Question about the student section to the right of the SJ bench....

It was so embarrassing to hear the G'Town fans chanting before the game started and when the intro's were made. We depend on the Garden P.A. announcer to drown out the opposition.

That pissed me off so much at the game sunday

This isn't directly related to Student attendance, but I remembered reading an article over the summer about how some college athletic departments were changing how they approached ticket sales.  These schools (it was in regards to football tickets) had to compete in Pro football towns, and were struggling to sell tickets to even marquee games; some of the ADs in the article said the old model for Universities had always been centered around "inbound" ticket sales.  Ie. people call the ticket office asking to buy tickets.  But, in the face of pro competition in their cities these programs were now spending more on "outbound" ticket sales, aka tele-marketing, and calling businesses and other groups to actively sell blocks of tickets. 

As we've heard here a million times, student involvement at SJU is low, and it doesn't appear that anything short of winning will fix that.  And even being successful on the court is a short-lived fix usually because we're bound to have a down year occasionally. 

I found the article I was thinking of along with another one about BC's decision to hire the Red Sox ticket consultants to formulate a marketing/ticket sales plan that actively reached out to football/basketball fans in the area, even non-alums. 

"Urban planning: Existing alongside NFL"  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=6676377

"BC Knows it's a Pro Market"   http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/news/story?id=6699782

and lastly when I searched ESPN for the original article the results came up with this inside look at Marquette's marketing strategy
"...Creativity is King When Marketing Smaller Programs"    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2552239


It'd be interesting if any posters have any insight into whether SJU uses any outside consultants or firms for their marketing/ticket strategy.   I know many of you guys are close with people in the Athletics and ticket offices, but with the Lavin Era hopefully taking off, it may be time to rethink how we sell the program.

I certainly think there are many non-alums who would enjoy SJU basketball, and become loyal fans.   I have a handful of non-alum friends who came to the Pitt game last year and are coming back for 3 or 4 games this year because they became fans of the program.

St.John's doesn't have nearly as many donors or Red/White members as they'd like you to believe. They are not buying these tickets. I have a strong idea who is.

It was so embarrassing to hear the G'Town fans chanting before the game started and when the intro's were made. We depend on the Garden P.A. announcer to drown out the opposition.

Can't we have someone lead the students / Garden cheers as soon as the kids appear on the court. Our students, and NY fans in general, never start the cheering. The only noise I hear is in response to the opponents fans cheering. I've said this for 40 years but it does no good.

Yes. I remember thinking "Thank God Jay-Z's song drowned out the GTown cheers. I actually wanted them to blast it louder"

Student prediction for Villanova: 20

It's snowing. That stuff is like lava, only colder.

Nova 69
St J 57

20 and 8 for Pinkston

Ehh, I think Pinkston sucks. Pointer has more upside than him.

Ehh, I think Pinkston sucks.

Seton Hall fans (and players) disagree to you, considering that Pinkston scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds three days ago in the Villanova win.

Quote from: Poison on January 21, 2012, 10:22:49 AM

Ehh, I think Pinkston sucks.

Seton Hall fans (and players) disagree to you, considering that Pinkston scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds three days ago in the Villanova win.

Pinkston is a bull but is undersized. . .Pointer does have bigger upside IMO. . .

Hmmmm....this weekly "the students suck" thread is awfully quiet after today's game huh? Isn't it AMAZING how all these students appeared out of thin air? I suppose the students from around the country that are back for the new semester had nothing to with it? 

Very good crowd.  Nice amount of Nova fans but we weren't overwhelmed.  Students were great but the crowd overall was rather loud.  I wish we were rewarded with a victory.

Hmmmm....this weekly "the students suck" thread is awfully quiet after today's game huh? Isn't it AMAZING how all these students appeared out of thin air? I suppose the students from around the country that are back for the new semester had nothing to with it? 

Student section was loud and involved today.  Had most of the 4 student sections filled up.  Great job to you guys.

I think a lot of posters don't give a lot of credence to your explanation of out-of-town students being back home for the break because that situation is foreign to St john's historically.  Many of us are so used to the student population being incredibly local... it surprises us.