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smhawk

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Anyone know why they decided on this matchup for neutral site game? You think if they weren’t playing at carver they would find a matchup that had a bit more draw than Bucknell.

Either way, I have one spare ticket for this if someone is in Dsm and needs a solo ticket.
 


Neutral site games in the Quad Cities and Sioux Falls, usually get a sellout. Games in Des Moines have a pretty good turnout. Playing a 3-9 Bucknell team is a hard sell. Not going to lie, watching that Western Michigan game was a hard watch. It was so hard I tapped out half way through the 1st half.
 


Turns out there is an explanation. The game was last scheduled vs St. Louis with Fran, but Ben McCollum is close friends with their head coach and preferred not playing him. So I guess there was few options to find to replace them when they did.
 


smhawk said:
Turns out there is an explanation. The game was last scheduled vs St. Louis with Fran, but Ben McCollum is close friends with their head coach and preferred not playing him. So I guess there was few options to find to replace them when they did.
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What? They had a “secret” scrimmage earlier in the year…why not just run it back? Is their friendship that fragile? You need to play teams with a pulse in these neutral site games. This Bucknell team is awful.
 


trj said:
What? They had a “secret” scrimmage earlier in the year…why not just run it back? Is their friendship that fragile? You need to play teams with a pulse in these neutral site games. This Bucknell team is awful.
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He’s correct, McCollum talked about it to the media.

This is basically just a practice tonight, I’m fine with it, get your younger guys lots of minutes. It’ll pay off and one game isn’t gonna hurt anything in the long run. BMC is far from being a bitch, I say let him cook how he wants.
 


trj said:
Not going to lie, watching that Western Michigan game was a hard watch. It was so hard I tapped out half way through the 1st half.
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Must be miserable. I thought it was fun to watch. There will be a great plenty of tough games coming up.
 




I tuned into the game off and on, not realizing it was in Des Moines. Then with just a few minutes remaining, I heard loud "Let's Go HAWKS" crowd chants -- when Iowa was up by 50 pts! I was like, WHAT? What's going on to make this game special and the crowd so enthusiastic?

Then I realized where the game was....and was reminded how freakin' lame and jaded Carver men's bball fans are.
 


Grady said:
I tuned into the game off and on, not realizing it was in Des Moines. Then with just a few minutes remaining, I heard loud "Let's Go HAWKS" crowd chants -- when Iowa was up by 50 pts! I was like, WHAT? What's going on to make this game special and the crowd so enthusiastic?

Then I realized where the game was....and was reminded how freakin' lame and jaded Carver men's bball fans are.
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My 30+ trips to CHA have yielded the following personal observations;

Almost zero parking close by. In the dead of winter, a definite no-go for me. The Cambus or the Hancher shuttle make this somewhat tolerable.

Although you're standing for 10-15 minutes outside afterwards to ride back to Hancher


The normal seats are horribly narrow, cramped regarding leg room and hard as a rock. Do they have cup holders that are actually functional?

Until recently, the A/V was SD and about 10+ years out of date. Audio was muffled.

Food is OK for arena offerings, but of course is priced for a captured audience.

Most crowds were into the game, but there are a lot of folks disinterested in what was going on. (Men's BB crowds)

I'll give it C+ experience
 


Seth53 said:
My 30+ trips to CHA have yielded the following personal observations;

Almost zero parking close by. In the dead of winter, a definite no-go for me. The Cambus or the Hancher shuttle make this somewhat tolerable.

Although you're standing for 10-15 minutes outside afterwards to ride back to Hancher


The normal seats are horribly narrow, cramped regarding leg room and hard as a rock. Do they have cup holders that are actually functional?

Until recently, the A/V was SD and about 10+ years out of date. Audio was muffled.

Food is OK for arena offerings, but of course is priced for a captured audience.

Most crowds were into the game, but there are a lot of folks disinterested in what was going on. (Men's BB crowds)

I'll give it C+ experience
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I use the Hancher shuttle always. As crowds grow, yeah, you will have some post game wait time. Post game traffic out of Hancher is a breeze.
Yeah, the seats are uncomfortable. At least they aren’t benches.
Other than ice cream and soda, I don’t do food there. Same with football.
Crowds have improved in size and attention. Will be interesting to see what happens with real BT games.
New student seating going well. Pep band as always is active and fun.
New coach is doing what he can. Appreciate him and the players post game.
 
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