St. Mary's Game Thread

If game is not sold out on Friday that will be very depressing.
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Students are on Christmas break though
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Jack my boy, when some of us attended St. John's there were no dorms and Alumni Hall still had over 5,000 fans for a ranked St. John's against a good opponent. For years now I have been hearing that the casual fans, Queens neighborhood fans and others that would take a kid or two to games have dried up because it costs a week's worth of grocery to attend for Carnesecca games. The special ticket offers to parishes and youth groups have also been put on the back burners to maximize ticket profits. In today's Internet speed world with over 50,000 alums under the age of 60 within an hour of campus there is no reason to pack the arena with special pricing offers for alums with children in the upper bleachers with email coupons days before the game. Creative marketing for Carnesecca games would be nice.
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Have you looked for ticket deals?

I can't post a link but Living Social has tickets for $21. Ticket price includes:

- One Upper level or Arena level ticket
- Includes a hot dog, soda and bag of chips
- Games included: St. Mary's, Long Beach State, Butler and DePaul

Amazon also had deals last year (haven't looked yet this year). Ticketmaster had a Cyber Monday deal buy one ticket get one free. Ticketmaster also had a deal for the Minnesota/Gonzaga games.

Lots of great opportunities to get ticket deals if you look for them.
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I am not referring to researching for the lowest airfare for non-season ticket holding fans and students I am proposing direct emails to grads and students to try and get a few hundred more to attend Carnesecca games similar to the $18 package that includes goodies. The emails would go out just days before the game with links to purchase. They could do graduation class themes and offerings, etc. Offer students who attend every game a chance to win a car in Spring. Target clubs and Greeks to come to games. Build a culture among students that going to a game is THE thing. Bus in a couple of hundred mentally challenged adults from homes and have them chant "let's go redmen" for 40 minutes, Anything but the passive marketing going on now.
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Fair enough but IMO the fan base is as much at fault. The tools you mentioned above weren't around in the early 80s and yet our attendance was better. But let's stay on topic. Hope we come out ready on Friday and run them out of the gym.
 
I'm going to fly up to Albany tomorrow from Florida after a week with grandkids in Disneyland. So, I'm in a good mood and rested up. That energy will provide enough momentum to drive down to Queens for the game. I'll bug a fellow alumnus to join me and to use his couch for a little sleep after a big victory. Looks like a great ending to a great ten days. Mark that attendance up +2.
 
I'm flying from Jacksonville to JFK in the afternoon and will be there for tip. Pretty excited for the biggest on-campus non-conference game in quite some time.
 
If game is not sold out on Friday that will be very depressing.
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Students are on Christmas break though
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Jack my boy, when some of us attended St. John's there were no dorms and Alumni Hall still had over 5,000 fans for a ranked St. John's against a good opponent. For years now I have been hearing that the casual fans, Queens neighborhood fans and others that would take a kid or two to games have dried up because it costs a week's worth of grocery to attend for Carnesecca games. The special ticket offers to parishes and youth groups have also been put on the back burners to maximize ticket profits. In today's Internet speed world with over 50,000 alums under the age of 60 within an hour of campus there is no reason to pack the arena with special pricing offers for alums with children in the upper bleachers with email coupons days before the game. Creative marketing for Carnesecca games would be nice.
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Have you looked for ticket deals?

I can't post a link but Living Social has tickets for $21. Ticket price includes:

- One Upper level or Arena level ticket
- Includes a hot dog, soda and bag of chips
- Games included: St. Mary's, Long Beach State, Butler and DePaul

Amazon also had deals last year (haven't looked yet this year). Ticketmaster had a Cyber Monday deal buy one ticket get one free. Ticketmaster also had a deal for the Minnesota/Gonzaga games.

Lots of great opportunities to get ticket deals if you look for them.
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Just got an email from Amazon Local. Their price is $18 tickets.

Andrew found the best price so far.
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http://www.stubhub.com/st-johns-basketball-tickets/st-johns-vs-st-marys-12-19-2014-9130610/

No service charges on StubHub.
 
I will be there on Friday. This really is a huge game and I do think we draw a good crowd. Regardless, a tight game is going to make for a great atmosphere.

I agree that defensive intensity is going to be key against this team.
 
St Mary's trails northern Arizona by 9 at half time right now.
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Hot shooting by Northern Arizona in the first half. Should get close by the end of the game.
 
I'll be there, as well with my 9 year old son. Looking forward to seeing the team again as the guys continue to come together with each game. I expect CO to have a big night as he rebounds from the ejection on Sunday.
 
St. Mary's is going to pull this out, which is a good thing I think. Want this to be viewed as a quality win on Friday.

EDIT: I take that back, they just lost last second on a turnover. Wow.
 
St. Mary's is a quality team. In my opinion they will be a tournament team. A win on Friday will go a long way to bolstering our resume. Hopefully, Phil will knock some shots down and D'Lo will keep rebounding at his current rate.
 
Wow. NAU just stole the game. Terrible loss

SMU will be coming off of a bad loss when they play us Friday night, we know that now
 
Wow. NAU just stole the game. Terrible loss

SMU will be coming off of a bad loss when they play us Friday night, we know that now
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The upside is now they won't be playing for a ranking.
 
Good, let them fly across country with a bad taste in their mouths and let's put our foot on their throats upon arrival.
 
I expect a very tough game. The Gaels will come in knowing their only shot at somehow retaining consideration for an at large this year would be beating us.
 
I expect a very tough game. The Gaels will come in knowing their only shot at somehow retaining consideration for an at large this year would be beating us.
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respectfully disagree - hypothetically speaking if they can somehow manage to win the WCC regular season and sweep the Zags, even a loss the the WCC Tourney would potentially get them a bid.
 
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