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It’s the type of student. Education and liberal arts. I don’t think it’s a mystery. now, changing that? No easy answer.

Wichita State fan forum...some comments about our upcoming game tomorrow evening.... https://shockernet.net/forum/wichita-state-athletics/wichita-state-men-s-basketball/1470855-north-texas-15-4-at-wichita-state-11-9-game-discussion-jan-29-wed#post1470981 I'll be interested as to what the spread is. Honestly, I kind of hope they win. I've never had any issues with North Texas and they're definitely a team that can get into the tournament and I'd honestly like to see that. **** Memphis, but I respect North Texas. North Texas is probably my second favorite AAC team. They defend well and play hard - much like WSU of old. They have an outside shot at getting an at-large if they can manage to essentially win out (the AAC really sucks this year). Ross Hodge is also a better coach and recruiter than Paul Mills - all while making a few hundred thousand dollars less per season. Knowing a little about North Texas I feel like we have a much better shot at upsetting a team like Memphis who plays out of control with no discipline. A well coached team with talent should own us at this point. Originally posted by JVShocker View Post Over under on actual attendance? Anyone? I would think maybe a little better since this is a good team. Maybe 5k.

Very much confusing. There has to be a consulting group (?) that would investigate why our students, alums, and locals are not as passionate towards the school and it's athletic teams as we feel they should be. What is missing; what can be done to push them into becoming passionate fans?

I suppose you’re correct that’s what it should be about, but TV and venues want eyeballs. Those brands bring them consistently. I understand if someone looks at Rice or Tulane and says that they don’t have many alumni or students, so I’d rather have Iowa or Georgia. What has to be confusing to those people is to see some place with a huge enrollment and a giant alumni base and see that about 2% of that group cares about their teams.

Wait till you see the NIT invites. They are changing the format this year to get more "Brands" into their tourney (for viewership). They are concerned another post season Tourney starting this year will cherry-pick the best "Brands" remaining. It's all about "Brands" these days and media value....not actually "court-playing ability" like it should be.