Big Sky Kills Friday-Saturday Basketball

[Skippy]

Each time they've tried this, they've killed it one year later. What's that definition of insanity?

http://missoulian.com/sports/college/montana/article_0784f550-6308-11df-ba32-001cc4c03286.html

 

[weberskipc]

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[Skippy]

Actually, Ithink one thing the Big Sky has right is the way its conference tournament is currently set up. While it would be good to have the final four on a weekend, I like the idea of the 3-6 teams playing for a home court advantage, and the 1-2 guys playing for byes. It makes for a lot more meaningful games at the end of the regular season. And let's face it, NOBODY goes to the 3-6, 4-5 games when they're played at the site of the No. 1 team.

 

[WILDCAT]

Good nobody liked it.

 

[weberwildcat]

i guess i was the only one that loved the games on back to back nights. it was nice going to games 2 days in a row as well i think the fridays got better attendance than thursdays ever have.

but ya i do realize the players/coaches/media didnt like it so much.

but i think teams that are well coached/disciplined benefited from the games on fri/sat compared to those those that weren't.

so will we see attendance drop in 2011 or can we hope it will still increase...

 

[weberwildcat]

I'm not trying to say we should only play on Fridays but here's an observation I've noticed...

2010 attendance on Fridays
Game 8: Jan 22 Portland State*: 6,011 (Friday)
Game 10: Jan 29 Sacramento State*: 5,118 (Friday)
Game 11: Feb 12 Northern Arizona*: 5,791 (Friday)

2009 attendance on Thursdays
Game 6 - MSU: 3,226 (Thursday)
Game 9 - EWU: 4,881 (Thursday)
Game 11 - NAU: 4,237 (Thursday)