Sam Houston State (3/19/23)

[Green Lantern]

56 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

3130 is the attendance?  I thought it was a bigger crown than that.  That is pathetic number.  I think we could get by with 6k arena and not sell it out a lot.   These are quality teams we have had and the attendance is sad.  Win and they will come I have heard.  Well we are winning but the crowds are not showing up.

0% chance that’s a legit number for today.

[Green Otaku]

55 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

3130 is the attendance?  I thought it was a bigger crown than that.  That is pathetic number.  I think we could get by with 6k arena and not sell it out a lot.   These are quality teams we have had and the attendance is sad.  Win and they will come I have heard.  Well we are winning but the crowds are not showing up.

Most wins in school history if I'm not mistaken. The evidence that we need a smaller arena is there, people just don't want to accept it. 

[TheFranchise]

Man ... all I'm gonna say is, this was a clinic on how to kick another team's teeth in on the basketball court. 
Was it perfect? No, of course not!

But dang, it was really fun to watch our boys dominate like that!

[keith]

1 hour ago, southsideguy said:

3130 is the attendance?  I thought it was a bigger crown than that.  That is pathetic number.  I think we could get by with 6k arena and not sell it out a lot.   These are quality teams we have had and the attendance is sad.  Win and they will come I have heard.  Well we are winning but the crowds are not showing up.

Yeah, I don’t know what to say about that number.  No way it was almost 1,000 less than the last game.  Most of the lower bowl was shoulder to shoulder and then there were many seats occupied behind the buckets and even some in the middle sections of the upper deck.  It looked great on TV.  Maybe someone fat-fingered the keyboard.  

[BigWillie]

5 hours ago, meangreenfaninno said:

Without Abou our chances to win have decreased significantly.  Must be a huge emergency.

This aged like milk.

[CMJ]

1 hour ago, Green Otaku said:

Most wins in school history if I'm not mistaken. The evidence that we need a smaller arena is there, people just don't want to accept it. 

Even if we had a 6K seat arena, that'd be a lousy number for this game.

[BigWillie]

58 minutes ago, keith said:

Yeah, I don’t know what to say about that number.  No way it was almost 1,000 less than the last game.  Most of the lower bowl was shoulder to shoulder and then there were many seats occupied behind the buckets and even some in the middle sections of the upper deck.  It looked great on TV.  Maybe someone fat-fingered the keyboard.  

 

1 hour ago, Green Lantern said:

0% chance that’s a legit number for today.

I agree. I have been to many games where this number was much higher and it wasn't nearly as packed. By looks, this had to have been the highest attended game this season.

Even driving in, I haven't usually had to wait in traffic. That happened today. 

[emmitt01]

No way there were only 3100 there.  If I had to guess, I’d say closer to 4700.  

[Green Otaku]

31 minutes ago, CMJ said:

Even if we had a 6K seat arena, that'd be a lousy number for this game.

Agree, but at least it would look respectable at half full. 

Edited March 20, 2023 by Green Otaku

[Green Otaku]

20 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

No way there were only 3100 there.  If I had to guess, I’d say closer to 4700.  

It makes me wonder who does the count for these games? Is it still UNT or does someone from the NIT do it?

[Hunter Green]

47 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

No way there were only 3100 there.  If I had to guess, I’d say closer to 4700.  

Agreed. Looking around the arena, I was thinking close to 5k.

[2020 Sucks]

Was Abou out today?  I didn’t notice! 😀

Prayers for his family…we will definitely need him in Stillwater.

[Jonnyeagle]

This has to be a misprint. There were at least 5k in there today.  Place was super LOUD!!

[Green Lantern]

1 hour ago, BigWillie said:

 

I agree. I have been to many games where this number was much higher and it wasn't nearly as packed. By looks, this had to have been the highest attended game this season.

Even driving in, I haven't usually had to wait in traffic. That happened today. 

I used to be in charge of getting the counts at games when I worked there back in the day. The crowd today was way more than 3,100 - Probably around 5,000 eyeballing it.

[northtexassigep]

Anyone in attendance today knows there were prob 5k there. It was good atmosphere and probably the best of the season. Hard not to think about how great it could be in a 6700 seat arena. Super pit is soon to be as old as fouts was when we went across the highway. A new arena is coming, not sure how soon but I’ll be ready when it does 

[southsideguy]

Maybe the nit showed lower numbers so OSU could host the next game.  They are showing great attendance at their games for a big 12 school

I thought the number was way off but that what ESPN was showing anyway

OH yeah I want to continue winning.  Hope we can hang on to Grant.

[NT80]

55 minutes ago, southsideguy said:

Maybe the nit showed lower numbers so OSU could host the next game.  They are showing great attendance at their games for a big 12 school

I thought the number was way off but that what ESPN was showing anyway

OH yeah I want to continue winning.  Hope we can hang on to Grant.

In our quad of 8 schools on the NIT bracket, OSU was seeded 1, we were seeded 2, SAM was seeded 3, so that's why OSU is hosting us.  If Eastern Wash would have beat OSU then we would have hosted them in this game.

Edited March 20, 2023 by NT80

[Dannymacfan]

8 minutes ago, ADLER said:

The Oklahoma State athletics department are being total dix about how they are allocating tickets. This is NOT a home game for them, they are hosting an NIT Tournament game. Their season ticket holders, alumni, and students should have no priority. Yet they are only offering tickets in the rafters.

^^^This - just called about tickets and they were being very rude about it!

[UNTLifer]

48 minutes ago, ADLER said:

The Oklahoma State athletics department are being total dix about how they are allocating tickets. This is NOT a home game for them, they are hosting an NIT Tournament game. Their season ticket holders, alumni, and students should have no priority. Yet they are only offering tickets in the rafters.

We only sold two sections to Sam fans, so I think accommodating your fans/students/season ticket holders is common practice for the hosting school.

[Green Otaku]

12 hours ago, northtexassigep said:

Anyone in attendance today knows there were prob 5k there. It was good atmosphere and probably the best of the season. Hard not to think about how great it could be in a 6700 seat arena. Super pit is soon to be as old as fouts was when we went across the highway. A new arena is coming, not sure how soon but I’ll be ready when it does 

I'm glad people are coming around to the idea. Just don't expect people to be happy about it, while unwilling to actually discuss their point. 

[NT80]

2 hours ago, Dannymacfan said:

^^^This - just called about tickets and they were being very rude about it!

 Typical of Big?12 schools.

[NTEdgex2]

We attended both games and there were way more people on Sunday!  Can we not  disagree and have some kind of adjustment made?  Look at the pictures. What a crock!

GMG!

[meangreenfaninno]

I was at both games and I can PROMISE you there were way more people on Sunday.  This is an outrage and someone needs to get Jared to get this fixed asap!

[CMJ]

I mean, other than as banter on the board about how we don't support our programs like we should, I doubt anyone outside of GMG cares what the official attendance was.

[meangreenfaninno]

12 minutes ago, CMJ said:

I mean, other than as banter on the board about how we don't support our programs like we should, I doubt anyone outside of GMG cares what the official attendance was.

Yes but would you agree they have an obligation to post accurate information?