30K on Wednesday?

[DonLightfoot]

I long for those "run and gun" days. That was electric. Our current squad just cannot play that way unfortunately. Hopefully we will see more of it sometime in the future.

 

[jncuse]

UNC is a large name, but Duke is at a different level in terms of appeal. If they got barely 30K last year, you are not going to get it this year.

I am thinking 26-27K. Hopefully I am wrong.

 

[MSOrange]

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.

It was the dates that were in error on the website. Don't blame an innocent Excel doc!

 

[Trueblue25]

UNC is a large name, but Duke is at a different level in terms of appeal. If they got barely 30K last year, you are not going to get it this year.

I am thinking 26-27K. Hopefully I am wrong.

Unc is just as large a name in my opinion. I expect 28,500 though

 

[20Plus]

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.

I thought it was a weekend for sure

 

[djorange1989]

Loved that 2000 team.. still mad about blowing the huge lead against MSU in the Sweet 16. Still mad they put that game in the Silverdome

 

[RaleighSUfan]

NFW

 

[UnknownOrange]

Unc is just as large a name in my opinion. I expect 28,500 though

3 years on the phones and it’s not even close. The Duke factor is real. I remember telling people they couldn’t do X number of tickets to duke but they could and get better seats for UNC. I might as well have slapped their mother.

 

[Eric15]

Still mad they put that game in the Silverdome

It was played at the Palace of Auburn Hills. You're thinking of Wrestlemania 3.

 

[Bayside44]

FWIW was still able to get rooms at the Sheraton for this one in January. Would put 28K as the over / under.

 

[OrangeDW]

Wow that crowd was unreal

Seeing that student section lose it’s collective minds on the Damone Brown alley-oop and Etan Thomas fast break dunk in the second half was so awesome. That game was so much fun. Deshaun’s back to back 3’s in that first half run were awesome.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Loved that 2000 team.. still mad about blowing the huge lead against MSU in the Sweet 16. Still mad they put that game in the Silverdome

The location didn't matter when we were up 14 in the second half against MSU. That SU team could play some pretty tough m2m. That game vs UConn was perhaps the best man any JB team has ever played. And yet they couldn't switch to it when MSU went lights out on the zone and went on a 28-0 run or something.

 

[20Plus]

UNC is a large name, but Duke is at a different level in terms of appeal. If they got barely 30K last year, you are not going to get it this year.

I am thinking 26-27K. Hopefully I am wrong.

I heard 3000 in the dome sound like our typically 30,000 in the dome. And the sad thing is we’ve 30,000 people that you couldn’t pay to be so quiet and those are facts

 

[PauliePeppas]

The location didn't matter when we were up 14 in the second half against MSU. That SU team could play some pretty tough m2m. That game vs UConn was perhaps the best man any JB team has ever played. And yet they couldn't switch to it when MSU went lights out on the zone and went on a 28-0 run or something.

Aj Granger smh

 

[NKR1978]

I heard 3000 in the dome sound like our typically 30,000 in the dome. And the sad thing is we’ve 30,000 people that you couldn’t pay to be so quiet and those are facts

Which 30,000 games were morgues?

Virginia last year wasn't. Duke 2014 and 15 weren't. UConn 2012? Georgetown 09? GameDay/Nova 2010? What about going back further to Pitt or Notre Dame (even Rutgers) 2003?

 

[OttoMets]

Which 30,000 games were morgues?

Virginia last year wasn't. Duke 2014 and 15 weren't. UConn 2012? Georgetown 09? GameDay/Nova 2010? What about going back further to Pitt or Notre Dame (even Rutgers) 2003?

Rutgers in 2003 for sure (a couple senior day games have been like that). Louisville for College Gameday in 2006 I remember being dead. Somebody mentioned a 30,000 crowd for Miami a couple years ago. That one fits the bill, too. We don't remember that kind of game as well, though, it's the crazy 30,000 games that everybody talks about.

 

[NKR1978]

Rutgers in 2003 for sure (a couple senior day games have been like that). Louisville for College Gameday in 2006 I remember being dead. Somebody mentioned a 30,000 crowd for Miami a couple years ago. That one fits the bill, too. We don't remember that kind of game as well, though, it's the crazy 30,000 games that everybody talks about.

I was at Rutgers 03. The crowd went pretty crazy when we started the comeback from 13 down and ended up winning by 13+.

Boring games where the team is just not that competitive or clearly outmatched is generally going to have a bored crowd. I'm not sure that's exclusive to Syracuse.

 

[OttoMets]

...

Boring games where the team is just not that competitive or clearly outmatched is generally going to have a bored crowd. I'm not sure that's exclusive to Syracuse.

I think that's almost universal.

 

[kirbivore]

Yes or no?

No

 

[CusefanATL]

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

It was also a nooner - and the student section barely showed up at the top. There was an empty 1/3 of a section in a game the broke the record which was really awkward.

 

[CusefanATL]

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.)

Standing Ovation for this effort.

 

[shandeezy7]

Syracuse's basketball game against North Carolina could attract largest crowd of season

 

[SUFan44]

Syracuse's basketball game against North Carolina could attract largest crowd of season

In range... unlikely, but in range. Especially with expected weather.

 

[FrancoPizza]

Boring games where the team is just not that competitive or clearly outmatched is generally going to have a bored crowd. I'm not sure that's exclusive to Syracuse.

With the way our zone forces the opponent to slow down and become very methodical, it's become more important that we're sexy on offense. We need to run and bring back a swagger. Right now every fan should be given a voucher for 1 free beer with every game ticket - to help get through these 53-48 rock fights. Include kids 5 and up.

 

[DonLightfoot]

Unc is just as large a name in my opinion. I expect 28,500 though

28.5 was the figure I was thinking early on. May turn out to be higher, which would be nice.