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Post by OverAndUnder on Mar 27, 2007 17:52:03 GMT -5
Home court advantage goes to the California teams this year with the finals being in sacramento. But the win only goes to the team that plays the best in that match. The last two years I believe the Pablo ratings have had the #1 and #2 teams near or well within the HCA.
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Post by gobigred on Mar 27, 2007 22:38:54 GMT -5
Pretty good schedule for this season. Lot's of solid teams on the non-conference slate. I especially like seeing Hawaii on the schedule. That will be a very exciting match against a great program in front of thousands at the Bob (Devany Sports Center).
I have to agree that while I like all these tournaments bringing in teams from around the country (and revenue of course), I would like to see the Huskers go on the road at least once out of conference. For all the times Penn State has come to Lincoln/Omaha in the recent past, why haven't we returned the favor?
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Post by cbrown1709 on Mar 28, 2007 2:22:06 GMT -5
For you Husker fans... A lot of college coaches try and travel to some of their players hometowns or nearby, so that theirs families can see them play. Why doesn't Cook do this too? I know most are from Nebraska but what about Pavan and Griffin? I know Dunning has planned trips to Cincinnati for Kehoe and St. Louis for Waller. I was just wondering.
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Post by Kampy on Mar 28, 2007 8:04:05 GMT -5
For you Husker fans... A lot of college coaches try and travel to some of their players hometowns or nearby, so that theirs families can see them play. Why doesn't Cook do this too? I know most are from Nebraska but what about Pavan and Griffin? I know Dunning has planned trips to Cincinnati for Kehoe and St. Louis for Waller. I was just wondering. Nebraska has played at Minnesota, Notre Dame, an Illinois State tourney, and Ohio State in the last 4 years, so it really is just last year and the upcoming season that travel has been limited.
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Post by indyhuskerfan on Mar 28, 2007 9:06:14 GMT -5
I agree Kampy. We also went to Ball State. I think is was in 2002. With the big midwest connection during those years ( 3 Hoosiers, 1 Illini ) on the team, I thought John made a good effort to get the girls close to home.
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Post by redincolorado on Mar 28, 2007 9:51:42 GMT -5
Home court advantage goes to the California teams this year with the finals being in sacramento. Not necessarily so. If Nebraska is in the final four, you are going to see a huge contingent of Husker fans at Sacramento. It won't be as one sided as was Omaha, but the red sea will outnumber anyone else by a substantial margin. Outside of Hawaii and Wisconsin, volleyball just doesn't draw consistent crowds as Nebraska does. (okay the Huskies are are packing Heck Ed)Shoot, I watched a USC/Stanford match being played in a half empty arena. If nebraska ever builds a larger arena, the Rainbows can kiss their nation leading attendence records aloha. Nobody travels like Nebraska.
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Post by Tex_VB_Fan on Mar 28, 2007 9:59:03 GMT -5
Stanford is driving distance to Sacramento, about 90 minutes. You can bet the locals and bay area attendees will be pulling for Stanford. There are approximately 8 million Californians within driving distance to ARCO Arena.
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Post by bigfan on Mar 28, 2007 11:56:27 GMT -5
post=1175093502 If nebraska ever builds a larger arena, the Rainbows can kiss their nation leading attendence records aloha. Nobody travels like Nebraska. How long has Nebraska been drawing like this.....is it a recent happening due to their recent success? ..........I know the Wahine have been selling out for years.
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Post by bigfan on Mar 28, 2007 11:58:28 GMT -5
Stanford is driving distance to Sacramento, about 90 minutes. You can bet the locals and bay area attendees will be pulling for Stanford. There are approximately 8 million Californians within driving distance to ARCO Arena. Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington all have a much shorter commute to the FF.......which leads me to believe that the FF will well represented by Pac-10 fans.
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Post by Kampy on Mar 28, 2007 12:36:41 GMT -5
[quote author=redincolorado board=general thread=1174925679 post=1175093502 If nebraska ever builds a larger arena, the Rainbows can kiss their nation leading attendence records aloha. Nobody travels like Nebraska. How long has Nebraska been drawing like this.....is it a recent happening due to their recent success? ..........I know the Wahine have been selling out for years. I forget the exact start of the NU sellout streak, but that has been since about '01. Prior to that there were lots of sellouts with the occasional near-sellout. Just going by memory, NU has been second or third in attendance behind Hawaii, going back to the 80s. I started regularly attending in '93, and at that time there were a good number of general admission seats available, but you had to show up an hour early to get a good seat. As the demand continued to grow, the general admission seat availability lessened as each year more were converted to reserved seats and were scooped up by season ticket-holders. Now there are very few GA seats.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2007 12:37:52 GMT -5
I disagree on the locals coming out in mass droves. In Long Beach the Stanford fans other than a large section of what appeared to be students, the crowd was a non factor for Stanford or Washington that year even USC. They have to actually attend....I agree if Nebraska makes it Husker fans will be there in masses again!
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Post by roy on Mar 28, 2007 12:59:11 GMT -5
I forget the exact start of the NU sellout streak, but that has been since about '01. Prior to that there were lots of sellouts with the occasional near-sellout. Just going by memory, NU has been second or third in attendance behind Hawaii, going back to the 80s. Pretty close. I believe Nebraska has been in the top 5 in attendance since the 80s. As popularity grew, they rose to the top of the attendance list in the 80s. Only in 1994 did Hawaii surpass them, as Hawaii was playing in Klum Gym which only held around 1,500. Once the SSC opened, their attendance shot up to the 6,000-7,000 range.
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Post by gobigred on Mar 28, 2007 17:20:20 GMT -5
For you Husker fans... A lot of college coaches try and travel to some of their players hometowns or nearby, so that theirs families can see them play. Why doesn't Cook do this too? I know most are from Nebraska but what about Pavan and Griffin? I know Dunning has planned trips to Cincinnati for Kehoe and St. Louis for Waller. I was just wondering. Wasn't the Ohio State trip taken in 2005 at least partly to give Pavan's family and friends a relatively shorter trip to see her? I could be wrong but I thought I remember hearing that somewhere.
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Post by HOLIDAY on Mar 28, 2007 17:41:00 GMT -5
Stanford is driving distance to Sacramento, about 90 minutes. You can bet the locals and bay area attendees will be pulling for Stanford. There are approximately 8 million Californians within driving distance to ARCO Arena. Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington all have a much shorter commute to the FF.......which leads me to believe that the FF will well represented by Pac-10 fans. Despite the close location to the Pac 10 if the Huskers make the final four they will travel in mass to any location. To share how intense it is in Nebraska to attempt to get tickets....., the upcoming match in North Platte was sold out in less than an hour. Several bus loads of fans from Omaha and Lincoln will be making the trip ( 4 hours ) and the fans from the western end of the state are extremely frustrated because it was a chance for them to finally take in a match. Due to this demand , the Huskers will be video streaming for free in order to meet the demand of angry fans. Every volleyball coach from the area schools were also trying to get team tickets to treat their athletes to a match. NU needs to find a way also in their own venue to expand. I have no doubt that 7 thousand tickets could be sold for every home event. Its an interesting problem to have.
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Post by OverAndUnder on Mar 28, 2007 18:03:27 GMT -5
There are a select few places and times where it can make a small difference, but crowd presence is way overrated. It helps that, for monetary reasons, coaches and players are trained by their AD to always attribute a large part of their success in each match to "our wonderful fans who support us". What about when a team loses at home? Did the crowd just not cheer loudly enough that night? In 2005 the one little section of purple was dwarfed by a sea of Husker red in San Antonio. The crowd didn't look much different than a match at the Qwest center. But thanking the fans is good business as far as ticket revenue and corporate sponsorships. From a recruiter's perspective, if someone really wins a game in front of 7,000 people that he would lose if it were watched only by parents and trainers in a little gym somewhere, he has motivation issues and I'd rather not have him on my team if a real gamer is available. If Nebraska makes it all the way next year, you could safely predict the Husker fans will have a plurality over the other schools if not an outright majority. That won't keep Klineman (or possibly Hooker) from hitting deep corner shots over Sarah Pavan, but it will make good copy for the press releases.
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