Yes I know this the football forum but since I'm posting this at tip-off from the Schott and it's about a 1/3 full so I don't know if the b-ball forum has anyone around. It sucks that the b-ball team has been so consistently good now for many years and while we're still one of the biggest schools in America with the largest fan base, we can't get decent crowds for games outside of the BIG games. I don't care if we are playing Gee's Little Sisters of the Poor, we should be able to do much better. This isn't good for recruiting...hopefully we don't bring any in for these early season games. Is there any of you Eleven Warrior members not going this year because of the economy/ cost etc?
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Dear Buckeye fans, support the hockey team and go to games. I think we play #5 Miami (OH) and I would love to see OSU take down those arrogant Redhawks.
Ohio State's band SLAUGHTERED Michigan's band. If this were a football game, it would have been Florida State vs. Savannah State. - SB Nation following OSU vs. UM 2012
As a Redhawk, I support this comment.
As a Redhawk, I don't. The hockey fans are actually pretty die hard. They aren't like the preppy "J. Crew U" douche bags people normally think of Miami as.
As a person who has had hockey season tickets for the last 20 years, Miami really hasnt had "die hard" hockey fans until the last 8-9 years when they got decent. Thats when they started acting as if they invented NCAA hockey and stole all of the Michigan rink cheers word for word.
It's Savannah State...
It's Ohio State!
D. Anthony
Understood, but you can't expect sellout crowds vs every small school we bring into columbus, it just isn't realistic. It's christmas people aren't spending money on things like that right now
I think its also rational to look at the fact that school just finished up too and that will explain for the smaller crowds too.
Ohio State's band SLAUGHTERED Michigan's band. If this were a football game, it would have been Florida State vs. Savannah State. - SB Nation following OSU vs. UM 2012
Quite the contrary. It is absolutely realistic to expect sell out crowds for every game. Why did every football game against a cupcake sell out. (I know, I know. Fewer games, on weekends, etc.) Still my point is Duke, MSU, Kansas, UNC, those guys don't have trouble selling out weeknight games against Baby Seal U. If OSU wants to be considered on that level (and they should!) they need to sell out every game too.
The team is busting their asses to win an NC, the fans need to be too!
“Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.” - Woody
You do realize there are like 2.5x the home games for basketball as there are for football, right? You wouldn't sell out all the FCS football games either if there were 16 home games.
And many of us, like myself, live nowhere near columbus.
You also realize there are like 6x as many seats in the football stadium as in basketball, right? We can do this all day, but it's hard to compare football to basketball, I understand. So let's compare our basketball to other school's basketball. I know some of it is on the school for limiting student tickets because of revenue concerns etc. But as others have noted, the open market will help mitigate that as StubHub had tickets for $3. The tickets will get sold for what people can/will pay. I drive down from Lansing, MI to at least one bball game every year. I find it easier to get basketball tickets than football. 57,000 students had good excuses yesterday cuz it's finals week, what's their problem the other games? Every OSU game should sell out, there's no excuse for it IMHO.
“Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.” - Woody
Their problem is the school only sells 1400 season tickets to students and these non conference games aren't even included because were on break
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
That allotment seems high, considering every game there are rows empty at the top of the student section as tipoff is occurring.
At tipoff isn't a good indicator students tend to show up late
The student tickets sold out in 4 minutes, that tells you plenty about the fact they need more
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
$56 for 2 mid court upper deck nosebleeds, $10 parking, $20 2 pops and snacks.
economy is too bad for me to drop a hundee to watch us vs every cupcake. Dropped over a hundee last weekend when the wife and I took our two kids to watch them play vs Long Beach. We no doubt had fun. Wish the upper deckers were more like $10-15, it'd make a difference.
Tickets on Stubhub the whole week before the game were as cheap as $3/ticket for last night's game. Tickets are more expensive for the better games, but sometimes you can find pretty good deals. I totally understand the financial aspect. If this is a big issue (as it is for me), keep an eye on stubhub particularly for non-marquee games.
My husband and I went to the basketball game last Saturday and it was just as bad. Lots of empty seats.
They should try and switch between arenas for Non-Conference and Big Ten games. I know games like Kansas, Duke, etc... should be in the Schott, but games like this should be in St. John's to fix the issue with empty seats. I know its one of those its easy to see now deals, but it would be an wise idea in the future.
figure there is way too much advertisement money in this to switch to the smaller venue for small games.
St. John is going to be torn down. It's suppoded to need $40 to $50 million in repairs. A new 4000 seat arena for minor sports and high school touraments, other sports facilities and student housing will be built in it's place.
It just comes down to not enough true OSU b-ball fans as many top programs with way less alumni and students etc kick our butts in attendance. I guess not too many major football powers also sell out a big a arena for b-ball as well? Just hate seeing empty seats over all these games and years...even when we were ranked #1.
D. Anthony
I live out of state (I won't specifically mention which one), but I'll be going to the road games that feature OSU in my state (which shall remain nameless). Tickets weren't bad, and you better believe the games will both be sold out, but it's because OSU is coming to town.
“Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect.” - Woody
This wasn't a student ticketed game. We're on break/taking finals.
midweek game vs a team our walkons could beat by 20... dont blame fans for not showing up in massive numbers, especially since there are so many bball games during the season...cant expect a lot of people to leave work and try and fight traffic to get over to the schott to watch OSU smash SVSU.
Somehow we fans fight traffic and spend way more for football regardless of the crappiest football teams we schedule. 105,000 in the stadium and probably another 70k tailgating...I know there are fewer football games and it's more of an event etc but again the biggest college fan base in America should be able to do better.
D. Anthony
You answered the question perfectly, "I know there are fewer football games and it's more of an event etc." Not to mention the cupcake games in Football are on Saturday's and at the end of Summer. Going to an Ohio State football game is a "once in a lifetime" experience for some and the Horseshoe and the pagentry etc..
The Schott just doesn't have that magic to it and you're never going to see the numbers on a Wednesday at 7:00PM for an unranked team. I could go on and on about why Football sells out every game and Basketball does not but I think you and I have made great points.
The fact that you have to post this in the football forum for anyone to read it says it all....as depressing as that is
Exactly... we regularly get only 11- 12,000 fans in for pre-Big 10 games in a 18,000+ stadium... With 57,000 students and several hundred thousand Buckeye fans just in Central Ohio. We should do better for having a top 10 basketball program for several years now.
D. Anthony
#1 they are playing Savannah State, #2 to get tickets to any decent the game the prices are absolutely ridiculous. The OSU vs. Indiana game is more expensive than what I paid to sit in 27AA Row 2 for OSU vs. Michigan. I am a huge supporter of the bball team, but not going to attend a game midweek of us playing a crappy team when I have no chance to get decent tickets to a good game....
These are the most affordable games so shouldn't more people come to see their team play on games like tonight if it's all they can afford and they are Buckeye b-ball fans? Not sure I follow the logic.
D. Anthony
i dont want to see our highly ranked team play some damn cupcake and spend $56 a piece on a ticket to watch a game over before the warmups even start. Just like I don't go watch the football team play a bunch of patty cakes before conference games start. And it's not that I can't afford a $1,136 court side seat to watch them play Indiana, it's just that I can buy one season ticket for next year's football schedule with that same money!!
Easy solution. More tickets to students will fill the place (granted today want a student game but all of the crappy OOC games that students have had tix for the student section has been full)
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
D. Anthony, I agree. We are coming into town for Christmas and will be going to the Saturday game versus Chicago St. game. I'd love to live closer and be able to go to more games.
Play somebody. My time is worth way too much to go see them play all of these horrible teams. If it is not full for Kansas game, then you have a real complaint.
I get the feeling you've dropped a lot more money to watch a crappy team or two come to The Shoe to take their beat down.
D. Anthony
I stopped going to OSU football games a few years ago, so I don't give any money to go to games. I actually prefer the bball games better because I can take my kids without them having to listen to a bunch of drunks constantly swearing. I just don't see the entertainment in going to watch a non-competitive game, especially on a weeknight.
If these types of games get large crowds, what incentive does gene smith have to schedule more competitive teams?
It's pretty said my bpa/deca group along with about 30 other high schools who also had bpa/deca groups made up most of those in attendance. I was surprised to see the low turnout considering we are ranked 7th in the country and coming off a final four
Go DECA Go Buckeyes.
Class of 2008
DECA sucks BPA is way better but yeah Go Buckeyes
Ah. We don't have BPA in my home state and DECA had all the pretty girls in HS (for me anyways), so why not join?
/Duff'd It
Yep my high school sent 30 kids to DECA nationals my senior year. I was one of 3 guys in the group... great odds ;)
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I made it to nationals last year in Chicago, IL and hopefully I make it this year in Orlando, FL
Yeah Scott! Go DECA! haha
As a sidenote, not everyone is social and looking to go to the games. I've sold several tickets in the past for a profit only to keep the face value amount in my wallet and spend the profit on beers. For smaller games like this I prefer the social interaction of several OSU fans versus the one behind or next to me. I've been lucky to find some alumni of the competing schools and had a great time. However, I understand where you are coming from. I try to make it an effort to go to at least one football and basketball game a year.
Ohio State's band SLAUGHTERED Michigan's band. If this were a football game, it would have been Florida State vs. Savannah State. - SB Nation following OSU vs. UM 2012
Yeah, I don't have the money to buy a student package. That's cool that you do and everything, but maybe leave other people alone about it.
When they get into conference play or Kansas you'll see amore better turnout. Sav state is just too much of a cupcake gane
Way too many things going on for most people during the week. I'd love to attend more games. Not possible with 2 kids playing sports and a crazy work schedule. And like others have mentioned.....Savannah State. If I'm dropping $150 it's gonna be on a decent game.
And it's a whole different ballgame if you're talking about just getting yourself a ticket to the game. Like someone posted above, try buying 4 tickets, parking, eats/drinks etc.
I think for me its more about proximity, which then in turn means more money which means less likely.........
Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates. Football is no different, the guys down in the trenches win the games, not the coach.
For those complaining about money I went today for 3 dollars. That's what tickets were going for on StubHub.
They really need to expand the student section. I don't understand why they are so hesitant to do it when we rarely (a.k.a never) fill the arena. I was embarrassed to be at the Florida game last year and see how many empty seats there were (including on the lower bowl where a bunch of people decided just to not show up for a top 10 matchup)
Also more related to today, games like these are excrutiatingly boring and I'd much rather just watch it on TV at my convenience rather than paying for tickets and parking for something I know isn't really going to be very fun.
I was working till 8pm... and live 2 hours away. Midweek games are not possible for me, but would love to check out a couple of games at the Schott this year (surprisingly, my first OSU basketball game was the Final Four last year).
This is partly a problem because these games don't matter (unless you lose one). In fact, the regular season doesn't matter too much, as long as you make the tourney. Of course, you play for seeding, RPI, Kenpom, etc, but for a top 25 team from a major conference, it's never going to keep you out of the tournament.
In football, every game matters. If you don't blow out those Mid-Majors, you lose style points. One of the biggest setbacks for the commissioners and powers-that-be for moving to a playoff format was the fear that the regular season wouldn't maintain the same level of importance it currently has. Clearly, with only 4 (maybe 8, soon) teams making the playoffs, it's still pretty important to not lose more than 1 (maybe 2, at most) pre-playoff games. If football ever went to even a 32-team playoff (not even half of the basketball tourney teams) the regular season would certainly lose that importance.
Obviously, i'm in a much different boat than most of you. I want to get to Crisler so badly, but with games starting at 7-9pm during the week, I'm forced to only attend weekend games because I have a 3 1/2 hr drive to AA.
I highly doubt that other programs aren't having the exact same issue. Michigan, for example, is ranked higher and is off to a better start than any year since '89. Crisler Center just went through an impressive rennovation and holds under 14k and still isn't filling the upper level seats for these early season games (4-5 of which are other Michigan schools)
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~Bo Schembechler
With no offense to Ann Arbor (ok some offense), Columbus is the 14th largest state in the US and we have well over a million people in the Central Ohio area surrounding Columbus with an estimated several hundred thousand Buckeye fans in the area (25 minute or less drive to the Schott.
D. Anthony
Cbus is a state? Columbus is the 16th largest city, but the metro area is much smaller in terms of population.
Basketball doesn't draw as many people. Lets stop acting like it needs to be supported the same. If the sport doesn't have the same fan base interest across the country then why expect one school to be different? Lets not relegate OSU to a "football" school either when it has top ten attendance in the country. Change public opinion on basketball and then start complaining about support.
Dont forget the the fact that many OSU football fans didn't go to OSU, just grew up fans.
I've been to two games this year and both were emarrassingly empty. I couldn't go to the game last night but I listened to it on the radio, and it was sad to hear Paul Keels' voice and behind it the only voice cheering on the buckeyes was a 8 year old kid. Why can't people follow a top 10 basketball program like they do their football team?
I go to as many Buckeye events as I can, because as a fan, I should. I go to soccer and baseball and softball and even some track meets every year. I shouldn't just go to football and basketball games because they are the money making teams. I can tell you right now, if you go to a soccer match, the kids on the team greatly appreciate it.
-The Aristocrats!
I went to the game against Florida last year. That was a big Top-10 game, and there were 3,000 empty seats. I think high ticket prices and the lack of importance of early-season games is the main thing keeping people away. Nobody wants to pay $45 per ticket for crappy seats, $20 for parking and $15 for food at a meaningless game instead of just watching it on TV.
Really, I just wish they would give the students more tickets, as they are the one group of people that DO want to pay to go to the games.
While I agree with the complaints about too many cupcakes... This whole thread makes me sad.
An older persons perspective here... Stating the obvious: this is a football school, a football town, a football state and a football country. In addition, 11Warriors, at least to me, is a football driven site. I like basketball just fine... but it pales in comparison to football for me. The basketball regular season is simply not half as much fun as the college football season, and saying "half as much" is just being nice. Every week in football is a "playoff" game. Basketball? The regular season is only a prelude to March Madness (and at times a boring one at that). Win enough to get in the huge tournament field and that's all you need. Basketball, while a nice little winters night distraction, simply doesn't have the hold over many of us that football does. Top that off with playing teams like Savannah State, Albany, LBSU, Mo. KC , etc., and I think the apathy towards basketball, while certainly not good for the program, is understandable. To be honest, if choosing between watching a December bowl game, i.e.. Minnesota v Texas Tech, or an Ohio State basketball game vs. virtually anyone, I'll watch the football game every time and click over to check the score of the basketball game during commercials.
This is the best and most honest answer so far...if we were simply more of a basketball school with more basketball fans we'd have no trouble selling out each game. Yes, for mani it's the price, or the cupcakes, or the week nights, or the number of home games...it's ok, we're just not basketball crazy like the major basketball first powers/programs (UK, NC, Duke, Indiana etc) so we're extremely lucky to have had talent to be up there with, and ahead of them (in some cases) for most of the last decade. We are a football school that will never fully support b-ball. Could you imagine tOSU or any football power being #1 in the nation in football but playing to a half empty home stadium? I just watched and attended a lot of games when we sucked or were average for many of the years under Eldon Miller, Randy Ayers (they dis each have a couple good to great teams for a couple years) and felt that if we ever got the right coach/ recruiter and won at a high level consistanly for several years we could be that sleeping giant of a fan base many predicted but it didn't happen...and it's obviously not going to if it hasn't after Thad has taken multiple teams/different teams to nber #1 ranking and stockpiled BIG 10 championships... but again I don't think any other football first program has been able to get the fans out as much when they've had top b-ball teams either (Florida, Texas)...it's really rare to have a top team in the 2 major sports for a run like ours, almost unprecedented. I just fear it will fade, in part to lack of enthusiasm, empty seats and small quiet crowds for half the home games.
D. Anthony
I agree with your premise wholeheartedly. I am a big Buckeye basketball fan and it is a little embarassing to know that we have a consistently top 10 team playing in the Schott the last several years in front of sometimes a half filled (and cavernous) arena. It also seems that the crowd in the Schott (those who do show up) are a bit of a wine and cheese crowd and not interested in making much noise. I would love for this change. Two solutions would be more seats for students and being allowed to sell alcohol throughout the arena. I realize the alcohol deal is not a University call but rather a bigten policy (I believe?). IU has the largest student section in the country and their home court advantage is obvious.
I understand the multitude of excuses people are making in this forum for why people don't go to the games (i.e. expense, weekday night games, cupcakes on the schedule), but these are not issues for fans of basketball blue bloods. As someone who lived in the bluegrass state for many years and had season tickets to Louisville games, they have a brand new arena that is larger than the Schott and is sold out for the crappiest of cupcakes in December and is constantly rocking. The unfortunate truth is Ohio State, while located in a larger city than Louisville and having a much larger alumni base and fan base than Louisville, just does not have the same passion and support for their basketball team as their football team. In truth, Louisville forums have very similar threads to this regarding getting more support for their newly relevant football team who often does not play in front of a sold out stadium.
It is difficult to change the culture of a university from a football school into a basketball AND football school but I think Thad is on his way. It makes me sad that threads like this even have to be made to try and convince a huge and passionate fan base to come support a very successful team in a major sport but for now that's the way it is.
This issue is one of the reasons there was resistance to a playoff in CFB: the regualr season would lose it's luster and attendance would suffer. While the NCAA Men's Tourney makes a gazillion dollars in the post season, CFB's bread and butter is the regular season.
My father and I were seat licence holders up until several years ago, and one of the things that led us to not renew / sell the licences was the atmosphere. The Schott will never be St. John but it's at the point where the atmosphere feels more like that of an NBA game than a college basketball game.
I do not think selling out games for the #7 team in the nation. If we can have a full stadium of 105,000 against UAB/cal..etc. for football, we should have no issue filling the stadium for a damn basketball team. I would be furious if i was a player as one of the top teams in the nation and i was playing front of a crowd like that. It wasn't only the numbers, it was bloody quiet in there.
"Winter is coming" - Urban Meyer
I want to know if any of you have already paid to see one of the cupcake teams this years, so you could afford some seats...even it they were nose-bleed seats.
D. Anthony
On StubHub you can get many of the tickets for the non conference games for less than $10 even in good sections. Last night's game had midcourt seats for $5. If you can't afford $5 for a game, then i'm not going to hold it against you. And really, all I want is for the basketball team to get 1/8th of the recognition the football team does. That's all we need to have a rabid fanbase.
-The Aristocrats!
I made a similar post last year, so excuse me for repeating myself. Comparing football to shooty hoops is unfair. Football is played on Saturday afternoons/evenings/nights. Meaning no work. There are also only 7 or 8 home games. Meaning urgency to go. Playing Cupcake U on a week night is never going to fill the 19,000 seat Schott. Not even if we have won the National Championship 4 years in a row. It just won't happen. First of all there are a shit ton of people that come from all over the state to watch the football team, on a Saturday. Us out of towners can't/won't do that during the week for basketball. I'm not going to drive the 2 1/2 hours from NW Ohio to watch a 2 hour BB game and then get back in the car to drive home. Secondly, those of us with kids and a family have things going on during the week. Like swim lessons, sports practices, school events and the like. I already catch enough crap from my wife that I miss the kids games on home Saturdays in the fall going to Cbus. I feel lucky enough that she allows me the priveledge of football tickets, I'm not going to look the gift horse in the mouth for BBall.
You need to recruit your fellow students to fill the Schott. If the student body came out in droves and filled the lower bowl the atmosphere would be better.
Another problem is that many of the students that buy the tickets only buy them to sell them so they make money. If they can't or forget to sell some of them then they won't go which leads to more empty seats.
They do that more with Football than Basketball. The only NonCoference game youll see that done with is Kansas.
-The Aristocrats!
Tonight was all about the university when it comes to students attending. They only had 500 tickets available for us. Had I gotten tickets I would have been there but I got locked out. We saw the difference in that from last year vs. Duke to this year vs. Kansas. Crowd atmosphere changes everything.
Buckeye Nuthouse Member 2011-13 season
Block "O" 2012 season
Uh, finals were over last week and Christmas is in a few days? You really think the 1,400 tickets would have been all students?
Let me know when they beat somebody
??? Have you been sleeping for the last several years? Yes they are young and can't shoot but they've been elite/ a top 10 team for most of the last several years. You have to beat a few decent teams to make it to the Final Four twice and be a #1 or #2 seed a few times in the tourney, along with 3 BiG 10 titles on a row when your conference has been ranked 1 or 2. Go back to sleep and we'll wake you for the spring game as you're obviously not a Buckeye basketball fan.
D. Anthony
Horrible display by OSU. Worst shooting team I have ever seen. Why in the world have they tried to make A Craft something he is not? He cannot drive and he cannot shoot. Only chance we have with this team is if players begin filling the roles their best at. Kansas isnt all that good but they play well together knowing the roles that fit them best.
Kansas starts 4 seniors & their poise was the difference today. Bucks got frustrated & forced shots.
Basketball just doesn't draw the same attendance as football. OSU was 8th in attendance last year in the NCAA, nothing to complain about. I don't understand the issue here...
http://www.cardchronicle.com/2012/5/11/3014634/louisville-leads-the-nati...
The issue is we have thousands of empty seats... We built a big stadium as we have the largest fan base in the country and we're in a very large metro area. If we all cared a little more we could be Creighton.
D. Anthony
Then they shou have thought about how many people actually go to basketball games. Doesn't mean that the fans don't support them. Further, the stadium is meant for more than just basketball, therefore they built it to host many types of events. There is nothing wrong with empty seats, everyone has them. It's a baseless argument....
Are ticket prices really that high?
Attendance wouldn't be an issue if more seats were for students. Sorry if this offends you all but we are easily the loudest people on the arena. People have been sitting on their hands too much and too often. How did Duke come back against us this year? They had their fans getting crazy even when they were down 10+. We can be that same way if more people start getting loud and stop containing themselves. You go to games to cheer for the team so do it the whole 40+ minutes that they are playing. Stop thinking that buying the ticket is enough nowadays. Not saying that any of you are like this, but if you know people that go to games please tell them and urge them to start getting loud. This years team needs it a lot as we can tell from yesterday.
Buckeye Nuthouse Member 2011-13 season
Block "O" 2012 season
Talk to us when all 1,400 tickets are filled. I'm going to start posting pictures of the last few rows of the student section right before tipoff, almost always a few rows empty.
This was during break as well. I am talking in terms of getting the atmosphere better. I got shut out of getting a ticket for that game because it sold out in 5 minutes. Are you sure it wasn't full in the students area due to the tarp that is put behind them to make sure the fans behind, who sit down for upwards of 90% of the game, can see? I know that for most games that is why the sideline isn't as filled as it could be.
Also, we probably won't sell out a game this season. The best bet we will have to do so is when Indiana or scUM come here because their fans will definitely follow the team. Especially since they should win easily (not being negative, just realistic).
Buckeye Nuthouse Member 2011-13 season
Block "O" 2012 season
Many students enter the arena but don't get to their seats before tip (especially for non-conference bad matchup games). By about 3-5 minutes in, the top rows are full for basketball up to the covered/blacked out seats.
You can tell because the upper bowl student seating starts to fill before the lower sections are filled, and they are distributed low->high, first come first serve. Those students have redeemed their vouchers for tickets and have entered the arena, they are often waiting in line or meandering about. We do lots of giveaways and lines get long.
If they had more student tickets, atmosphere wouldn't be a problem. I know this because it's my org and The Nuthouse, having sold out in under 4 minutes this year, would sell out more seats in similar fashion. However, we're on break now, so it's a struggle to get students to games.
Like I said "Let me know when they beat somebody". This is not a top 10/20 team.
@Buckny... so going to Final Fours and wining the Big 10 for 4 straight years isn't enough for you. Makes no sense... and now that they may not be a top 10-20 team you want to use this that as a reason for why we have a lot of empty seats for all the pre-BIG season.
D. Anthony