[Leftcoast]

The 8:30 pm start time and general hoops apathy combined to kill attendance.  Almost entirely empty sections behind the baskets.  Crowd sounded smaller and quieter than a women's volleyball match.  - Spiny Norman

Drop the minimum Buck Cardinal Club per seat requirement and those seats would be snapped up!    I used to have two of those seats and  I dropped them (along with most of the folks near me) when they put in place the donation requirement.    I'd repurchase my old tix in a heartbeat if the Athletic Department would rethink that corrosive requirement.   

In my humble opinion adding a donor requirement for the "choice" mid-court seats was inevitable and probably wise.  Extending the donation requirement to the entire "lower bowl" was a big over reach on the department's part and killed the atmosphere at Maples.  (Yes, I believe this had a bigger impact then the Dawkins era winning percentage - the place has been a great place to nap through the first three quarters at the games I've recently begged tix to attend.)

[Leftcoast]

The 8:30 pm start time and general hoops apathy combined to kill attendance.  Almost entirely empty sections behind the baskets.  Crowd sounded smaller and quieter than a women's volleyball match.  - Spiny Norman

Drop the minimum Buck Cardinal Club per seat requirement and those seats would be snapped up!    I used to have two of those seats and  I dropped them (along with most of the folks near me) when they put in place the donation requirement.    I'd repurchase my old tix in a heartbeat if the Athletic Department would rethink that corrosive requirement.   

In my humble opinion adding a donor requirement for the "choice" mid-court seats was inevitable and probably wise.  Extending the donation requirement to the entire "lower bowl" was a big over reach on the department's part and killed the atmosphere at Maples.  (Yes, I believe this had a bigger impact then the Dawkins era winning percentage - the place has been a great place to nap through the first three quarters at the games I've recently begged tix to attend.)