Improve Mason home game experience discussion

[mkaufman1]

Dollar beers. Problem solved

I’m not against this but mason just got beer for games. Baby steps. Hell Most would be down if it was 5 dollar beer night.

 

[GMUgemini]

It was really great to see the lacrosse and baseball teams out to support basketball last night. I know some of the other teams have been out as well.

My question - where are the fraternities and sororities? I don’t see anyone wearing letters during the student section crowd shots. Do students even wear letters anymore? Maybe I’m just totally old and out of touch, but it would be nice to have more large groups attending.

Some of them do on my campus but I’d say a lot fewer than used to; and the practice seems to diminish greatly after rush week.

 

[EXpatriot13]

Did you also see the cheerleading coach sitting down playing on his laptop in the front row of the student section all game? Because I did!

I did not. That’s absurd and someone should flag it to the AD. The coach can easily be given a chair to sit off to the side or below the student section. It’s only one person/chair but those are student seats and if one person is sitting, then the person behind them will probably sit, and so on.

We used to roll up to every game with a minimum of 10-15 Sig Chi’s, granted those were winning times. It’s tough remembering what it used to be and seeing the lack of fan engagement now. If I was in school now I’d be pumped about this current team. To everyone else’s point here, I get it’ll take time and ultimately winning should help (mostly with students).

I can’t wait to see the Pat Dome fully engaged and rocking soon, and whatever I can do to help in the meantime, I’m all in.

 

[Old Man]

Snuck a keg up the stairwell of Commonwealth for Mason day back in the day.

The process sucked but the end result was worth it.

We were drinking beer in the student gov't offices overlooking the quad for Mason day back in the day.

But yes, I'm all for more beer at the Mason games.

 

[Masonman]

Also no one has really mentioned the Masonettes or Cheerleaders. That's because they might as well not be there this year. I don't have any insight to what has happened there, but we went from a dance team, co-ed cheer, and all-girls cheer that would go to competitions each year to a couple of depleted organizations who look like they have zero direction. I don't even think there is a co-ed cheer team any more. So, and not that they were ever all that helpful in getting chants started, now all we have in that department are the members of the Green Machine (thank goodness for them).

A few years back they made cheerleaders "club cheerleaders" whereas before they were on some type of scholarship. This year I have noticed a huge drop off with the Masonetts. I am not sure why.

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

It was really great to see the lacrosse and baseball teams out to support basketball last night. I know some of the other teams have been out as well.

My question - where are the fraternities and sororities? I don’t see anyone wearing letters during the student section crowd shots. Do students even wear letters anymore? Maybe I’m just totally old and out of touch, but it would be nice to have more large groups attending.

My God yes you are out of touch.

Fraternities and sororities are outdated, binary gender terms that have been banned from university officially-sanctioned speech.

They are there, and still function underground, but things are way different now. There's no "jello shooters" or "anonymous sex" or "cheering at basketball games."

Think more along the lines of Vegan, sexless Greta Thunbergs now, or Will Smith's oldest kid.

 

[gmubrian]

My God yes you are out of touch.

Fraternities and sororities are outdated, binary gender terms that have been banned from university officially-sanctioned speech.

They are there, and still function underground, but things are way different now. There's no "jello shooters" or "anonymous sex" or "cheering at basketball games."

Think more along the lines of Vegan, sexless Greta Thunbergs now, or Will Smith's oldest kid.

I think the word he is looking for is siblinghood, but I am guessing that I am offending some group with that phrase, probably those without siblings.

 

[BBride]

A few years back they made cheerleaders "club cheerleaders" whereas before they were on some type of scholarship. This year I have noticed a huge drop off with the Masonetts. I am not sure why.

Masonettes still seem to knock into me from time to time under the basket in the second half. I move up, ref tells me to move back or just kicks at my shoes as one ref did earlier in the year. So meh on the Masonettes.

 

[mkaufman1]

Masonettes still seem to knock into me from time to time under the basket in the second half. I move up, ref tells me to move back or just kicks at my shoes as one ref did earlier in the year. So meh on the Masonettes.

Well at least you are having some sort of Mason experience! Can't be a Mason fan without having some head scratching moments attending a game, lol.

 

[Patriotsince81]

In order to improve attendance we need:
Big Red

 

[DRK331]

We need the Patriot Center to be like this during the games:

1.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1489361806074138626

2.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1488729094753771526

3.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1488732873851088896

4.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1488685423408857092

 

[dr. gunnie]

This morning I watched the highlights of Dinkins and the Gonzaga College HS game. Their student section was better than ours.

I think we need to start recruiting student section fans. Offer a $1,000 scholarship to the best student section fan. We’ll be the first in the country to do it. They give scholarships for everything else - let’s start a trend.

 

[Patriot8]

This morning I watched the highlights of Dinkins and the Gonzaga College HS game. Their student section was better than ours.

I think we need to start recruiting student section fans. Offer a $1,000 scholarship to the best student section fan. We’ll be the first in the country to do it. They give scholarships for everything else - let’s start a trend.

Instead of a battle of the bands, let’s host a battle of the WCAC student sections at every game.

 

[BBride]

We need the Patriot Center to be like this during the games:

1.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1489361806074138626

2.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1488729094753771526

3.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1488732873851088896

4.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1488685423408857092

Or like the Panther Pit at Potomac Falls. Somewhere in this group is my son with his JV hoops teammates

 

[gmutom]

Or like the Panther Pit at Potomac Falls. Somewhere in this group is my son with his JV hoops teammates

i know their Potomac Falls coach Jeff Hawes pretty well. Great coach! He was my kids’ elementary school gym teacher, and I see him frequently at Dominion High —where my daughter is a junior and my son graduated from last year. The reall nice guy they knew in elementary school is not the same Gary Williams-like crazy man coaching the Panthers.

 

[mkaufman1]

Just want to say once again as much as we bitch and moan and the mason experience can still use improvements, we are really fortunate to have a pretty solid overall experience. Whether it’s the band, video board, whatever, it’s definitely solid.

A lot of d1 arenas are really crappy, including Lasalle.

 

[BBride]

i know their Potomac Falls coach Jeff Hawes pretty well. Great coach! He was my kids’ elementary school gym teacher, and I see him frequently at Dominion High —where my daughter is a junior and my son graduated from last year. The reall nice guy they knew in elementary school is not the same Gary Williams-like crazy man coaching the Panthers.

Pretty cool! Yeah Coach Hawes is intense but he runs a great program. My son played Freshman ball last year and is on the JV team this year. He'll need to really work hard to make Varsity next season as they will be strong. Meanwhile, they won the Potomac District regular season title last night. Place was packed and loud! Hopefully they will have a deep run in the playoffs. Coach Hawes doesn't sweat like Gary Williams did on the sidelines though

 

[GMUSSTN]

This morning I watched the highlights of Dinkins and the Gonzaga College HS game. Their student section was better than ours.

I think we need to start recruiting student section fans. Offer a $1,000 scholarship to the best student section fan. We’ll be the first in the country to do it. They give scholarships for everything else - let’s start a trend.

This would be extremely easy to do if you're only talking $1,000. The MasonHoops.com Student Fan Scholarship. Eligible if you attend every home game.

 

[GMUgemini]

This would be extremely easy to do if you're only talking $1,000. The MasonHoops.com Student Fan Scholarship. Eligible if you attend every home game.

Can we interview the candidates like George Costanza?

 

[Old Man]

MasonHoops scholarships, I like it. Have fans snap a selfie at the end of the game with the scoreboard behind them. If you're at all the games, you are entered into the drawing for a 1k scholarship, courtesy of MasonHoops. I'll bet we could get ten donors here to pony up $100 each. I'm good for my share. If we get more money we can give away multiple awards.

Who here knows how to set up a charity?