Largest home crowd in FU Basketball history

[apaladin]

6,199


Feb. 4th 2023
https://furmanpaladins.com/sports/mens- ... score/8068

I am not sure this is correct. Probably before your tme but you’re forgetting the sold out/standing room only crowds at the old auditorium back in the 70’s early 80’s.

I think it probably is correct, but there were greater crowds announced. It was commonly claimed that the Auditorium held as many as 6,000. Because I worked with Furman at the same time as busybody head coach Jene Davis, I know that GMA had 3,434 seats. -- MD

No way I believe GMA only had 3,400 seats. Rethinking I now remember the capacity for basketball was 5,600 and we had a few games that reached above that with SRO.

[Roundball]

All this talk about the largest home crowd ever when we all know there we at least 10,000 fans at the Old Textile Hall to witness Selvy’s 100 point game.

[NEPA]

Yes, it's great to play at the Well for the players, coaches, fans and to impress recruits, but your 3 top attendance figures were all against Wofford (5,332 / 6,096 / 6,199) don't you feel that the proximity from Spartanburg to BSWA being less than an hour drive plays into the higher attendance figures with the visiting team support. The Greenville Winter Invitational had attendance at 4,117 and you had 3 South Carolina teams playing in it , i do feel if the Invitational was played in early December or after Christmas the attendance would have been much higher. It's just my opinion that i do not feel Furman is winning the Greenville population as they should be , for me it is who they are playing against that determines the size of the crowd at the Well. I do enjoy attending games at Timmons, it is very disappointing with the size of the crowd especially in big games,( mostly the student section). Most definitely an upgrade of Timmons is much needed, if this program continues to progress and it should with the coaching foundation it has the future is bright. I also feel these white outs are not needed, just need people to wear their Furman colors, i think Furman purple rally towels would work for a big game. In closing i would like to give a shout out to the Furman staff employee who helped hand and catch the chairs at the halftime entertainment on Saturday, also to all you guys that participate on this forum, i enjoy your input and also learning more about Furman sports. thank you

[Roundball]

In trying to find attendance numbers for back in the day at The Brown Box, I came across this jewel of a find, the 1977-1978 media guide.https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... 30/id/3369

Here is a link to the S.C. Digital Library for many of Furman's athletic media guides. https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... l30/search

By the way, remember the sold out crowd for the February 24, 1982 game against DePaul? Great game, but we lost 75-74. The attendance was listed at 5,287. The January 31, 1981 home game against Clemson had an announced crowd of 5,500. That is the largest crowd numbers I could find. It's been fun taking the time to look into our rich basketball history.

[Davemeister]

Timmons would be much better if they would pump in the fresh popped popcorn smell from the Box.

That smell came from corn that was popped using unhealthy and unsustainable ingredients like oil, fatty butter, & salt. You'll never get a whiff of that aroma from the prefab stuff that passes for popcorn these days.

[FU Hoopla]

[apaladin]

NEPA agree about the WC peeps showing up at the Well, however there were very few WC fans at the Well on Saturday. Their biggest cheers came from their bench. Great turnout from Furman fans even though the students could have been better.

[apaladin]

Thanks Roundball, I even found my name in the media guide.

[apaladin]

In trying to find attendance numbers for back in the day at The Brown Box, I came across this jewel of a find, the 1977-1978 media guide.https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... 30/id/3369

Here is a link to the S.C. Digital Library for many of Furman's athletic media guides. https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... l30/search

By the way, remember the sold out crowd for the February 24, 1982 game against DePaul? Great game, but we lost 75-74. The attendance was listed at 5,287. The January 31, 1981 home game against Clemson had an announced crowd of 5,500. That is the largest crowd numbers I could find. It's been fun taking the time to look into our rich basketball history.

I did find this in the media guide. Largest home crowd 6,127 Jan. 14, 1970 SC 59 FU 56. That was the game I had bern thinking about.

[Roundball]

In trying to find attendance numbers for back in the day at The Brown Box, I came across this jewel of a find, the 1977-1978 media guide.https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... 30/id/3369

Here is a link to the S.C. Digital Library for many of Furman's athletic media guides. https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... l30/search

By the way, remember the sold out crowd for the February 24, 1982 game against DePaul? Great game, but we lost 75-74. The attendance was listed at 5,287. The January 31, 1981 home game against Clemson had an announced crowd of 5,500. That is the largest crowd numbers I could find. It's been fun taking the time to look into our rich basketball history.

I did find this in the media guide. Largest home crowd 6,127 Jan. 14, 1970 SC 59 FU 56. That was the game I had bern thinking about.

Good find. I googled Furman basketball vs. S. Carolina and that date and found this. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1598708 ... orium-jan/

[FU Hoopla]

In trying to find attendance numbers for back in the day at The Brown Box, I came across this jewel of a find, the 1977-1978 media guide.https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... 30/id/3369

Here is a link to the S.C. Digital Library for many of Furman's athletic media guides. https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... l30/search

By the way, remember the sold out crowd for the February 24, 1982 game against DePaul? Great game, but we lost 75-74. The attendance was listed at 5,287. The January 31, 1981 home game against Clemson had an announced crowd of 5,500. That is the largest crowd numbers I could find. It's been fun taking the time to look into our rich basketball history.

I did find this in the media guide. Largest home crowd 6,127 Jan. 14, 1970 SC 59 FU 56. That was the game I had bern thinking about.

Nice find

So we beat that number Saturday by 72 folks!

[apaladin]

In trying to find attendance numbers for back in the day at The Brown Box, I came across this jewel of a find, the 1977-1978 media guide.https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... 30/id/3369

Here is a link to the S.C. Digital Library for many of Furman's athletic media guides. https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... l30/search

By the way, remember the sold out crowd for the February 24, 1982 game against DePaul? Great game, but we lost 75-74. The attendance was listed at 5,287. The January 31, 1981 home game against Clemson had an announced crowd of 5,500. That is the largest crowd numbers I could find. It's been fun taking the time to look into our rich basketball history.

I did find this in the media guide. Largest home crowd 6,127 Jan. 14, 1970 SC 59 FU 56. That was the game I had bern thinking about.

Nice find

So we beat that number Saturday by 72 folks!

Yes and I am glad to find out that I have not totally lost it remembering a 6,000 plus attendance at GMA.

[Roundball]

Great piece about the Big Brown Box by SoCon John from 2016. https://www.midmajormadness.com/2016/2/ ... box-part-1

I could not find part 2 or part 3. SoCon John, is there more you can post for us?

[FurmanATT]

6,199


Feb. 4th 2023
https://furmanpaladins.com/sports/mens- ... score/8068

I am not sure this is correct. Probably before your tme but you’re forgetting the sold out/standing room only crowds at the old auditorium back in the 70’s early 80’s.

I think it probably is correct, but there were greater crowds announced. It was commonly claimed that the Auditorium held as many as 6,000. Because I worked with Furman at the same time as busybody head coach Jene Davis, I know that GMA had 3,434 seats. -- MD

No way I believe GMA only had 3,400 seats. Rethinking I now remember the capacity for basketball was 5,600 and we had a few games that reached above that with SRO.

Respectfully, I don't use the word "know" lightly. -- MD

[cavedweller2]

In trying to find attendance numbers for back in the day at The Brown Box, I came across this jewel of a find, the 1977-1978 media guide.https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... 30/id/3369

Here is a link to the S.C. Digital Library for many of Furman's athletic media guides. https://scdl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital ... l30/search

By the way, remember the sold out crowd for the February 24, 1982 game against DePaul? Great game, but we lost 75-74. The attendance was listed at 5,287. The January 31, 1981 home game against Clemson had an announced crowd of 5,500. That is the largest crowd numbers I could find. It's been fun taking the time to look into our rich basketball history.

The DePaul game was a great game. Crushing loss. We shoulda beat them.