Attendance

mm52 said:
12,000 @ today's game against Creighton. Because there were very, very few Creighton fans, it means we have a solid base of fans willing to support the team at MSG. And it could be more if there had not been so much negativity surrounding the team going into the game. Let's keep the support going!
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This game could have been sold out if we had won 3 or 4 games we should have and were on the cusp of being ranked and tournament bound.

Even so, a nationally televised game at high noon in NYC during winter break?

Great crowd. Win at Butler to get another good crowd!!!!
 
MainMan said:
Sunday proves the obvious: either CA or MSG is best for this program.

Dump any other "home" arena.
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I agree, but personally I'd still try to play a couple OOC games at BC and UBS and have them count as neutral games. Just for example, the last time we made the Tournament (under Mullin) we beat Cal and VCU at BC and those counted as neutral games because it was a tournament and we didn't play any other games there. The VCU win (Q1) was our biggest of the OOC and it helped that our fans were local.

This year it didn't work out against Boston College, but generally it should. Had we won (as expected) that would've been a nice Q2 neutral win.

Also, had we not played conference games at UBS this year then that Hofstra win would look a lot nicer on our resume as a neutral game (and almost everyone in attendance supported St John's).
 
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ADORAZ said:
I agree, but personally I'd still try to play a couple OOC games at BC and UBS and have them count as neutral games. Just for example, the last time we made the Tournament (under Mullin) we beat Cal and VCU at BC and those counted as neutral games because it was a tournament and we didn't play any other games there. The VCU win (Q1) was our biggest of the OOC and it helped that our fans were local.

This year it didn't work out against Boston College, but generally it should. Had we won (as expected) that would've been a nice Q2 neutral win.
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AD CRagg said recently in a podcast is the UBS arena will continue to be a venue for future games. did not say anything for Barclays. nobody goes to the games in brooklyn, we should never play there again.
 
redmen89 said:
AD CRagg said recently in a podcast is the UBS arena will continue to be a venue for future games. did not say anything for Barclays. nobody goes to the games in brooklyn, we should never play there again.
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Interesting, well hopefully in that case it's only OOC games, because if we play any Big East games at UBS then all of them would count as home rather than neutral. I'd prefer just 1-2 OOC games a lot more to how we scheduled this year.
 
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The UBS arena is a nice venue….for hockey. It’s not setup well for basketball and in a season where we are competitive and have sold out CA and drawn 10-13K at MSG still UBS crowds were sad. One game a year there max as a novelty and maybe you’ll draw a decent crowd.
 
Johnnies317 said:
The UBS arena is a nice venue….for hockey. It’s not setup well for basketball and in a season where we are competitive and have sold out CA and drawn 10-13K at MSG still UBS crowds were sad. One game a year there max as a novelty and maybe you’ll draw a decent crowd.
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The suites were nice. Food was great!
 
One suggestion for AD Craig--after the season send season ticket holders a questionaire with respect to venues we play in and what is good/bad and improve.
 
blackpeter24 said:
Not sure about the rest of you but my seats at UBS are twice as far from the court as my seats at MSG. Another reason I want no part of UBS.
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Mine are too, but it is better in one way. It's much easier to make bathroom runs during timeouts when you sit further back, the way these areas are structured.
 
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