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I think I'm in the front row!I wonder what the match looked like from the Bob Uecker seats?
I don't know what the record is in Women's BB for attendence, but didn't 19,ooo fans attend the game beteen Uconn and S.Carolina in Columbia SC when Uconn played for it's 100th win and won it going away. SC's arena holds 18,000 max and SC sold a little over 19,000. I lived 51 miles away and tried for tickets. The cheapest ticket I was priced at $700 and they were nose bleed seats. I watched it on TV. Great game and Uconn controlled Aja Wilson. I will never forget that game. GO HUSKIES!!!!There was a great story on All Things Considered on my way home from work. A couple of nuggets from it:
Tickets went on sale in the spring. They sold 81,000 in the first three days.
Nebraska has sold out 300 straight matches. The journalist made sure to add, "in an arena that only holds 8000". Many decent DI basketball teams don't sell out consistently in arenas smaller than that. Nebraska has been a top-ten team most years for many years. They've created a great atmosphere that the community wants to support.
In the late-80's or early 90's, the UVa WBB team set out to set a record for attendance at a women's basketball game. They did that in a game against Maryland. They drew something like 13,000 fans. This was in an arena that held around 9000, and the fire marshal wasn't pleased.
The attendance record for WBB is 29,619 set twice in the 2002 FF at the Alamodome in San Antonio. The first time was for the national semifinals between Oklahoma & Duke and UConn & TN. A few days later, the record was set a 2nd time for the championship game between UConn & OK.
Great news for me, So Uconn is tied for the largest attendance record in Women's college BB. Another Uconn record. I bleed blue, The reason I love Uconn Women's BB so much is because they are untouchable in being the best you can be. Irregardless of any other viewpoint in this statement, any team that can surpass Uconns record of achievements would be No.1 in my estimation, BUT, that is an impossible task that will never be achieved. GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!!!
Okay, I'll grumble about the "never be achieved" part. but have to admit that it is extremely unlikely. As to the entirety of your post, umh, well, err, unh . . . I can't argue with any degree of logic.
@Next 12, I may be wrong here, but I believe that game was played in Storrs, CT, and not Columbia, SC. UConn 66; SC 55.
Meh, okay maybe it was the year before - or the year after - that particular game, but y'all kicked our butts in front of a sellout 18k gamecock home crowd one of those years.
My apologies, you are correct, it was Storr's. visitingcock knew the game I was talking about. Either game,Uconn played it's best when needed. Both games were classics. I have watched the game in Storrs many times. The part I liked best was Dawn Staley saying (not actual numbers,But you get the idea) "we were no.36 and we were no 68, but we will not be 100. Uconn will be 99-1". How wrong she was. Dawn is a great coach, but that night belonged to the Uconn Huskies! GO HUSKIES!!!!!
@visitingcock, I love the rivalry between UConn and SCar, and always root for my team to win. However, lately you guys have whipped our butts, and I hate it, but that’s what happens when the better team shows up. I know how excited and giddy our fan base gets when UConn wins, and I know your fan base feels the same, so no jealousy on my part.Meh, okay maybe it was the year before - or the year after - that particular game, but y'all kicked our butts in front of a sellout 18k gamecock home crowd one of those years.
We've played y'all in Storrs or neutral site for the past three years. It will be good to be back home this reloading year.
