But attendance was embarrassing yet again tonight. Half empty stadium for the #8 team in the country. Come on, Ags, can't we do better?

I don't know the number, but I was there, and the 2nd deck for the student section was empty and lower deck outside of the students was not filled in. It was like this for the OU game too, just disappointing not to see more support for our guys.

Well the ones that were there sounded great.

What do you propose to do to address it? Wag your finger at the students?

8:00 pm starts are brutal, but there's no reason (other than us having terrible basketball fans) not to pack the arena.

I was there...telling that ref that called the opening charge how bad he sucked!

It wasn't half empty. Definitely on the disappointing side but it was a mid week game with a late tip-off and some less than ideal weather. Crowd was loud in the second half. First half was frustrating but the second half was fun and crowd was into it.

Look you wouldnt sell out a football game at 8pm on a Tuesday night. You all but eliminate anyone that wants to come from out of town because of the late start.

And the town is not big enough to support it on its own. If your team was in Houston or Dallas it would be different.

2nd Generation Ag said:

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Look you wouldnt sell out a football game at 8pm on a Tuesday night. You all but eliminate anyone that wants to come from out of town because of the late start.

And the town is not big enough to support it on its own. If your team was in Houston or Dallas it would be different.

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But the student body is

You can't blame the students when the rest of the arena was just as empty if not more so.

The crowd was sub par, and that's being generous. And unfortunately we sat in a different section close to a small, but obnoxiously feisty section of Georgia fans. First half I was grinding my teeth… with about 6 minutes left I blew a gasket.

If anyone was in Section 124, I apologize.

I keep reading these posts and it blows my mind. I was a student from 06-11 and every conference game was sold out with the exception of a couple

fightintxaggie10 said:

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I keep reading these posts and it blows my mind. I was a student from 06-11 and every conference game was sold out with the exception of a couple

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I was a student when we absolutely sucked and we could roll up to a game and sit pretty much anywhere in the arena for zero dollars

There's 75000 of them… I feel like they could fill the place…

Those 8:00 tips are difficult for the Galveston and Qatar kids ...

As I said on the premium board. Breakaway is on Tuesdays and take a ton of students away, so any 8pm game start on a Tuesday will take away students.

As for "olds" I attended the OU game and live in DFW. I decided I didn't want to drive home till 3am in the rain to be at work the next morning so I stayed home.

We have played 2 home games since Jan. 8, and they have both been at 8pm on a Tuesday. This schedule hasn't helped us out very much.

8pm definitely kept me away, didn't have the energy to make the drive, especially by myself. I think it's the first conference game I've missed and maybe 2nd all year.

One thing I didn't think about until I gave my tickets to a couple of students, not everyone has a sports pass anymore. Because of how big the student population got, they actually sell out of sports passes so some students that want to go can't. They should definitely make a game like this "students get in with ID" without having to have a sports pass or pay for a ticket.

Why are we a football school only..?'!! The last 4 years our bball team has been much better program making sec finals twice. Why can't we be a "winners" school and support a top 10 team that is way better than our underperforming football team. This coach and team are great Aggies and here bc the love the culture and each other. Our football team most were here bc of NIL

AggByMarriage said:

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The crowd was sub par, and that's being generous. And unfortunately we sat in a different section close to a small, but obnoxiously feisty section of Georgia fans. First half I was grinding my teeth… with about 6 minutes left I blew a gasket.

If anyone was in Section 124, I apologize.

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Were you sitting near the "Miss it!" guy from Georgia? He was loud… and irrritating when we were missing FTs.

As to the attendance: it sucked. Typical excuses, late start, rain, test week, breakaway, etc, but the bottom line is we aren't a good basketball fanbase. We just don't have enough fans who make it a priority, with the opponent having a major impact on attendance even when we're really good.

Current student here, and I came from a midterm to the game, got there at the start of the second half. This is the week most are starting midterms, so that's another factor.