Gopher Volleyball 2019

[Ignatius L Hoops]

http://www.dailynebraskan.com/sports...a4bcf6878.html

A couple of things Borzi didn't mention in his article: the 2013 Devaney Center renovation cost $20 million and took place after men's and women's basketball moved to a new arena in Lincoln thereby freeing up the Devaney center as a dedicated volleyball facility.

[Tucker]

http://www.dailynebraskan.com/sports...a4bcf6878.html

A couple of things Borzi didn't mention in his article: the 2013 Devaney Center renovation cost $20 million and took place after men's and women's basketball moved to a new arena in Lincoln thereby freeing up the Devaney center as a dedicated volleyball facility.

Yes, it's idiotic, forgive my French. As Hugh says, "It's not broken. We're not looking to fix it." Sell outs are not a bad thing.

It's not like they have been selling out for years and years. They've had growth for the last few years with some good teams with really attractive local kids on the team to further the appeal. And so they have recently reached a point where they are selling out. This is a very good home field advantage.

"Let's move into a huge cavern so everyone gets to see!". Yeah right, great idea.

Maybe we should tell the U to hold off on putting air conditioning in the PAV because we might be moving soon.

SELLOUTS ARE NOT A BAD THING!

[Gophers_4life]

https://www.minnpost.com/sports/2018...grown-the-pav/

Minnpost; Pat Borzi: Has Gopher volleyball outgrown the PAV. Spoiler: probably not.

Which is a long and winding way (sorry) to address a lingering issue for next year’s Gophers — whether the team has outgrown the cozy, comfortable, 5,500-capacity Pav, and should move at least some Big Ten Conference matches next door to Williams Arena, which holds 14,625.

Easier proposed than done.

Gophers Coach Hugh McCutcheon opposes it, and McCutcheon carries such gravitas in the athletic department that it has zero chance of happening without his support. He loves the noise and energy in the Pav, and Minnesota’s 61-3 mark there the last four years offers a compelling argument to stay put. (The university dropping major bucks to air condition the Pav next year is another.) Three of those four seasons saw the Gophers go unbeaten at home in Big Ten conference play, critical for landing a high NCAA seed.

“We’ve got it good where we are,” McCutcheon said before last week’s Minneapolis Regional. “It’s not broken. We’re not looking to fix it.

“If for some reason we knew we could get into Williams and sell it out, for example, then great. But as we know, the margins in our conference are incredibly thin. To take an advantage away from our team on the off chance that maybe we could get a better crowd or something, it seems like we’re not really honoring our commitment to the program by doing that.”

Fine. But our friends from Lincoln offer an intriguing counterargument.

The Huskers navigated a similar dilemma in 2013, moving from the raucous Nebraska Coliseum (capacity 4,030) to the larger, newly renovated Bob Devaney Sports Center. Nebraska was 454-30 in 37 seasons at the Coliseum, losing only six conference matches in that time, at one point winning an NCAA-record 90 straight at home. Nebraska Coach John Cook preferred to stay put. But Tom Osborne, the renowned and respected former football coach, was the athletic director at the time, and nobody says no to Tom Osborne.

Extremely selfish position by McCutcheon on this. Very disappointing.

Playing in Williams would actually give people outside the Pav cult of season ticket holders a chance to go to the game and watch the awesome vball team!

[Gophers_4life]

Yes, it's idiotic, forgive my French. As Hugh says, "It's not broken. We're not looking to fix it." Sell outs are not a bad thing.

It's not like they have been selling out for years and years. They've had growth for the last few years with some good teams with really attractive local kids on the team to further the appeal. And so they have recently reached a point where they are selling out. This is a very good home field advantage.

"Let's move into a huge cavern so everyone gets to see!". Yeah right, great idea.

Maybe we should tell the U to hold off on putting air conditioning in the PAV because we might be moving soon.

SELLOUTS ARE NOT A BAD THING!

Must be one of the selfish season ticket holders at the Pav. Of course you want to do whats best in your own self interests.

Not talking about a permanent move. Maybe just a COUPLE games.

[Tucker]

Must be one of the selfish season ticket holders at the Pav. Of course you want to do whats best in your own self interests.

Not talking about a permanent move. Maybe just a COUPLE games.

Air you calling me a season ticket holder? Talking about my own self interests? ....lol
I am not a season ticket holder. I'm talking about the interests of the team. Oh my gosh, the sold out a few games, let's move them out of their home and into a 14,000 seat barn...haha

[#2Gopher]

Perhaps they should raise the prices a bit and have scholarship sitting. See how that works. We know how it works in men's sports. Fair is Fair.

[Gophers_4life]

let's move them out of their home and into a 14,000 seat barn...haha

Fail

If you can't comprehend the simple discussion (a COUPLE games), then don't comment.

[beavergopher]

Must be one of the selfish season ticket holders at the Pav. Of course you want to do whats best in your own self interests.

Not talking about a permanent move. Maybe just a COUPLE games.

And watch a player fly off the court and kill themselve running after a ball? Maybe the Crazy Blanket Lady can sprint around the court and catch them in her cozy polar fleece?
Become a “selfish” season ticket holder. Problem solved. We did five years ago.

[Ski U Mah Gopher]

And watch a player fly off the court and kill themselve running after a ball? Maybe the Crazy Blanket Lady can sprint around the court and catch them in her cozy polar fleece?
Become a “selfish” season ticket holder. Problem solved. We did five years ago.

If they offered a Saturday only package, I might opt for that. Fridays are not the best option most weeks.


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[Ignatius L Hoops]

I've been to a number of matches at Williams (I think Illinois back in 2012 was the last match). It's okay; but the PAV is a better volleyball venue and yes there is the raised floor issue.

It also seemed that when they did a Burst the Barn match it took up most of the marketing effort for very little gain. I remember $1 tickets to a Nebraska match and I don't recall the crowd being particularly large. Now if you spent $30 million, gutted Williams, put in better and closer to the court seating, reduced capacity to about 8,000 and totally redid the concourses etc.; I'd get behind it.

Of course, the basketball teams would have to relocate. Or, we could put the same effort into the PAV; although its more limited footprint makes it harder to put improvements into the fan areas and more productive to put the money into the team area amenities. Anyway, in seven months or so, AIR CONDITIONING will help the PAV feel like a volleyball palace- at least for a little while.

[dlw4gophers]

Extremely selfish position by McCutcheon on this. Very disappointing.

Playing in Williams would actually give people outside the Pav cult of season ticket holders a chance to go to the game and watch the awesome vball team!

It has worked so well for men's hockey. Remember the crowds at the old Mariucci arena.

[dlw4gophers]

Must be one of the selfish season ticket holders at the Pav. Of course you want to do whats best in your own self interests.

Not talking about a permanent move. Maybe just a COUPLE games.

Season tickets were not that hard to come by. First year season ticket holder. Ended up 8 rows up on the 10 foot line. Sell out the Pav with season tickets. Then we can worry about a larger seating capacity. Renewals for season tickets went out today. Mine have been ordered.

[UpAndUnder43]

Renewed my season tickets today. Sounds like it’s mostly sold out, per my extremely helpful ticket rep today.

[Gopher68]

Gophers add transfer setter Kylie Miller from UCLA. She was ranked #11 in her class (same class as Hart and Pittman).

[MRJ]

Gophers add transfer setter Kylie Miller from UCLA. She was ranked #11 in her class (same class as Hart and Pittman).

Miller is a big (maybe huge) pickup. She was one of names mentioned as a possible transfer from the start. Glad to have it official.

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