Average Home Attendance

[FreeGunston12]

We seem to always play a bunch of games (maybe more than we have to) while students are on break. Could we do a better job of scheduling so that doesn’t happen as often? Maybe do our MTEs over the holidays instead of at the start of the season?

Looking back, I guess that wouldn’t have helped too much this past season. Still, I think we’ve got to look in the mirror and say “just win” isn’t the solution.

Bottom line, I think there is a much larger issue of school pride at Mason that is holding us back and has little to do with basketball.

 

[GMU79]

Looking back, I guess that wouldn’t have helped too much this past season. Still, I think we’ve got to look in the mirror and say “just win” isn’t the solution.

Bottom line, I think there is a much larger issue of school pride at Mason that is holding us back and has little to do with basketball.

Still commuter school mentality, imo.
But it doesn't hurt to Just Win, baby!

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

Still commuter school mentality, imo.
But it doesn't hurt to Just Win, baby!

How many more on campus dorms will it take to kill that mentality?

 

[GMU79]

How many more on campus dorms will it take to kill that mentality?

Beats me, but over 50 years of that mentality is going to be hard to overcome.
I wonder what the percentage breakdown is of on campus students vs commuters is?

 

[jruby]

Looking back, I guess that wouldn’t have helped too much this past season. Still, I think we’ve got to look in the mirror and say “just win” isn’t the solution.

Bottom line, I think there is a much larger issue of school pride at Mason that is holding us back and has little to do with basketball.

I have a crazy concept, allow Season ticket holders 2 games a year to bring friends if they are mason alumni. Get them in the door and allow them to see the games. Hopefully they come back.

Do they go after alumni in targeted emails ?

I really don't know how they go about attracting fans or ticket sales. I think there's a lot of things they could try but at end of day I think people just have to love basketball to want to come. It's different than football where it's very much a social event.

 

[FlPatriot]

Watching the lady’s Louisville/TCU game. The commentators stated when the new head coach !for TCU showed up last year their first game had 300 in attendance. First round of the NCAA with the students on spring break…6400.

I think our AD should carefully study what TCU did to get butts in seats…not impossible to have a men’s game in the A10 with 6k. Come on AD up your game.

 

[hoopsjunkie75]

Less 2 p.m. games next season! Too much going on in the DMV on fall weekends. It breaks up/affects your whole day to have a game during prime "doing stuff" time.

 

[Masonman]

I have not done a study, but my assumption is that the smallest crowds are for the home D-2 or D-3 games. I know personally I am not going.

 

[Patriotsince81]

I don't care who we play or when we play, I'm going.

 

[GMUgemini]

Beats me, but over 50 years of that mentality is going to be hard to overcome.
I wonder what the percentage breakdown is of on campus students vs commuters is?

Two words: social event, social event, social event.

Community outreach both within the university but also to the local alumni and broader Fairfax community at-large.

Every. Single. Game.

Give me food trucks, give me vendors, give me sponsors, give me DJs, give me a pre-game atmosphere.

 

[GMUgemini]

I have not done a study, but my assumption is that the smallest crowds are for the home D-2 or D-3 games. I know personally I am not going.

We had more people at Ferrum than we did our NIT games against Samford or Bradley.

 

[Jack Strop]

We had more people at Ferrum than we did our NIT games against Samford or Bradley.

Yeah. But those in attendance at the NIT games were FAR more engaged.

 

[bravesfan]

I don't care who we play or when we play, I'm going.

You may be the halftime performer soon...

 

[FlPatriot]

Two words: social event, social event, social event.

Community outreach both within the university but also to the local alumni and broader Fairfax community at-large.

Every. Single. Game.

Give me food trucks, give me vendors, give me sponsors, give me DJs, give me a pre-game atmosphere.

Can we say
Marketing…

 

[GMU79]

Can we say
Marketing…

So, actually, one word.

 

[mkaufman1]

More like practical investment that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg.

Like @GMUgemini says, make it an event to come see. Even if mason is hosting the blind sisters for a buy game in December on a Saturday. Plenty of ideas from food trucks to a pep rally to talking about basketball at programs.

 

[GMUgemini]

And consistent. Mason has a tendency to try something once, not see it succeed immediately and then abandon it.

 

[FlPatriot]

And consistent. Mason has a tendency to try something once, not see it succeed immediately and then abandon it.

I would amend slightly: Mason has a tendency to think about something once and then abandon it.