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30K on Wednesday?

OttoMets said:
Last year, against Duke. Very good turnout, proved me wrong after I'd predict it could never happen again. Before that it'd been over 25 years.

Not going to happen tomorrow.
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I was away on vacation so I didn’t even remember that being a weeknight! Wow, that’s impressive.

I remember a push for 30k for a Monday game with UConn in 2000 when we were undefeated and they were defending champs, and it ended up being like 26,000. Awfully hard to get 30k during the week.

At least the weather will help for once, supposed to be high 60’s on Wednesday!
 
MSOrange said:
Here are our 30,000+ games. Not sure if there is a quick way to figure out if any of them were week nights.,

Carrier Dome Crowds 30000 plus
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Excel made it easy... out of the 82 games with 30,000+ attendance, 12 of them were weekdays:
Monday, January 10, 1983 Georgetown L 92-97 31,327*
Monday, January 30, 1984 Georgetown L 67-80 30,758
Monday, January 28, 1985 Georgetown W 65-63 32,229
Friday, February 01, 1985 Villanova W 92-79 32,520
Wednesday, January 14, 1987 St. John's W 64-63 30,529
Thursday, February 11, 1988 St. John's W 82-68 30,460
Tuesday, March 01, 1988 Villanova W 71-69 30,139
Wednesday, January 10, 1990 St. John's W 81-72 30,407
Tuesday, January 23, 1990 Pittsburgh W 83-74 30,023
Monday, March 06, 2006 Villanova L 82-92 33,633*
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Miami (F) L 62-66 30,667
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Duke W 78-75 30,331
(* indicates we broke a NCAA record that game)
 
rcOrange said:
Excel made it easy... out of the 82 games with 30,000+ attendance, 12 of them were weekdays:
Monday, January 10, 1983 Georgetown L 92-97 31,327*
Monday, January 30, 1984 Georgetown L 67-80 30,758
Monday, January 28, 1985 Georgetown W 65-63 32,229
Friday, February 01, 1985 Villanova W 92-79 32,520
Wednesday, January 14, 1987 St. John's W 64-63 30,529
Thursday, February 11, 1988 St. John's W 82-68 30,460
Tuesday, March 01, 1988 Villanova W 71-69 30,139
Wednesday, January 10, 1990 St. John's W 81-72 30,407
Tuesday, January 23, 1990 Pittsburgh W 83-74 30,023
Monday, March 06, 2006 Villanova L 82-92 33,633*
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Miami ( ) L 62-66 30,667
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Duke W 78-75 30,331
(* indicates we broke a NCAA record that game)
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Great job! I've always stunk at Excel so it didn't even occur to me to use that.
 
rcOrange said:
Excel made it easy... out of the 82 games with 30,000+ attendance, 12 of them were weekdays:
Monday, January 10, 1983 Georgetown L 92-97 31,327*
Monday, January 30, 1984 Georgetown L 67-80 30,758
Monday, January 28, 1985 Georgetown W 65-63 32,229
Friday, February 01, 1985 Villanova W 92-79 32,520
Wednesday, January 14, 1987 St. John's W 64-63 30,529
Thursday, February 11, 1988 St. John's W 82-68 30,460
Tuesday, March 01, 1988 Villanova W 71-69 30,139
Wednesday, January 10, 1990 St. John's W 81-72 30,407
Tuesday, January 23, 1990 Pittsburgh W 83-74 30,023
Monday, March 06, 2006 Villanova L 82-92 33,633*
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Miami ( ) L 62-66 30,667
Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Duke W 78-75 30,331
(* indicates we broke a NCAA record that game)
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Could’ve sworn that 2006 Nova game was a weekend. That was GMac’s last home game, right? Is it possible a leap year threw things off by a day?

And how did we get 30k for Miami on a weekday a few years ago? I don’t remember that game at all at the moment, but that’s pretty amazing.
 
OrangeDW said:
Could’ve sworn that 2006 Nova game was a weekend. That was GMac’s last home game, right? Is it possible a leap year threw things off by a day?

And how did we get 30k for Miami on a weekday a few years ago? I don’t remember that game at all at the moment, but that’s pretty amazing.
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It looks like Orangehoops had the date wrong. Cuse.com has that game as Sunday, March 5, 2006
 
OrangeDW said:
Could’ve sworn that 2006 Nova game was a weekend. That was GMac’s last home game, right? Is it possible a leap year threw things off by a day?

And how did we get 30k for Miami on a weekday a few years ago? I don’t remember that game at all at the moment, but that’s pretty amazing.
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The Nova game was definitely a Sunday, not a Monday. It was on March 5, 2006, not the 6th.

Villanova vs. Syracuse - Game Summary - March 5, 2006 - ESPN
 
shandeezy7 said:
The Nova game was definitely a Sunday, not a Monday. It was on March 5, 2006, not the 6th.

Villanova vs. Syracuse - Game Summary - March 5, 2006 - ESPN
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Thought so. Sounds weird but I remember how bright the Dome roof looked on TV because it was light outside, and I remember the upper level student section behind the basket had a ton of empty seats at tip-off(noon game?) and it was very noticeable on TV because the rest of the place was packed.
 
OrangeDW said:
Thought so. Sounds weird but I remember how bright the Dome roof looked on TV because it was light outside, and I remember the upper level student section behind the basket had a ton of empty seats at tip-off(noon game?) and it was very noticeable on TV because the rest of the place was packed.
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The only thing I remember about that game was how dejected I was that G-Mac was basically ending his Orange career with a loss that would keep them out of the tournament. Of course, we all know what happened the following week.
 
Madbiker said:
Magic 8 Ball says No.
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MSOrange said:
Here are our 30,000+ games. Not sure if there is a quick way to figure out if any of them were week nights.,

Carrier Dome Crowds 30000 plus
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I've got you covered:

2017 Duke 30,331 (Wednesday)
1990 Pittsburgh 30,023 (Tuesday)
1990 St. John’s 30,407
1988 Villanova 30,139
1988 St. John’s 30,460
1987 St. John’s 30,529
1985 Villanova 32,520 (Fridays deserve asterisks...that's pretty much the weekend)
1985 Georgetown 32,229 (Big Monday)
1984 Georgetown 30,758 (Big Monday)
1983 Georgetown 31,327 (first 30,000+ crowd in Dome history; Big Monday)

Other big weeknight crowds of note:
2012 Georgetown 27,820
2011 Georgetown 26,904
2010 St. John’s 26,081
2010 Georgetown 26,508
2007 Georgetown 26,287
2006 Connecticut 26,805
2005 Connecticut 27,651
2004 Notre Dame 26,913
2000 Connecticut 26,474
1994 Connecticut 24,540 (Tuesday)
1993 Connecticut 26,980 (Monday 7:30 p.m.)
1993 Georgetown 28,861 (Monday 7:30 p.m.)
1992 Boston College 26,568 (Tuesday 8:00 p.m.)
1992 Connecticut 27,437 (Monday 7:30 p.m.)
1991 Florida State 29,266 (Monday 8:00 p.m.)
1991 Providence 28,596 (Tuesday 8:00 p.m.)
1991 St. John’s 28,132 (Wednesday 8:00 p.m.)
1991 Connecticut 29,899 (Wednesday)
1990 North Carolina St. 26,850 (Tuesday 9:00 p.m.)
 
OrangeDW said:
I was away on vacation so I didn’t even remember that being a weeknight! Wow, that’s impressive.

I remember a push for 30k for a Monday game with UConn in 2000 when we were undefeated and they were defending champs, and it ended up being like 26,000. Awfully hard to get 30k during the week.

At least the weather will help for once, supposed to be high 60’s on Wednesday!
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That 26,474 was louder than 90% of our 30,000+ crowds. One of my favorite games!
 
OrangeDW said:
At least the weather will help for once, supposed to be high 60’s on Wednesday!
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It was really nice for last years Duke game as well. It must've been in the 60s and wall to wall sunshine all day.
 
OrangeDW said:
Could’ve sworn that 2006 Nova game was a weekend. That was GMac’s last home game, right? Is it possible a leap year threw things off by a day?

And how did we get 30k for Miami on a weekday a few years ago? I don’t remember that game at all at the moment, but that’s pretty amazing.
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It was GMac’s last game and it was on a weekend. I came up from NYC for it. So this guy’s Excel spreadsheet didn’t work.

I was at the Miami game too in 2015 and that was also a weekend game, but in mid January. Not sure where things got screwed up in the Excel doc.
 
OrangeDW said:
I was away on vacation so I didn’t even remember that being a weeknight! Wow, that’s impressive.

I remember a push for 30k for a Monday game with UConn in 2000 when we were undefeated and they were defending champs, and it ended up being like 26,000. Awfully hard to get 30k during the week.

At least the weather will help for once, supposed to be high 60’s on Wednesday!
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Speaking of that UConn game, just found these awesome extended highlights(16 min.) of that game. Don’t think I’ve seen any of this since that game aired. One of the best performances by an SU team ever, and that crowd was nuts. Team and crowd both seemed so hungry!

 
Bazley and Carey pushing tempo like that with Hughes and OB filling the lanes and Buddy spotting up for 3 would be a lot of fun.
 
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