2011 NCAAW Sweet 16

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by grunewar

Even for the men's early tourney, afternoon games, there were very few people in the seats in some arenas.

Part of that is due to the fact that tickets were sold in blocks and some fans leave when their game is over....or don't arrive until thier game begins.

Other issues I heard mentioned for some games is that they cleared the arena between the first pair of games and the 2nd pair of games but had little time to admit everyone for the 2nd sessions. They scheduled the sessions too close together. Some games started with nearly empty seats and slowly filled up as they got people through.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Part of that is due to the fact that tickets were sold in blocks and some fans leave when their game is over....or don't arrive until thier game begins.

Other issues I heard mentioned for some games is that they cleared the arena between the first pair of games and the 2nd pair of games but had little time to admit everyone for the 2nd sessions. They scheduled the sessions too close together. Some games started with nearly empty seats and slowly filled up as they got people through.

Camron - while these are nice "alibis" and "excuses" and I concur to a point, I would also opine that having games in the middle of the day, far from home, in large arenas, between non-local teams that no one really knows about, don't generate a lot of excitement and therefore show lackluster attendance - boys or girls (and girls is obviously much worse).