Michigan basketball deserves to have sellouts at Crisler every game
December 1st, 2018 at 5:36 PM ^
Wait, so you are not going to complain how many 5 stars we don't have in MBB???
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December 1st, 2018 at 5:36 PM ^
Is this a word for word quote from the announcers cause it sounds like it
December 1st, 2018 at 5:42 PM ^
Yes, although he omitted Dakich's backhanded insult towards "that football team"
December 1st, 2018 at 5:49 PM ^
That was why he liked it though. He doesn't want to support the football team because there aren't enough 5 stars.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:55 PM ^
I see the mgoidiots are out in full force tonight.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:37 PM ^
One of us. One of us. Gooble gobble, gooble gobble. One of us. One of us...
December 1st, 2018 at 6:44 PM ^
Not gonna address the fact you took this word for word from the broadcast? Ya weirdo.
December 1st, 2018 at 9:50 PM ^
no, I’m not. Go out and support the team if you can. Seems pretty fucking simple.
December 1st, 2018 at 7:09 PM ^
You took a shitty criticism word-for-word from fucking Dakich, posted it on here as an original thought, and then whine about other people being idiots.
You were watching the game on tv and are criticizing people who were watching the game on TV.
Go away.
December 1st, 2018 at 9:47 PM ^
I’m not criticizing anyone. I said go out and support the team if you can. Given that I don’t live in Michigan it’s kind of hard for me to go to games dipshit.
December 1st, 2018 at 10:02 PM ^
Diagonal Blue is Dan Dakich. Welcome to the blog, and hopefully you get sent to Bolivia loser.
December 2nd, 2018 at 12:00 AM ^
Only walmart wolverines talk like this.
December 1st, 2018 at 10:59 PM ^
Fuck off, Dakitch
December 2nd, 2018 at 12:01 AM ^
We got a keyboard warrior here everyone.
December 1st, 2018 at 11:24 PM ^
Correct. The MGoVillageIdiot "Diagonal Blue" is, in fact, out in full force tonight.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:39 PM ^
Crisler packed and noisy (see North Carolina) is AWESOME. We could have a tremendous home court advantage. C'mon folks. If I can drive 200 miles to see a game, so can you.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:53 PM ^
Damn that's some nice commitment
December 1st, 2018 at 5:40 PM ^
Couldnt help it, "deserves" will always remind me of this great part of a great movie.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:48 PM ^
...and it applies most aptly here. These kids just love to play the game...they will play equally as hard-whether folks show up to watch them or not. But sure, people should go enjoy the skill and effort they bring.
December 1st, 2018 at 8:03 PM ^
Probably Clint's second best line ever.
After...
Go ahead, make my day.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:40 PM ^
I was at the game today, awesome atmosphere. Not croweded like the Big House, very comfortable atmosphere for fans. It got pretty loud today, this teams defiantly deserves sellouts.
December 1st, 2018 at 7:15 PM ^
Why would they be defiant about it?
December 1st, 2018 at 9:16 PM ^
What he meant to say is that they predominately deserve sellouts.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:40 PM ^
Signed,
Dan Dakich
December 1st, 2018 at 5:43 PM ^
Yeah, no shit. No points for original thought.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:41 PM ^
If they're not selling out, Michigan should do something about it.
Make tickets affordable, and let people know they're available.
Hell, give them to the students. This team and program deserves a boisterous full house every game!
December 1st, 2018 at 6:28 PM ^
i've never understood this. hell, sell nosebleeds to anyone for $5. if they buy a coke, hot dog and some popcorn, they will clear > $20 a head. no brainer to me.
December 1st, 2018 at 7:56 PM ^
For the UNC game, an entire 1/3 of the upper bowl was full of student season ticket holders. There are students who want to be there to support the team for big games. We need to extended the student section in the lower bowl. Forcing the best fans into the upper bowl to make room for rich season ticket holders who don't show up and/or cheer is ridiculous
December 1st, 2018 at 9:56 PM ^
Agree Vic! Ace has been saying expand the maize rage for years.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:46 PM ^
The thing that causes a lot of people to not buy season tickets is the weeknight games. I go to a lot of weekend games but those games on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday nights are tough to make it to. I know there's nothing U-M can do about that but it's annoying.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:00 PM ^
Every other school in the country has to deal with that too. But yeah I get that it can be tough sometimes. But if every UM fan is doing what they can to show up, then that will go a long ways.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:09 PM ^
What are they charging for tickets? Not saying Michigan needs to go this cheap, but we go to FSU games during the week. Tickets are $12 for lower bowl general admission. We usually sit in the first 10 rows on the baseline.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:16 PM ^
For comparison, a Sunday afternoon game against Northwestern, upper bowl tickets halfway to the top are 35 dollars a piece.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:18 PM ^
See, I appreciate everything John Beliein and the team does, but I cannot justify paying that for an upper bowl ticket at a college basketball game. Or really any basketball game not the final four.
December 1st, 2018 at 7:59 PM ^
We went undefeated at home. It's getting harder and harder though. Any game not a night game is not the most fun experience.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:28 PM ^
I don't recall having the option to buy a $35 Final Four ticket. :)
Kidding aside, I think the tickets are priced so that it's within reach for most fans to go to a game, but not necessarily to go to many games. Crisler has a 12,721 seat capacity; you need a pretty large set of potential fans to reach that capacity at every game if each is looking at going to a game or two as opposed to a season's worth.
The three remaining bodybag games are going to be lightly attended -- Sat 12/15 vs WMU, Sat 12/22 vs Air Force, and Sun 12/30 vs Binghamton. The Big Ten season is likely to come down to game times. If they get 7 PM tips for the mid-week games, they'll get good attendance. If they're 9 PM, it's going to be dicey, particularly for opponents like Minnesota (Tue 1/22) or Nebraska (Thu 2/28).
December 1st, 2018 at 8:41 PM ^
We're going to be in Toledo for Christmas and looking at attending the Air Force game. Haven't found much under $35, unless it's the last few rows in the upper bowl.
December 2nd, 2018 at 12:00 PM ^
the tickets are priced so that it's within reach for most fans to go to a game, but not necessarily to go to many games.
This is dead-on. It's funny how people want to blame the public. In what other realm does a product deserve to sell?
December 2nd, 2018 at 2:13 PM ^
$12 lower bowl general admission would definitely get people to come to games.
Instead the lower bowl are mostly season ticket holders that renew their tickets every year and then go to 3 games.
There are no general admission lower bowl, upper bowl, or anything.
When I go to games, it grinds my gears that I have to pay for an upper bowl ticket, because the lower wasn't available, then I see empty seats down there. The ushers won't let anybody fill seats either.
December 1st, 2018 at 5:54 PM ^
B1G Champs this year, onward
December 1st, 2018 at 5:58 PM ^
People will go. They got dicked around with by previous athletic directors.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:01 PM ^
It's almost like when they schedule good teams everyone goes.
/ducks
December 1st, 2018 at 6:03 PM ^
So true, my friend and I drove down to San Antonio for the final four and I'm so glad we made the trip to support the team. It was fantastic.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:06 PM ^
I think the team deserves its crowds and the crowd deserves its team. Really, as they've been thus far, they're both highest level.
Because his quote lacked that symmetry, I found what Dakich said to be accidentally insulting to the crowd. Forgivable. Not a big deal. Nevertheless, not the right way to put it.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:09 PM ^
I'd love to have season tickets and attend every home game, but that 700 mile one way drive is a non-starter. That said I try to catch every game if its televised.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:18 PM ^
Why would you just copy exactly what Dakich said and make it an OP without even mentioning where it came from?
December 1st, 2018 at 11:21 PM ^
I think the far more likely scenario is that OP is extremely close to Dakich and he mentioned this to Dakich in one of their nightly hour long phone calls this week.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:26 PM ^
They didn't sell out many Fab Five games, and it's no different now. Crisler is a huge venue...and the nosebleed seats are very far away and very dark. It'll be hard to do because many students don't care about hoops, and you're left with locals and out of towners filling the other 12000.... Make the upper deck half price, and free parking, and you'll get more people.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:27 PM ^
Crisler is not a huge venue. Not even in the slightest.
December 1st, 2018 at 6:32 PM ^
It's the 46th largest in Division I... which makes it 12th in the Big Ten (!). The only smaller arenas are Rutgers and Northwestern.