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Date Posted: 16:30:32 06/18/04 Fri
Author: kesiwick
Subject: Re:NCAA Attendance Figures for last season are out
In reply to: Purple71 's message, "NCAA Attendance Figures for last season are out" on 16:32:23 06/17/04 Thu

Hockey and basketball are both great sports. I could care less if 90 percent of the nation doesn't pay attention to hockey. Colgate has a great hockey tradition and I, for one, would like to join them in the ECAC to get a lot more local fan interest in the program. The fact is that most of America doesn't care much about most college sports beyond big-time men's college basketball and football. Holy Cross and Colgate are great schools. The constant ragging on each other is pounderous.

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[> Re: NCAA Attendance Figures for last season -- Gate Raider, 23:37:57 06/18/04 Fri

There is no doubt that BB at 'gate is hurt by hockey games being scheduled on the same day. And, actually, hockey draws some fans from the Utica (26 miles) and Syracuse (40 mi.) area. I think, if you combined the numbers for student attendance at all sports, Colgate would surpass HC. Students only have so much time and it is difficult to attend everything. HC fans - don't be surprised if your BB attendance figures drop if you join ECAC hockey. It is probable that hockey will take some fans from BB. Last, 13 is correct about your crying over PL BB. You can't have it both ways. The ECAC will be complaining about your poor attendance at hockey. The reason HC doesn't report hockey attendance is that they don't want it held against them in their attempt to move up to a better conference.

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[> [> How do you count hockey attendance? -- sader1970, 07:13:58 06/19/04 Sat

I've only attended 3-4 HC hockey games but I can see a problem on tracking attendance. I don't know how they do it at Colgate or other places but the hockey games I went to at the Hart, the games were free and there were no tickets and no one counting or checking anyone at the door (an exception, if I recall correctly were the playoff games where I think I had to buy a ticket). In addition, people came and went throughout the game. Some obviously watched part of the game, some watched all but left to get refreshments and then came back.

So, I really don't think anyone at HC is trying to "hide" the attendance figures - the reality is, no one really knows what the true figures would be.

I would estimate the games I went to had an average of about 400 with a low of a couple of hundred and a high of, perhaps close to 800.

So all you Raider fans, how do you get an accurate count in Hamilton?

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[> [> Re: NCAA Attendance Figures for last season -- kesiwick, 09:56:03 06/19/04 Sat

hockey attendance figures may be found on uscho.com -- we averaged about the same numbers as Quinnipiac and UCONN -- and let's remember that local Worcester area fan interest in teams from Atlantic is zero. ECAC teams will bring more local interest, especially for an area that is very much into hockey -- and looking at the attendance at Brown, for example, I have little doubt HC will draw more fans.

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[> [> [> Re: NCAA Attendance Figures for last season -- Gate Raider, 00:42:24 06/20/04 Sun

First, Colgate has lots of season ticket purchasers. They also have advance sale tickets as well as selling tickets at the door. There are ticket takers at the door and your hand is stamped for readmission in case you leave the arena for some reason. Actually, judging attendance is quite easy since the rink is usually totally full and with standing room only at the big games and during playoffs. The same goes for BB and football except for these sports you keep the ticket stub for readmission.

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