MBB vs Statesboro U, Saturday, March 9, 12:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+, Pensacola Bay Center, Pensacola, Fla., Sun Belt Qtrs

[Bootsy]

Watched some of the Dayton v VCU game. What I noticed about that game and several mid majors in general is the packed arena and environment in general. They have that same atmosphere we had for the Auburn and JMU games all the time. It's a bit of a downer watching many of our games home and road with a couple thousand empty seats on the screen and our Sunbelt tournament played in a virtually empty gym. Some of these mid major conferences are simply a different level of interest and dynamic.

Many of these older facilities (like Cameron Indoor, Reynolds Coliseum, etc.) were built when Moby Dick was a minnow and typically hold fewer than 4,000. These smaller field houses are actually advantageous to the home team: they are easier to fill and the fans/noise are a competitive advantage. But most of all, the environment looks fantastic on TV…and that’s what matters now, right?

This is why universities with the resources are building smaller venues for basketball & volleyball games. Example: Liberty University has the Vines Center (capacity: 9,500). Based on the success of their MBB program, they built Liberty Arena right next door (capacity: 4,000). They routinely pack it out, and for more than just MBB games. Plus, their fans are super loud (and obnoxious). Mission accomplished.

Based on App MBB home attendance the past few seasons, App fans would easily fill up a venue of that size and tickets would be hard to come by. It’s a shame the university decided not to renovate Varsity Gym…but that decision was made at a different time when we had different priorities.

Lastly, watching App home games on TV is a bit deceiving. It doesn’t help that the same 20-30 seats right behind the visitors’ bench are usually empty and colored dayglow yellow. What’s hard to grasp is how loud it gets in that building; even when it’s less than half full, the noise level is stout. Our fans are super engaged and I don’t think that’s lost on high school/transfer players visiting app.

ps- if you’ve never had an opportunity to attend men’s/womens volleyball games (at any level), I strongly encourage you to check it out. My niece was on a volleyball team in high school and we were amazed at the action, high energy level and fun!

[hapapp]

Watched some of the Dayton v VCU game. What I noticed about that game and several mid majors in general is the packed arena and environment in general. They have that same atmosphere we had for the Auburn and JMU games all the time. It's a bit of a downer watching many of our games home and road with a couple thousand empty seats on the screen and our Sunbelt tournament played in a virtually empty gym. Some of these mid major conferences are simply a different level of interest and dynamic.

It is impressive what the A10 can bring in terms of attendance and energy. Keep in mind that these are primarily basketball only schools. The ones who do play football play at a lower level than the Sun Belt. That's not to make excuses because its certainly possible to have crowds at both. But, for many of these schools basketball is the thing.

[BambooRdApp]

Watched some of the Dayton v VCU game. What I noticed about that game and several mid majors in general is the packed arena and environment in general. They have that same atmosphere we had for the Auburn and JMU games all the time. It's a bit of a downer watching many of our games home and road with a couple thousand empty seats on the screen and our Sunbelt tournament played in a virtually empty gym. Some of these mid major conferences are simply a different level of interest and dynamic.

It is impressive what the A10 can bring in terms of attendance and energy. Keep in mind that these are primarily basketball only schools. The ones who do play football play at a lower level than the Sun Belt. That's not to make excuses because its certainly possible to have crowds at both. But, for many of these schools basketball is the thing.

UNCW routinely has good crowds at games.

[ggasu]

Watched some of the Dayton v VCU game. What I noticed about that game and several mid majors in general is the packed arena and environment in general. They have that same atmosphere we had for the Auburn and JMU games all the time. It's a bit of a downer watching many of our games home and road with a couple thousand empty seats on the screen and our Sunbelt tournament played in a virtually empty gym. Some of these mid major conferences are simply a different level of interest and dynamic.

Many of these older facilities (like Cameron Indoor, Reynolds Coliseum, etc.) were built when Moby Dick was a minnow and typically hold fewer than 4,000. These smaller field houses are actually advantageous to the home team: they are easier to fill and the fans/noise are a competitive advantage. But most of all, the environment looks fantastic on TV…and that’s what matters now, right?

This is why universities with the resources are building smaller venues for basketball & volleyball games. Example: Liberty University has the Vines Center (capacity: 9,500). Based on the success of their MBB program, they built Liberty Arena right next door (capacity: 4,000). They routinely pack it out, and for more than just MBB games. Plus, their fans are super loud (and obnoxious). Mission accomplished.

Based on App MBB home attendance the past few seasons, App fans would easily fill up a venue of that size and tickets would be hard to come by. It’s a shame the university decided not to renovate Varsity Gym…but that decision was made at a different time when we had different priorities.

The push in the late eighties and nineties was to build bigger capacity, which definitely hurt mid major basketball atmosphere.

(BTW Reynolds original capacity was 12,400 (was largest in Southeast for awhile) Cameron is 9400)

UNCW’s coliseum is perfect size 5400 built straight up and crazy loud….4000 attendance there looks impressive. 4000 at Holmes doesn’t

[311neers]

Watched some of the Dayton v VCU game. What I noticed about that game and several mid majors in general is the packed arena and environment in general. They have that same atmosphere we had for the Auburn and JMU games all the time. It's a bit of a downer watching many of our games home and road with a couple thousand empty seats on the screen and our Sunbelt tournament played in a virtually empty gym. Some of these mid major conferences are simply a different level of interest and dynamic.

Many of these older facilities (like Cameron Indoor, Reynolds Coliseum, etc.) were built when Moby Dick was a minnow and typically hold fewer than 4,000. These smaller field houses are actually advantageous to the home team: they are easier to fill and the fans/noise are a competitive advantage. But most of all, the environment looks fantastic on TV…and that’s what matters now, right?

This is why universities with the resources are building smaller venues for basketball & volleyball games. Example: Liberty University has the Vines Center (capacity: 9,500). Based on the success of their MBB program, they built Liberty Arena right next door (capacity: 4,000). They routinely pack it out, and for more than just MBB games. Plus, their fans are super loud (and obnoxious). Mission accomplished.

Based on App MBB home attendance the past few seasons, App fans would easily fill up a venue of that size and tickets would be hard to come by. It’s a shame the university decided not to renovate Varsity Gym…but that decision was made at a different time when we had different priorities.

The push in the late eighties and nineties was to build bigger capacity, which definitely hurt mid major basketball atmosphere.

(BTW Reynolds original capacity was 12,400 (was largest in Southeast for awhile) Cameron is 9400)

UNCW’s coliseum is perfect size 5400 built straight up and crazy loud….4000 attendance there looks impressive. 4000 at Holmes doesn’t

I’d assume the next phase is to cut about 2k seats to replace with box suites/open area/standing room/concessions/restroom upgrades. And get a new roof so it doesn’t leak. A bigger priority than the East Side expansion IMO. If we want to be serious about basketball we have to renovate.

[NattyBumppo'sRevenge]

Many of the A10 are in larger population centers

[311neers]

Good start. Even though it feels like Spillers is O for the century at the rim.

[AppDub]

With the exception of some iffy passes, they look locked and loaded. Feels like we should be up by 20 from the flow of things. Spillers seems a little off. He will dial it in.

[311neers]

With the exception of some iffy passes, they look locked and loaded. Feels like we should be up by 20 from the flow of things. Spillers seems a little off. He will dial it in.

Our turnovers always seem like they lead to 30’ 3 point makes. 5 point swings.

[AppDub]

With the exception of some iffy passes, they look locked and loaded. Feels like we should be up by 20 from the flow of things. Spillers seems a little off. He will dial it in.

Our turnovers always seem like they lead to 30’ 3 point makes. 5 point swings.

Agreed

[311neers]

Moore is killing us.

[AppDub]

Moore is killing us.

That dude always shoots well against us.

[AppDub]

If there was a foul there it was on the ground. No way he should have gotten two shots from the line

[appfanjj]

Not a great end to the first half.

[Bootsy]

Watched some of the Dayton v VCU game. What I noticed about that game and several mid majors in general is the packed arena and environment in general. They have that same atmosphere we had for the Auburn and JMU games all the time. It's a bit of a downer watching many of our games home and road with a couple thousand empty seats on the screen and our Sunbelt tournament played in a virtually empty gym. Some of these mid major conferences are simply a different level of interest and dynamic.

Many of these older facilities (like Cameron Indoor, Reynolds Coliseum, etc.) were built when Moby Dick was a minnow and typically hold fewer than 4,000. These smaller field houses are actually advantageous to the home team: they are easier to fill and the fans/noise are a competitive advantage. But most of all, the environment looks fantastic on TV…and that’s what matters now, right?

This is why universities with the resources are building smaller venues for basketball & volleyball games. Example: Liberty University has the Vines Center (capacity: 9,500). Based on the success of their MBB program, they built Liberty Arena right next door (capacity: 4,000). They routinely pack it out, and for more than just MBB games. Plus, their fans are super loud (and obnoxious). Mission accomplished.

Based on App MBB home attendance the past few seasons, App fans would easily fill up a venue of that size and tickets would be hard to come by. It’s a shame the university decided not to renovate Varsity Gym…but that decision was made at a different time when we had different priorities.

The push in the late eighties and nineties was to build bigger capacity, which definitely hurt mid major basketball atmosphere.

(BTW Reynolds original capacity was 12,400 (was largest in Southeast for awhile) Cameron is 9400)

UNCW’s coliseum is perfect size 5400 built straight up and crazy loud….4000 attendance there looks impressive. 4000 at Holmes doesn’t

Thanks for clarifying stadium sizes. My mistake; I guess they look smaller on TV

[appstate24]

Ahh yes, there’s the famous Sun Belt refs the last few minutes….

Idiots

Finish Strong!!

GO APPS!!

[Bigdaddyg1]

Anyone else feel like if we really wanted to and tried we could score at will in the paint and at the rim? We seem to lose focus at times and make dumb passes and decisions.

[311neers]

With the exception of some iffy passes, they look locked and loaded. Feels like we should be up by 20 from the flow of things. Spillers seems a little off. He will dial it in.

Our turnovers always seem like they lead to 30’ 3 point makes. 5 point swings.

Agreed

Bump. Our defense is so good but we shoot ourselves with 2 turnovers. And now it’s a game.

[diehardapp18]

They’ve scored 25 points in the last like 7 minutes I mean come on now guys

[AppDub]

Just making observations