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[QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5175051, member: 27"]
Correct.  The Duke game historically draws the biggest crowd of the year.  Having it on a Wednesday night instead of a Saturday will drop the size of the crowd by 5K or so.  Maybe more if we are having a strong season.

I am pretty sure the ACC gets a list of requests for every school for the basketball schedule.  Pretty sure SU's first or second request was to have the Duke game at Syracuse scheduled for a Saturday.

They did not grant that request but it looks like they did give them way more Saturday home games than they have (including one with UNC, which will surely be our biggest crowd of the season).

Getting 3 more home conference games on Saturdays than last year should give our home attendance a big boost and might make the difference between us finishing first or second in the country in attendance.

Saturday home games are really important for SU's bottom line and for the many SU fans who go to games but don't live in Onondaga County.

It is great to not have any 9 pm home games scheduled (though I see Colgate and Cornell still don't have tipoff times set).

On the whole, I agree with others that this is a good schedule for Syracuse.  Far better than the ones we have gotten the last couple of years.  I am sure getting the first schedule out with the 3 new schools was a bear.  Good job ACC.
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