bincitysioux Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 This video was linked in the football forum. It mentioned that season tickets for basketball were unusually ahead of pace compared to prior years. So, I was just wondering what people's thoughts were on how attendance could or should be for this upcoming season in the Big Sky. Last year, attendance was 2,045. That includes the 7,000+ that came for the NDSU game. That game will be in Fargo this year, so we don't get that one to pad the stats. During the 4 year transition, the average has been 1,873. So, do you say over or under 1,900? I think if we are competetive, we can do 2,500+............................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82SiouxGuy Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Well over 1,900. I don't know if they will get to 2,500 without the NDSU game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 A lot of this will come down to, like with football, the students showing up to the games. If they come, then we can definitely get to 2500. If not, then expect a slight bump to aroud 2000. I wonder if they would do a game in the Ralph this year sometime with a big sky opponent. Of course Im thinking of the glass half full, nothing wrong with that of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bincitysioux Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 A lot of this will come down to, like with football, the students showing up to the games. If they come, then we can definitely get to 2500. If not, then expect a slight bump to aroud 2000. I wonder if they would do a game in the Ralph this year sometime with a big sky opponent. Of course Im thinking of the glass half full, nothing wrong with that of course Nothing wrong with that at all! I hope they keep all games in the Sioux Center though. Someday, I think the interest may justify having a Big Sky game in the REA (Montana, Montana St., Weber) but for now, I think the atmosphere that the Sioux Center provides trumps what the REA could. I'd rather have 3,000 fans in the Betty for an important Big Sky game against Weber or Montana than 5,000 in the cavernous REA................................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIOUXFAN97 Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 i think that bball will see a big big jump in attendance.....partly because d1 bball isn't split like football (big/small fbs/fcs). one thing that bugs me about the betty is the how far the fans are from courtside...at hyslops guys inbounding the ball almost had to ask fans to move a little...now they are a good five to six fee back on the east and west and ten to 12 feet back on the north and south risers.....MOVE THEM UP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bincitysioux Posted August 22, 2012 Author Share Posted August 22, 2012 I think the Sioux Center is an awesome basketball venue when it is near capacity. I don't miss the Hyslop at all................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILDCAT Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Big Sky basketball isnt really known for it's attendance, the real exception is Weber State since Weber is a basketball school. Here are the average attendance numbers for each Big Sky school last year. 1. Weber State- 6,770 2. Montana- 4,005 3. Montana State- 2,922 4. Southern Utah- 2,541 5. Eastern Washington- 2,286 6. Idaho State- 2,255 7. North Dakota- 2,045 8. Northern Colorado- 1,592 9. Portland State- 824 10. Sacramento State- 648 11. Northern Arizona- 646 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I think North Dakota will be in the top-5 in attendance this year among Big Sky schools, with the possibility of #3 if the boys really start kickin' it into high gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homer Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 I think there is real possibility for the marketing dept. to do some heavy marketing for some of the Big Sky opponents. Obviously the Montana schools have some familiarity but No. Colorado and Southern Utah will bring in good teams and are familiar to the area. And letting everyone know about Weber St. and the history they have is a great opportunity. The reason I love the Big Sky for our teams is the common opponents across all sports. Continuing to draw fans to see some of these teams vs. our volleyball and football teams can only help our men's and women's basketball teams. It will be a big change for what we had in the Great West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMSioux Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Obviously the first impact on attendance was the transtition but do you think that no longer having men/women double headers is another reason? Those were a great night of sports entertainment now it just seems like half of an event. The good old days.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the green team Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Obviously the first impact on attendance was the transtition but do you think that no longer having men/women double headers is another reason? Those were a great night of sports entertainment now it just seems like half of an event. The good old days.... Certainly, the transition was no fun. Its hard to get too excited about playing the Chicago States of the world for the 10th time of the season. But finally its over and we will have a schedule where we will begin to establish histories with the teams withinthe conference- that will help get fans young & old alike to begin to attach themselve's to these new opponents. I definitely do not and will not miss doubleheaders. Its so much easier especially with a family, to dedicate 2& 1/2 hours to go to one game as opposed to 5 hours for 2 on a Thursday night. Now with with the men at home and the women on the road or vice versa I know that I can make my weekly rountine to include trips to The Betty every Thursday & Saturday. Maybe I'm showing my age but I'm a big fan in life of routine. If anything- I'm hoping this new set up for a schedule will help with attendance not hurt it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMSioux Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Yes I can see your point and I was single when doubleheaders were in style. Having the consistency of Thursday/Saturday games should help (and playing for a real conference championship - trip to the Big Dance won't hurt either.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coach daddy Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 Some of the conference games will be worth looking into tickets. The non-conference schedule at home is embarrassing. Crown College and Presentation? Are you freakin kidding me!!!!! If I had DII season tickets and those were two of my home games I'd be pissed. Those games are totally unacceptable and better not ever happen again!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bincitysioux Posted November 4, 2012 Author Share Posted November 4, 2012 Some of the conference games will be worth looking into tickets. The non-conference schedule at home is embarrassing. Crown College and Presentation? Are you freakin kidding me!!!!! If I had DII season tickets and those were two of my home games I'd be pissed. Those games are totally unacceptable and better not ever happen again!!! Pretty much all schools at our level of play have one or two non-DI's on the schedule. I'd expect we will have one or two of these type of games every year. But I agree that the home portion of the non-conference schedule isn't very exciting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted November 4, 2012 Share Posted November 4, 2012 I know that our non-conference home games do not scream excitment, our biggest one could be a toss up between Bowling Green and Kansas City. Just have to take our lumps this year in the non-conferece. Next year will be more attractive with more than likely SDSU and NDSU coming here and whoever is our bracketbuster game will be home. Im still sold on an average attendance between 2000 and 2500, once again depening on student turnout. Now of course if we stun KSU to start the year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 http://www.bigskyconf.com/custompages/mbball/2012/stats/confldrs.htm#conf.wkt Weber State 6028 Montana 3300 SUU 2646 MSU 2172 ISU 1741 UND 1597 UNC 1086 NAU 965 EWU 915 PSU 907 Sac St 636 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux04 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Not impressive....our student section has been a barren wasteland all year (except for Montana/ Montana St.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 http://www.bigskyconf.com/custompages/mbball/2012/stats/confldrs.htm#conf.wkt Weber State 6103 Montana 3809 Southern Utah 2634 MSU 2346 ISU 1872 UND 1572 UNC 1198 NAU 1031 EWU 915 PSU 907 Sac St 646 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bincitysioux Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 The attendance for basketball has been quite disappointing...................... I thought affiliation with an established conference and a regular rotation of predominately Thursday-Saturday games would give attendance a healthy bump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darell1976 Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The attendance for basketball has been quite disappointing...................... I thought affiliation with an established conference and a regular rotation of predominately Thursday-Saturday games would give attendance a healthy bump. I hope as UND keeps winning attendance will rise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreNorthDakota Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 The attendance for basketball has been quite disappointing...................... I thought affiliation with an established conference and a regular rotation of predominately Thursday-Saturday games would give attendance a healthy bump. While I think both of those things will contribute to higher attendance in the long term, I never really expected a big bump in the first year. It takes people a little while to get settled into a routine, especially after 5 years of utter randomness when it came to basketball scheduling. When it comes to the Big Sky, it's a matter of our fans not knowing who these teams are yet. Those of us who are die hards and have been chomping at the bit to get out of the Great West and into a legitimate conference are very aware of which teams are good at which sports and which games should be in higher demand. The reality is that a big majority of our fans don't see any difference between Sac State, Weber State , or Idaho State. I'd be willing to bet that if, at the game on Thursday, you ask 20 random people who the top 2 teams in the Big Sky are 10 of them wouldn't be able to name both Weber State and Montana. We'll get there but it's going to take a few years for our more casual fans and Grand Forks as a whole to really become familiar with the Big Sky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILDCAT Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Thanks in part to a bunch of free tickets, a bunch of local school kids and the Jazz Bear, Weber recorded thier largest crowd of the year last night, 8,758 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bincitysioux Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Thanks in part to a bunch of free tickets, a bunch of local school kids and the Jazz Bear, Weber recorded thier largest crowd of the year last night, 8,758 What is the capacity of the DEE? I thought it looked rather sparsley populated on TV. Must be pretty big if there were close to 9,000 there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILDCAT Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 What is the capacity of the DEE? I thought it looked rather sparsley populated on TV. Must be pretty big if there were close to 9,000 there. The Dee holds 12,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bincitysioux Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 The Dee holds 12,000 Thanks. Looks like a nice arena. Hope to visit it some day! I continue to be perturbed by the fact that UND is drawing under 1,700 per game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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