fightintxaggie10 said:

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bobinator said:

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I bet there's 7-8 K which would be fine, but what matters is the experience.

These kind of games SUCKED under Buzz. Not only was our style of play not particularly exciting but the entire arena vibe was just bleh.

Excited to see if they've changed it up any or if the style of play alone makes it more fun, but I'm hoping the juice is back in the place this year.

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Why are chants or yells not happening on offense anymore? I noticed this stopping last year. It's wack. Make up a song, yell Texas Aggies (clap 5x), something

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Cuz the yell leaders think they are at Kyle

Crowd was decent and decently engaged . Team delivered exactly what I expected based on what had been said about Buckyball and the excellent job Bucky and his staff did pulling together a roster out of next to nothing. This is going to be a fun era for Aggie Hoops!

First time season ticket holder and was pleasantly surprised with the view of the court from 103. One complaint , people that came in 15 mins late and fumbled around finding their seats and blocking everyone's view for several minutes doing it. I'm glad they came and I get it's a challenge to be on time for various reasons but have some consideration and wait for a break in play before you find your seats.

I feel like we maybe tried this in the past but would love to see a loyalty reward program for the students. Based on your attendance to other sporting events can drive the quality of your football seat.

epozehl said:

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Attendance was 7,517 according to the live stats website. Sounded great on TV for a home opener. Those that showed up really brought the energy.

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I'll take it! Beats the average attendance of home openers for new coaches that PJYoung posted of 7,241!



Game was pretty fun for a Monday night. Alot of people left with around 6-7 minutes left, but that's expected on a school/work night. Traffic wasn't too bad getting in or out either.

Now we just have to score 100 points, soooo close!

What was the deal with McNeese in '07? Was that weekend game with a home football game or something like that?

That's what I was saying earlier in the thread, that's counting tickets sold and that was the year we sold a ton of season tickets coming off of the Sweet 16 year. It's the only other year until last year that we've had an average attendance over 10K.

But there were nowhere near that many people at that game.

I checked , It was a Friday night but football was away at Mizzou on Saturday. As you say, excitement on ticket sales following a S16 year makes sense.

7500+ not bad for a Monday night home opener I suppose . I expected more but not terrible .

Yeah, I just thought Buckyball excitement might draw a bit more interest but the truth is wer'e a "show me first " hoops crowd. My expectations were maybe a bit high for a Monday night.

halfastros81 said:

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I checked , It was a Friday night but football was away at Mizzou on Saturday. As you say, excitement on ticket sales following a S16 year makes sense.

7500+ not bad for a Monday night home opener I suppose . I expected more but not terrible .

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Yeah we were just THAT excited after what Gillispie had built. The Turgeon era had some monster crowds which is kind of funny considering how Mark poor mouthed things constantly.

When I was there from 2011-2015, marketing for basketball games was TERRIBLE. It consisted of a little yard sale-esque sign and hopefully you saw it when you walked by.

I heard the volleyball girls were going out and playing volleyball with students in between classes. Maybe the basketball guys can get a portable hoop and roll it around. Have a three point contest outside the MSC. Surely we can gather up 4K more students to fill Reed.

TheDecadeSapling said:

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When I was there from 2011-2015, marketing for basketball games was TERRIBLE. It consisted of a little yard sale-esque sign and hopefully you saw it when you walked by.

I heard the volleyball girls were going out and playing volleyball with students in between classes. Maybe the basketball guys can get a portable hoop and roll it around. Have a three point contest outside the MSC. Surely we can gather up 4K more students to fill Reed.

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You were there for the first 4 years of Kennedy which saw zero tournament appearances. There's no amount of marketing that could have made the crowds better. Only winning.

Valid but my concern is the overall Lack of effort by the marketing dept as a whole

annie88 said:

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I haven't been to a basketball game in about six or seven years and I'll be there!

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6 7!