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"Secret Games"
- Thread starter GrizWhiz
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citay said:
But it's not.....so we won't.
Face it the glory days of UM hoops were the 1970's and early 1980's. Little or no other weekday sports broadcasts on TV. ESPN showed up in about 1978(?).... lots more games to watch on a cold winter night from the comfort of your couch. Unlike football that began taking off in the late 1980's, basketball always had a "local" fan base that started getting pulled different directions. Fieldhouse got remodeled and moved "the Zoo" but more importantly students started getting the same pulls from different directions and rushing to the "Zoo" seating well in advance of game starts was no longer as "cool" of a thing to do. Conference expanded and many longtime non-student fans couldn't add Cal State Northridge, Sac State, Portland State and Northern Colorado to their "rival" list.
Still lots of interest in Griz hoops Citay, it's never gonna be the same as what you keep wanting it to be. You'd be even more concerned if you lived in Missoula and went to Griz and Lady Griz bball games. The crowds are OLD. Lots of fans to replace just to stay even over these next 15 or 20 years. I'd guess (but probably bet too!) the average age for season ticketholders in the lower level at Adams Center for Griz and Lady Griz hoops is over 50.
PeauxRouge
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Mousegriz said:
The crowds are old at the games because 80% of the lower bowl is reserved and they don't sell the extras to people who can only manage a few games a year. All the younger, non-student fans and families are in the second level, mostly in the crappy GA section. Putting the fiscal bottom line ahead of creating atmosphere is a problem that won't get solved. It's this way almost everywhere. Take seats away from those who will make it a rowdy, hostile environment to sell them at an inflated price to the older, more docile fans who will pay top dollar for the closer seats instead. A decade ago I was able to buy a courtside seat the day of the game because it wasn't sold out. Same with lower bowl seats. Doesn't happen now. Partly due to a slightly higher demand, but also because UM just stopped doing that. It's weird.
Grizbballfan14
Well-known member
One issue is that the game was played at Washington State. Also basketball scrimmages are way easier to keep quiet because you can lock the gym and keep people outside. It's harder to keep people from seeing inside of an outdoors football stadium.
