted big donors who live more than 2 hours away to buy season tickets. Those are ticket "sales" not attendees.

We have high schools all over Mississippi that pack their gyms for basketball games. I bet Starkville High School basketball games are packed.

It has to be an event. Let the students ring the lower bowl an hour before the game. Give en a hot dog or popcorn and a coke for free!

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

If he wants students at the basketball games, then he needs to go to the Cotton District and serve up free cheese fries.*

love the sig pic. One of my designs. Ha!

 

[Duke Humphrey]

Something not mentioned in this thread.... SEC Network

over the intercom in the library, that he was bringing some donuts to students to encourage us to go to the basketball game Sunday.

I mean its embarrassing that our fan base has let it get this bad, but its still funny.

Yea, our problems are beyond this, but EVERY game is available to be seen either on tv or stream. It’s the same problem we (and everyone else in Conference) are seeing in football. Its “easier” to stay at home.

That said, this team deserves better than what we are giving, so we all need to do a better job making sure asses are in the seats.