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Sam's avatar

Atta boy Dana. Someone has to be bold enough to tell the truth once in a while. Sports is supposed to be about emotion after all.

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Kyle Draper's avatar

ON THE COURT

We haven't had a true leader since Pritchard left and it shows with our execution down the stretch. Unfortunately, the portal is not the place to find "leaders" so hoping some of the new class coming in this year can help build a culture that can be sustained.

OFF THE COURT

The NIT did us no favors giving us 3 home games in 6 days, but this stems from a dwindling season ticket base that has been shrinking since we moved to the new arena. Granted, the NIT is not included in season tickets, but we still could've marketed to them and would've had a better turnout. We've gone from "one of the toughest places to play in all of CBB at Mac Court" to a new, shiny, sterile arena that fails to generate any energy at all. I spent my entire career in sports marketing and was lucky enough to hear David Stern speak to a group of us when launching the NBDL. Someone asked what he thought was the most important objective when it comes to attendance. His response: "Everyone wants to be where everyone is...and no one wants to be where no one is". The moment that the Ducks added 2,500 additional seats, suites, club seats, they also created a marketing problem that has not been addressed internally by the athletic department. The potential revenue may have looked good on paper, but the elimination of sellouts and abundance of tickets has been devastating. Ask Jon Spoelstra how important it is to sellout games. If i was in charge of sales, I'd be embarrassed to see 3,300 at a game vs Western Oregon let alone Wisconsin. It's time for the athletic department to step up and start focusing on how to grow a season ticket base. And if your only answer is "the product on the floor must be better", check yourself at the door...you're part of the problem.

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