Rumor: CIT home game, March 15 (?)

[SpudWebb]

Re: Rumor: CIT home game, March 15 (?)

I agree. Hope I'm wrong. These types of tournaments don't draw worth a crap anywhere.


I'll be there.

Last year, Valley Teams (Creighton & Missouri St.) averaged 3,921 in their home games in the CIT . . . that includes 6,205 in attendance at MoState for the Championship game.

[JD720]

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Couple things. According to omaha.com, it looks like Creighton will play in the CIT or CBI. I'd love to get one more shot at them. Also, this site talk a little about the cost of hosting a game, kind of interesting.

http://www.staradvertiser.com/sports...rd_rating.html

I wonder what they do if they have a matchup of teams that don't want to host a game. Obviously, they can control it in the first round, but there could be problems after that.

[UNI MadCat]

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I'll venture 2,238 as my guess.

I'm glad we're able to promote this early to our fanbase... hoping there is some promotion around the Cedar Valley (though I do realize the more they spend, the more they have to recoup).

Anyone remember years ago when Iowa hosted Valpo in an NIT "play in" round on the Monday night after Selection Sunday? I remember Valpo saying they were assured they were in the NIT and asked to play Monday. They were literally sitting on the tarmac waiting to hear where they were headed.

[95UNIGRAD]

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Anyone know when the tix will go on sale? Even if we don't know the opponent yet, you'd think they could sell them based on time and date only, and print "1st rd. CIT game" on them. Need to get plans made for next week - spring break from Wed. to Sunday in my town - and unipanthers.com doesn't even have anything listed yet.

[orangetennis]

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if I was in the cedar valley I'd go to the game.

of course the only games I've attended this year were @ Iowa & the MVC Qtrs. Not our best games of the season

[Panther-Sheik]

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I think we will struggle to draw even 3,000 for this game. I don't think its an issue with the lack of prestige of the event or the potential match-up; it has everything to do with it taking place during spring break. Not only will the students be gone but so will the majority of these season ticket holders you're banking on "buying in" for the game. The majority of the season ticket holders are upper middle-class folks who also take their upper middle-class family's on a vacation during spring break (may in-laws are in this crowd and so are 90% of their family friends). I hope I'm wrong, but I think the crickets will be quite loud next Tuesday. See some of you there.

I just hope that the team understands the difficulty in getting a good crowd for this game and isn't let down if / when they see a smaller than normal crowd. I have to believe there was an emotional let down of sorts for our football team when they came running out of the tunnel against Lehigh.

[JungleCat]

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Students get in free and Adult tickets are TEN DOLLARS... no excuse to NOT be there if you don't have plans already!

It's not the "March Situation" we wanted, but darn it... let's make the best of what we get!

[PantherChic]

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Tickets on sale now!! Got our email just a while ago.

[BryceC]

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Not Southern Miss. They'll be in the NIT. Possibly UTEP, though. It would be fun to match-up against Tim Floyd. What about Iowa State? It's possible they could be in the CIT.

I think ISU would be more likely to be in the CBI. That said, no Big 12 team has ever gone to the CBI or CIT, so part of me would be surprised.

[TommyT]

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Wish it wasn't on a Tuesday night, but at least 2 of us will be making the trip from the Des Moines area for the game.

[EVSPanther]

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I'm glad we're able to promote this early to our fanbase... hoping there is some promotion around the Cedar Valley (though I do realize the more they spend, the more they have to recoup).

I've been asking people everywhere I go if they are going to the post-season tourney game for UNI men's basketball and the answer I get from most people is something to the effect of, "huh"? I don't think many people outside the UNI base knows much about this game, if anything. So, I hope we can draw enough to break even...we'll see. I know I will be there for sure!

[r54uni]

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All seats general admission??

[Panther'73]

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Season ticket holders have til Friday @ 5 PM to claim their season seats then all seats are for sale after that.

[PantherChic]

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I've been asking people everywhere I go if they are going to the post-season tourney game for UNI men's basketball and the answer I get from most people is something to the effect of, "huh"? I don't think many people outside the UNI base knows much about this game, if anything. So, I hope we can draw enough to break even...we'll see. I know I will be there for sure!

I'm posting it on FB, emailing friends - anyone (local at least) who doesn't have travel plans for break already NEEDS to be at this game! What else is there to do on a Tuesday night??? And it's CHEAP!

[Panther'73]

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Opps - everyone can purchase tickets beginning today.