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What's the verdict?
Is it the team's job to get the crowd in the game, or is it the crowd's job to be in the game from the start?
I wager that it's the latter - especially if the team is having a reasonable amount of success on the year. If a crowd is in the game from the start, then it has an excuse to quiet down if the home team goes down by 15-20 points. However, there is no excuse for Williams Arena to be a morgue when the game is close and/or just starting!
I want you to contrast Williams Arena today with what the Indiana crowd did against Michigan State a few days ago. Night and day difference. Indiana's crowd willed them to victory and was mind-bendingly loud from the tap, while the Gopher crowd today seemed to sit on their hands for the most part (an ongoing theme).
We always here about how Williams has such a great home court atmosphere, but is that even true anymore?
What's the solution?
Fewer scandinavians?
Cheaper ticket prices for the upper deck?
Move the student section to the sides instead of stuffing it under that overhang that blocks the sound?
More messages over the PA/video board to make noise?
I insist that WE. CAN. DO. BETTER!
Is it the team's job to get the crowd in the game, or is it the crowd's job to be in the game from the start?
I wager that it's the latter - especially if the team is having a reasonable amount of success on the year. If a crowd is in the game from the start, then it has an excuse to quiet down if the home team goes down by 15-20 points. However, there is no excuse for Williams Arena to be a morgue when the game is close and/or just starting!
I want you to contrast Williams Arena today with what the Indiana crowd did against Michigan State a few days ago. Night and day difference. Indiana's crowd willed them to victory and was mind-bendingly loud from the tap, while the Gopher crowd today seemed to sit on their hands for the most part (an ongoing theme).
We always here about how Williams has such a great home court atmosphere, but is that even true anymore?
What's the solution?
Fewer scandinavians?
Cheaper ticket prices for the upper deck?
Move the student section to the sides instead of stuffing it under that overhang that blocks the sound?
More messages over the PA/video board to make noise?
I insist that WE. CAN. DO. BETTER!
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