Maybe we should fill in the gaps with those cardboard people from 2020 😊
Aren't these games played indoors?
Put a coat and a hat on. I don't think that's the problem.
No. I'm in Chicago. The weather isn't the problem. There's no snow in IC. There's just not enough interest.
It’s really sad. I got there early thinking it would be extra crowded. 😥
Ex-f’ing-actly! Eastern Iowa lame ass support.
That is pretty much it. There has been a lot of analysis and many words written about this, but that is what it comes down to. It's been since 1999 when Iowa last made the Sweet 16, that is 23 years no. An entire generation. Yes, the teams the last few years have been good and great individual players. But people found other things to do with their time. They will come back for big games and big conference games. But they aren't coming back for non-conference games in November-December for games they perceive as not that good.
I think that is the core of the problem IMO. Start there.
I can say this is the #1 reason I have completely stopped caring. The tournament is what makes college basketball great for me…and the entire season is in service to the tournament….if I know the end product (Iowas performance in the tournament) will be a dumpster fire….why do I care about the season? It’s been 23 years since we did anything of note…
Do you have a suggestion for how the current AD is to overcome the past promises made back in the early 1980’s? You may not be old enough to know this but when Carver was built it was built at a time when the old field house had a smaller capacity. To get Carver built Bump Elliot solicited donations. In exchange for those donations many folks got the right to order season tickets for as long as they liked. Fast forward 40+ years and guess what a huge chunk of our season ticket holders are well into their 70-80’s and simply don’t show up like they did when they were in their 30-40’s. I as well as the current AD are all ears as to how you take season tickets away from the people who chipped in to get Carver built. How do you ever do a large Capital campaign in the future if that is how you treat your current season ticket holders?
Students use to pack Carver with DR Tom and early years of Alford. It started to wane after the Evans/Recker Sr year disaster and even more so after Pierre Pierce incident combined with Alford's ego and arrogance that started to rub fans the wrong way especially female students with the Pierce incident. Then he left and Lick basically decimated it. Just seems like what ever Fran has done just can't get it back to what it was except few big games. Sad thing is I think if fans could've come Garza's Sr year we would've seen lot more students there and that could've helped with the argument of moving them to better seats.
This is the big catch 22 when talking about seating and carver. People complain of the gray hairs but they are the most loyal and consistent ones showing up who shell out all the $. The students are very hit and miss and don't show up enough. Do they deserve better seats? No guarantee they still show up enough if they do move them. I still wish they would because all the best college bball atmospheres have great student sections. But if they don't it would look really bad.
With the flex plan season tickets they are seating the people with the cheaper seats way at the top of the stadium. The people that are paying for the more expensive season tickets are sitting at the bottom and there's a big gap in the middle.
