UNC-Wilmington @ (11-0) #23 Furman Saturday Dec. 15th

[apaladin]

Looks like only 329 tickets available now. Looks like we are heading for a sellout.

[Paul C]

I’m going to have that same frustrated feeling I did last year at Wofford game. It was a sellout and they were turning folks away at the door yet there were hundreds of empty seats. Good seats. People who think they’re doing a favor by buying tickets but rarely if ever show up. Oh well. There are worse problems to have.

[FUpaladin08]

I’m going to have that same frustrated feeling I did last year at Wofford game. It was a sellout and they were turning folks away at the door yet there were hundreds of empty seats. Good seats. People who think they’re doing a favor by buying tickets but rarely if ever show up. Oh well. There are worse problems to have.

Timmons ought to switch to $5 standing room tickets once it sells out. Plenty of space in that arena around the seats under the baskets.

[Affirm]

UNCW has us tomorrow, then games at Ga State and at Mercer next Wed and Fri. Then off for Christmas after which they start CAA play. Some of their losses have been Stanford, UNCG, UNCCH, and Davidson. I am sure UNCW has a big target on us. I hope we can play our A game against the Seahawks.

[Affirm]

I’m going to have that same frustrated feeling I did last year at Wofford game. It was a sellout and they were turning folks away at the door yet there were hundreds of empty seats. Good seats. People who think they’re doing a favor by buying tickets but rarely if ever show up. Oh well. There are worse problems to have.

Timmons ought to switch to $5 standing room tickets once it sells out. Plenty of space in that arena around the seats under the baskets.

Excellent suggestion! Many seats will be unused. Maybe sell up to 200 SRO. Wonder what the fire code says.

[gman]

I’m going to have that same frustrated feeling I did last year at Wofford game. It was a sellout and they were turning folks away at the door yet there were hundreds of empty seats. Good seats. People who think they’re doing a favor by buying tickets but rarely if ever show up. Oh well. There are worse problems to have.

Timmons ought to switch to $5 standing room tickets once it sells out. Plenty of space in that arena around the seats under the baskets.

Excellent suggestion! Many seats will be unused. Maybe sell up to 200 SRO. Wonder what the fire code says.

Don’t forget, the arena was originally setup to seat 5,000 for basketball. Sure wish we could open up Timmons to 5,000 screaming fans. Can you imagine how loud it would be?

[FU03times]

I’m going to have that same frustrated feeling I did last year at Wofford game. It was a sellout and they were turning folks away at the door yet there were hundreds of empty seats. Good seats. People who think they’re doing a favor by buying tickets but rarely if ever show up. Oh well. There are worse problems to have.

Timmons ought to switch to $5 standing room tickets once it sells out. Plenty of space in that arena around the seats under the baskets.

Excellent suggestion! Many seats will be unused. Maybe sell up to 200 SRO. Wonder what the fire code says.

Well a whole class (around 800), all faculty (let’s say 150) and 5 guests per students (4000 guests total) fit in there safely for graduation, so I think we can definitely fit more people inside Timmons safely.

[GOAT]

Make Timmons the best 2500 seat arena in the country. Sell it out for about two years in a row and make it a tough ticket to get. Then people will want to be there. Winning can create this at FU and Greenville. Go Dins.

[furpep]

So here is a paradox. My seats will be empty, but we will be there. Since I am physically unable to use the seats I have to sit on my Rollator, and my wife sits with me. But I still need my ticket to get into the game. So the seat will be empty but we will be there, just gotta look around the periphery.

[tya1]

The Paladins and Seahawks have one common opponent. Furman beat Gardner-Webb in overtime and UNCW lost to Gardner-Webb 81-72 in regulation. Furman had a 13 point lead at the half in our game with the Bulldogs and G-W had a 15 point lead over UNCW in their game. Gardner-Webb hit 50% of their three point shots against UNCW, which demonstrates PaulC's point about UNCW's perimeter defense problems.

UNCW tends to play an eight man rotation. Seven players see over 20 minutes per game and the eighth gets close to 20 mpg. They have a strong low post threat in 6'7" 240 senior Devontae Cacok, who averages 14.7 ppg and 11.6 rebounds and hits about 60% of his shots. Jeantal Cylla, 6'7" 215 junior, is their second leading scorer with 13.8 ppg. Freshman point guard Kai Toews (all the way from Tokyo, Japan) averages over 6 assists per game. Guards Ty Gadsden and Jay Estime are good three point threats, especially Gadsden who is hitting a sizzling 57.5% outside the arc. They have balanced scoring with seven players averaging 8 ppg or more.

They are 4-6 overall with a 28 point loss to UNC and a 21 point loss to UNC-Greensboro. They gave 8-1 Davidson a battle. UNCW had a 7 point lead midway through the second half but fell by 6 at the end. The game was close the whole way. This is their first game in ten days. Sometimes teams are rusty after a long break, sometimes they are fresh and full of energy. Expect the latter.

[tim]

I’m going to have that same frustrated feeling I did last year at Wofford game. It was a sellout and they were turning folks away at the door yet there were hundreds of empty seats. Good seats. People who think they’re doing a favor by buying tickets but rarely if ever show up. Oh well. There are worse problems to have.

Timmons ought to switch to $5 standing room tickets once it sells out. Plenty of space in that arena around the seats under the baskets.

Excellent suggestion! Many seats will be unused. Maybe sell up to 200 SRO. Wonder what the fire code says.

Don’t forget, the arena was originally setup to seat 5,000 for basketball. Sure wish we could open up Timmons to 5,000 screaming fans. Can you imagine how loud it would be?

Those pull out bleachers on the top level are still there, aren't they? I would hope they could be used and move the curtain. I also remember bottom level bleachers at one time? It seems a shame to turn folks away.

[apaladin]

Yep they all still there and could be used, at least some of them.

[purplehorse]

I remember this discussion about turning folks away the last two years with tons of empty seats. Unless Dwight Covington or whoever specifically is aware of this and implements a new policy, nothing will change. I don’t have direct access to Dwight.

To turn a single fan away would be a crying shame.

[MNORM]

I remember this discussion about turning folks away the last two years with tons of empty seats. Unless Dwight Covington or whoever specifically is aware of this and implements a new policy, nothing will change. I don’t have direct access to Dwight.

To turn a single fan away would be a crying shame.

Everyone has direct access to Dwight...he freely throws his cellphone number around and encourages people to contact him....check your PMs.

[Fessor]

What's the seating capacity since the curtains went up? 3,000?