Great having the students back

[Marsh01]

You're right, there are a ton of factors affecting each game's attendance.

Still, consider 26,904 for Georgetown last year, midweek, as we were playing bad basketball and a week removed from a four-game losing streak. And, just three weeks ago, 25,081 for Seton Hall on a chilly Wednesday night, without any students in town.

I agree that 30,000 is unreasonable for a midweek game; we haven't seen that since 1990 and probably won't see it again. But I'm pretty surprised that we can't draw something close to last year's Georgetown game, considering the circumstances.

One would think that even casual fans would be lining up to see a #1 Syracuse team take a shot at reaching 20-0 against a hateable nemesis. It's pretty startling to see a couple thousand empty seats above the north basket for such a compelling game.

I'm not criticizing the fans who were there, nor am I personally criticizing those who couldn't travel from afar or didn't want to spend the money. But that wasn't the turnout one would have expected for such a game.

Like 46R said its tough to compare one year to the next. Yesterday was MKL day. Kids had school off, people didnt work. Maybe some people were away for the weekend and didnt get back in time? It was also a crappy, cold night with possible crappier weather on the way. Game was later than normal, 7:30 vs. 7:00. I'm not making excuses either ( I went to the game) but just because we are #1 doesnt mean that people will all of a sudden flock to the dome against a last place BE team.