nevada

[williebat]

Looks like Nevada turns the ball over alot 153 to our 113 to on the year. I feel good about this game.

They also play #1 north Carolina the game after they play us. Man I wish we could get them on our schedule.

[DRAKELAWPANTHER]

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I'd feel better about the game if a bigger crowd could be there to get behind the team. The weather may keep turnout LOW.

[unigriff]

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not to mention schools out...and my father will not allow me to make the 2 hr jaunt

[DRAKELAWPANTHER]

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Yeah, the trip up from Des Moines looks like a no-go. Perfect timing. The last game we had tickets to was the home game against Illinois State last year - also a no-go due to blizzard.

On the bright side, at least we'll be able to see the game on Mediacom down here.

[FuturePanther09]

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As of right now Im still planning on making the 1 and 1/2 hour drive to the McLeod Center tomorrow to cheer on the Panthers!! Really hoping the weather can hold off....

[KansasCityPanther]

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What is the expected attendance? Are there still tickets available?

[FuturePanther09]

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I don't know about the expected attendance but I would assume that there would still be tickets available because Im guessing that majority of the students won't go to the game so that will leave for plenty general admission tickets.

[UNI MadCat]

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What is the expected attendance? Are there still tickets available?

We've sold out 1 game at the Mac in its short history, and even that one had SROs up until a day beforehand.

It makes no sense to me how we can get crowds upwards of 13,000 down the stretch in the last year of the Dome and then couldn't sell out a game last year in a brand new arena that houses about 1/2 that.

This year I understand more because the Cedar Valley outside of the UNI loyalists will only support the teams if they are on the top and, in their minds, this looks like a "down" year comparative to the NCAA tourney runs.

(INSERT OBLIGATORY RESPONSE ABOUT HOW THE SEASON IS STILL YOUNG AND THIS TEAM IS GOING TO MAKE A RUN AND TALKING ABOUT POSTSEASON IN MARCH - HERE.)

[UNI05Alum]

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We've sold out 1 game at the Mac in its short history, and even that one had SROs up until a day beforehand.

It makes no sense to me how we can get crowds upwards of 13,000 down the stretch in the last year of the Dome and then couldn't sell out a game last year in a brand new arena that houses about 1/2 that.

This year I understand more because the Cedar Valley outside of the UNI loyalists will only support the teams if they are on the top and, in their minds, this looks like a "down" year comparative to the NCAA tourney runs.

(INSERT OBLIGATORY RESPONSE ABOUT HOW THE SEASON IS STILL YOUNG AND THIS TEAM IS GOING TO MAKE A RUN AND TALKING ABOUT POSTSEASON IN MARCH - HERE.)

The announced attendance may have been 13,000, but I do not remember a game that looked like that many...(exception would be Iowa.) You don't think that Hartzell and Co. would announce inflated attendance figures to hype up season tickets for the new arena, do you.....? Also recall that thousands of the tickets for these games were given away for free or sold for next to nothing. It's easy to get 5,000 non-UNI fans to go to a DI men's game with a free ticket. If it costs them .50, they may think twice. Add to that the fact that we had a top 25ish team that season...

[BCPanther]

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In that last year in the Dome all you had to do was open the phone book to get two free tickets. I would wager that a crowd of 5000 in the McLeod Center nets the Ath Dept more money than those crowds of 10,000 in the Dome...