Michigan basketball deserves to have sellouts at Crisler every game
December 1st, 2018 at 7:01 PM ^
I sat in the middle of the upper deck today and had a great view. I could hear coach b yelling at points in the game. There really aren’t too many bad seats in a college basketball arena. They aren’t very big to begin with.
December 1st, 2018 at 10:51 PM ^
Everything about this post except the Fab Five part is all wrong.
I don't know when you were last there, but I have upper bowl season tickets and can see everything just fine. I'd rather be in the upper bowl than the lower bowl in the sea of seats that aren't filled by Matlockers who don't show up to late games.
The problem isn't ticket sales. This game was a sell out today. It's the fact that we have some idiot season ticket holders who for some reason don't show up to most of the games. We have two seats next to us that have yet to be filled and we just had a primetime game vs NORTH CAROLINA and a ranked Purdue team on a Saturday.
In fact, one of those seats was filled by a Purdue fan today.
Now I know why the ticket office called me in April last season and offered me a deal on season tickets. The guy on the phone literally said I go to more games than most STHs do.
tl;dr: we sell tickets. People don't show up for who knows what reason.
Crisler was an amazing atmosphere on Wednesday night and it was pretty loud today but nowhere NEAR that UNC game.
December 2nd, 2018 at 12:15 AM ^
One of the rare things WD is 110% right about.
+1000 if I could. If you have season tickets and don’t even fucking use them, give them to someone (UM Fans) who will go. If you’re attendance is that of a secondary buyer and non-season ticket holder, than be one.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:30 PM ^
Nice to hear it was loud. From 1924 miles and the TV it looked like there were a fair number of empty seats at Crisler. Is this a pricing problem on tickets?
I live in Seattle and would have gone to the game today if within driving distance. I am making to trips, in January and February, to Ann Arbor to see some games. This team is worth the trip. Very proud of coach B, coach Y, all assistant coaches and especially the players.
December 2nd, 2018 at 12:16 AM ^
Not a pricing problem, people who have season tickets and don’t show up (for whatever weird reason) just eat them.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:38 PM ^
If I lived anywhere near Ann Arbor I'd go to every game. See a National Championship team for 50 bucks? Yes please
December 1st, 2018 at 6:54 PM ^
You’ve done nothing but complain about the basketball team and even suggested Beilein should be fired - and now you’re going to jump on the bandwagon and tell everyone to support the team?
Fuck off.
December 1st, 2018 at 9:53 PM ^
What on earth are you talking about? I'm not even going to dignify those lies with a response. Literally 100% of your posts on this site are calling other people trolls and telling people to fuck off. You are fucking trash and 100% a walmart wolverine. Shut the fuck up you pathetic little bitch.
December 1st, 2018 at 7:08 PM ^
The reality of it is that the majority of our fan base is football only until March. People plan around football Saturdays and drive in from neighboring states or even further afield. People won't do that for a hoops game. So that leaves people at the university and locals within an hour's drive of Ann Arbor.
I kind of like basketball and do pay attention to Michigan basketball, but it'd be a total lie if I claimed that the game days are circled in a calendar like football games. I just like football more than basketball.
December 1st, 2018 at 7:17 PM ^
It's hard to compare the two.
-Football games are rare events. You play only 6-8 home games a year.
-Football (at Michigan anyway) is only played on Saturdays. That's a big, big factor.
-Football games are outdoors, in weather that is usually warm enough to support an associated tailgate culture.
-The way the sport is set up, there is more riding on each game than there is in a sport with a 68-team tournament at the end of the year.
Basically every school draws more fans per game for football than basketball. This is true even at places like Duke, Indiana, UNC, etc. Now if football teams played 18-20 home games a year, half of them during the middle of the week, and during the winter at that, attendance figures would be quite different, I imagine.
December 1st, 2018 at 7:30 PM ^
Tickets are expensive, they put students (the most energized fans) up in the rafters. It's also final exam season, so that doesn't help.
December 1st, 2018 at 7:36 PM ^
I have had season tickets for four years and have been able to improve my seats to 2nd row upper bowl right on the midcourt line. Every year I have been more than willing to pay the extra seat license fees and ticket cost to move to the lower bowl, but no such seats come available to me. Thus, it is very frustrating game after to game to see anywhere from one hundred to several hundred empty seats in the lower bowl. People have paid a lot for these seats. My God, either use them or find a friend or relative or somebody who can use them!
December 1st, 2018 at 7:41 PM ^
Just watched a short highlight clip...it was just the same old stuff...very well-played basketball.
December 1st, 2018 at 7:53 PM ^
We do for big games technically, but the rich lower bowl season ticket holders don't show up. Hence why the student section needs to be extended to that section, because rich season ticket holders are terrible fans
December 1st, 2018 at 8:58 PM ^
Well, the season ticket holders are buying the tickets, so I wouldn’t call them terrible fans.
it would be helpful if all ticket holders would sell their tickets if they aren’t going to the game so that others could use the seats and cheer on the team.
December 2nd, 2018 at 5:20 AM ^
if you can't go, at least donate them to a local charity and get a tax deduction.
December 1st, 2018 at 8:03 PM ^
I heard Dan Dakish say that exact statement towards the end of the game today. Did you copy it from him?
December 1st, 2018 at 8:08 PM ^
Crisler was sold out the last 2 games and 95% sold out against Chattanooga. What's the problem?
December 2nd, 2018 at 5:21 AM ^
the OP is a d-bag. simple as that.
December 1st, 2018 at 9:48 PM ^
I am actually debating not renewing my football tickets and picking up basketball tickets. This team is incredible.
December 1st, 2018 at 10:55 PM ^
Give them to me
December 2nd, 2018 at 12:19 AM ^
Exactly lol
December 1st, 2018 at 9:55 PM ^
Totally agree, this team is special and we need to support it. I went to both the UNC game and todays what a great atmosphere when that place is packed. I’ve never been in a louder arena (or football stadium err hrrm) than when we went on the run to start the second half against UNC.
Cheaper to get in than football and they actually deserve our money!
December 1st, 2018 at 10:33 PM ^
I would love to go to hoops games, but I am at that point in life where it is difficult with 4 kids under the age of 10. I was able to get the whole clan to the Jacksonville game last year. Sadly, it was the only game I could afford to take my family to. We sat in the very last row in the upper bowl and still had a lot of fun, cheered loudly, and my kids would like to go again sometime.
With the way the tickets are priced though, I will only be able to afford body bag games. This year the only game that we would be able to go to is Binghampton and I am not real stoked to drive 2 plus hours to watch them play an opponent like that.
December 2nd, 2018 at 3:40 AM ^
would it be easy to buy cheapest tickets by the stadium day of, or better to buy via onine site?
(12/14 vs. WMU)
December 2nd, 2018 at 2:08 PM ^
Doesn't really matter if the games sell out. A lot of "fans" buy tickets and don't go.
December 2nd, 2018 at 2:20 PM ^
Build a parking garage next to Crisler. Connect it to Crisler, so that people don't have to walk outside.
Make parking in the parking garage free to people with tickets or a cheap $5. Does UofM really need more money?
Scan tickets and don't let people who don't use their tickets renew their season tickets.
Make all tickets general admission, maybe?
Give some incentive to people who actually go to games to get better seats.
December 2nd, 2018 at 2:59 PM ^
I just drove from GR to the UNC game. Toughest thing about basketball and driving is how short the games are. It feels like you are turning right around and driving back to GR at 1 am in the morning. Football is a all day event. I understand why people don't travel far.