Dana Altman: “3,300 people. That's not good enough. If It’s me, then get rid of me....Somebody will hire me somewhere."

[ISUBryceC]

Honestly I don't know if I'd go to an NIT game, and I'm pretty much willing to go about anywhere. Just a different time and I'm not really interested.

 

[lucas80]

Gonna be hard to come back from those comments. How does he return courtside again next Fall?

From the sound of it he'll return to silence.

 

[hawkfan55]

Can't remember the year, but got basically court-side tickets cuz all the blue-hair-leave-at-the last-TV-timeout crowd didn't get first dibs. Was still and easily the loudest game I've ever been to at CHA.

A big reason was that there wasn’t a student section and those tickets were open to the public.

 

[markfromj]

Dayton was great because we came off the Lick years and just excited for any taste of post season play…

Oddly, Iowa was the road team for that one.

 

[Hawksbyamillion]

I’m guessing the Dayton game as well. Gatens last game at CHA. There was definitely a different feel to the arena that day and Iowa (Basabe & White) put on a pretty good show too.

Ironically, they lost to Oregon and Dana Altman in the next round.

I thought we made it to the NIT finals and lost to Oregan that year? Maybe it was a different year though?

 

[BonzoFury]

I thought we made it to the NIT finals and lost to Oregan that year? Maybe it was a different year though?

we lost to oregano but certainly would have beaten basil. Bad draw.

 

[HawkAlum2002]

I thought we made it to the NIT finals and lost to Oregan that year? Maybe it was a different year though?

We lost to Baylor in the NIT Final game in 2013, the year we got kind of screwed in the MSU B10 tournament game. Woody and Gesell's freshman year.

 

[Hawksbyamillion]

We lost to Baylor in the NIT Final game in 2013, the year we got kind of screwed in the MSU B10 tournament game. Woody and Gesell's freshman year.

That’s right, guess it was a different green team I was thinking of. Thanks

 

[GunnerHawk]

Tbf the next time we host an NIT game, I think we can expect similar attendance.

Totally disagree

 

[StormHawk42]

Idk how anyone can think going to the NIT in Fran’s 14th or 15th year would draw a good excited crowd. It’s a totally different situation than his 2nd and 3rd years. Maybe not 3300. But I’d guess 5k would be the cap.

Agree to disagree apparently